http://www.vernissage.tv | The Renaissance building Scuola Grande della Misericordia houses the Lithuanian Pavilion at the 53rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia in Venice, Italy. In this building, dating back to the 16th century and designed by the Venetian architect Jacopo Sansovina, the artist Žilvinas Kempinas presents his large-scale installation, TUBE.
TUBE (created at the Atelier Calder, Saché, France) can be described as a translucent tunnel of parallel lines, created with magnetic tape. Žilvinas Kempinas TUBE resonates with the environment of the floating city and creates a space where vision and movement are linked by means of the body. TUBE addresses the physical and optical experiences of the viewer, and the passage of time, while creating the feeling of being inside and outside simultaneously. One can describe TUBE metaphorically or geometrically but to be appreciated it must be experienced directly. No image can convey the gradual accumulation of sensory experiences awaiting visitors who pass through the translucent tunnel of parallel lines. Kempinas changes the function of magnetic tape from an information carrier to a linear map of time and space. (Excerpt from the press release).
Žilvinas Kempinas is known for his use of unspooled videotape as sculptural medium like in his work Flying Tape (2004), which levitated a room-size loop of videotape on the air currents from a circle of fans.
Žilvinas Kempinas was born in 1969 in Plungė, Lithuania. He lives and works in New York. His work was presented in solo exhibitions at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2008); Le Grand Café, Saint-Nazaire, France (2008); Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius (2007); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2006); P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York (2003); Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York (2004, 2006, 2007). In 2007 Žilvinas Kempinas was awarded the Calder Prize and was the resident artist at the Atelier Calder in Saché, France, from January to June of 2008.
TUBE has been commissioned by Laura Rutkutė, and curated by Laima Kreivytė, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius. The exhibition runs until November 22, 2009.
Žilvinas Kempinas: TUBE, Lithuanian Pavilion, Scuola Grande della Misericordia, Cannaregio, Venice / Italy. Opening reception, June 5, 2009.

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http://www.vernissage.tv | At Design Miami Basel 2009 Natalie Kovacs curated a show for Carpenters Workshop Gallery entitled Never-Ever Land. Located at the Design Miami entrance, Never-Ever land presented an alternative functional sculpture garden, exploring the possibility for design to entertain, enliven and enlighten. Among the pieces on display were the Sensory Deprivation Skull by Atelier van Lieshout, the Mountain Chair by Marc Quinn, the aluminium bench Spaghetti Corten by Pablo Reinoso. Another work by Atelier van Lieshout is the Mini Capsule Hotel. The Mini Capsule Hotel is a self-operated hotel that can house up to 6 couples in a straightforward lodging, not unlike hutches for rabbits. Brad Pitt bought the piece for his kids, by the way. In this video, Raphaele Shirley talks with curator Natalie Kovacs about the Mini Capsule Hotel and the concept of her exhibition Never-Ever Land.
Design Miami Basel 2009. Basel / Switzerland, June 8, 2009.

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http://www.vernissage.tv | The Fondazione Querini Stampalia currently presents a major solo exhibition with new works by Mona Hatoum. The exhibition, entitled Interior Landscape, coincided with the opening of the 53rd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale and takes place over two floors of the museum both in the contemporary exhibition spaces as well as within the existing Museum collection in this historic building, formerly the home of the Querini Stampalia family. Mona Hatoum: Interior Landscape includes over 25 works, many of which are new or previously unseen in Europe. Mona Hatoum: Interior Landscape. Fondazione Querini Stampalia. Venice / Italy, June 3, 2009.

More information: http://vernissage.tv/blog/2009 /06/26/mona-hatoum-interior-la ndscape-fondazione-querini-sta mpalia-venice-italy/

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Liam Gillick's exhibition at the German Pavilion Venice Biennale 09. With statements by Liam Gillick and a review by Ralf Schlüter, Vice Editor-in-chief Art - Das Kunstmagazin (in German language).

In Liam Gillicks German Pavilion at the 53rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2009 one meets a kitchen and a cat. The kitchen is inspired by the design of the Frankfurter Küche (Frankfurt Kitchen) by the Viennese architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. Conceived in 1926, the Frankfurt Kitchen with its functional form was intended to optimize household workflows. The first prototypes of todays built-in kitchen were integrated into more than 10,000 public housing units in Frankfurt, Germany. The (animatronic) cat sits on top of the kitchen and fights against the echo in the building and tells us a circular story of misrepresentation, misunderstanding and desire.

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http://www.vernissage.tv | This is an interview with Hannes Koch, part of the design collective rAndom International (together with Stuart Wood and Flo Ortkrass). At this years Design Miami Basel, Carpenters Workshop Gallery presented rAndom Internationals Audience. Audience is an installation conceived by rAndom International in collaboration with Chris OShea. It consists of around 64 head-size mirror objects.
In this conversation with Raphaele Shirley, Hannes Koch talks about the piece - the concept behind, how it works, how people react to the piece, ideas for variations of the piece - and other topics such as the special nature of media art / design concerning hardware and maintenance, and future projects.
RAndom Internationals Audience installation has been awarded an honorable mention in the Interactive Art category of the Prix Ars Electonica 2009.
How does it work: Each object moves its head in a particular way to give it different characteristics of human behavior. Some chat amongst themselves, some shy away and others confidently move to grab your attention. When members of the audience enter the perimeter of the installation, the mirrors inquisitively follow someone that they find interesting. Having chosen their subject, they all synchronize and turn their heads towards them. Suddenly that person can see their reflection in all of the mirrors. They will watch this person until they become disinterested, then either seek out another subject or return to their private chatter. The collective behavior of the objects is beyond the control of the viewer, as it is left entirely to their discretion to let go of their subject, with the installation aiming to reverse the roles of the viewer and the viewed during this in-voluntary interaction.
rAndom International: Audience / Carpenters Workshop Gallery / Design Miami Basel 2009. Basel / Switzerland, June 8, 2009.

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http://www.vernissage.tv | In this video, Ingar Dragset of the artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset talks about their exhibition "The Collectors" that they showed as representation of Denmark and Nordic Countries Finland, Norway and Sweden at the 53rd Venice Biennale 2009 Biennale di Venezia the idea behind the exhibition, how it came about, the different concepts for the Danish and the Nordic Pavilion, and the audience's reaction to the show.

The Nordic Pavilion by Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn has been turned into a flamboyant bachelors pad that features contemporary art by Wolfgang Tillmans, Tom of Finland, and others, as well as iconic design pieces and a swimming pool.
More than twenty artists and designers of all ages have contributed to the show, ranging from established to emerging ones. Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragsets exhibition is also a first time collaboration between the Danish and the Nordic Pavilion and the first joint venture of two national pavilions in the Biennale. The Collectors has earned Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset a special mention (Curating Worlds) for their curatorial work for the Danish and Nordic Pavilion from the Biennale jury of the 53rd International Art Exhibition.
Elmgreen & Dragset: The Collectors. 53rd International Art Exhibition Fare Mondi / Making Worlds, Venice Biennial 2009. Interview with Ingar Dragset, June 6, 2009. Interview: Raphaele Shirley.

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http://www.vernissage.tv | The Golden Lion for best artist in curator Daniel Birnbaums Fare Mondi / Making Worlds art exhibition at the 53rd Venice Biennale Biennale di Venezia Fare Mondi / Making Worlds went to German artist Tobias Rehberger. Tobias Rehberger designed the cafeteria at the Biennale pavilion (formerly known as Italian Pavilion). The jury stated: Tobias Rehberger is awarded the Golden Lion as best artist for taking us beyond the white cube, where past modes of exhibition are reinvented and the work of art turns into a cafeteria. In this shift social communication becomes aesthetic practice.
La Biennale di Venezia 2009: Fare Mondi (Making Worlds). Professional Preview, June 4, 2009.

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http://www.vernissage.tv | Bruce Naumans exhibition Topological Gardens, currently on view at the U.S. Pavilion in the Giardini at the 53rd Venice Biennale Biennale di Venezia Fare Mondi / Making Worlds, has won the Golden Lion for Best National Participation. The Biennale stated that Bruce Naumans work reveals the magic of meaning as it emerges through relentless repetition of language and form.
Bruce Nauman: Topological Gardens presents a thematic survey comprising four decades of Bruce Naumans innovative and provocative work over three exhibition sites: the United States Pavilion at the Giardini della Biennale, Università Iuav di Venezia at Tolentini, and the Exhibition Spaces at Università Ca Foscari.
In this video, we have a look at Bruce Naumans works at the United States Pavilion at the Giardini.
La Biennale di Venezia 2009: Fare Mondi (Making Worlds). Professional Preview, June 4, 2009.

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http://www.vernissage.tv | More than forty years ago, a small group of Basel gallerists decided to launch an art fair. Art Basel's debut in 1970 was an art fair with 120 exhibitors from ten countries. It then had around 16000 visitors. Today, Art 40 Basel features galleries from 31 countries in Europe, America, and Asia and more than 60000 visitors are expected.
International art fair Art 40 Basel 2009. An extended walkthrough. June 9, 2009.

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http://www.vernissage.tv | Design Miami Basel left the Markthalle and is now located at the back of Art Basel. In addition to the 27 participating international design galleries, Design Miami Basel 2009 features the Designers of the Future Award Installation, a special exhibition by Marc Newson featuring several of the designers exclusive works including rare prototypes and private commissions, and 3 Satellite exhibitions by rAndom International, Carpenters Workshop Gallery and Maarten Baas.

VernissageTV is going to publish episodes on the Satellite exhibitions with rAndom International and Carpenters Workshop Gallery, soon. This video includes a glimpse at Maarten Baas' work Real Time. For this exhibition, Maarten Baas has assumed the role of film director to re-conceptualize traditional clock forms. From the old style analog alarm to the modern digital time counter, he creates the devices from zero, inventing new languages for the interfaces and the external housing. Through lyrical, theatrical narratives, Baas animates time with true and living lancets, involving hundreds of actors filmed in real-time intervals of 12 or 24 hours.

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http://www.vernissage.tv | This year Claude Lévêque is the artist who represents France at the 53rd International Exhibition of Art La Biennale di Venezia (Fare Mondi / Making Worlds). At the French Pavilion, he presents an installation entitled Le Grand Soir. According to the press release, the work is a uniquely French concept from the eve of the Revolution. Le Grand Soir evokes the moment when the world changed.

To support him in this project, Claude Lévêque has selected Christian Bernard, director of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Geneva, as curator.

Claude Lévêques works refer to popular culture, to the everyday environment, and to mental images. He creates ambiances, environments and objects while expanding the installations dimensions through the use of the sensory effectiveness of light and sound.

La Biennale di Venezia 2009: Fare Mondi (Making Worlds). Professional Preview, June 4, 2009.

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http://www.vernissage.tv | Takashi Murakami & Pharrell Williams: The Simple Things / Art 40 Basel / Interview with Pharrell Williams

At Art 40 Basel, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin presented a 6-foot Takashi Murakami sculpture, made in collaboration with the U.S. record producer and designer Pharrell Williams. The object is titled The Simple Things. It features a glass-fiber, steel and acrylic head based on Murakami's cartoon-inspired signature character Mr. Dob. In its mouth you find objects which are the essentials in Pharrell Williams' everyday life: A can of Pepsi, a cup cake, a sneaker and bottle of Johnsons baby lotion. These objects are encrusted with 26'000 diamonds and gems.

In this interview with Ute Thon (Art Magazin), Pharrell Williams talks about how cooperation came about, the idea behind the sculpture, his interest in art and design, the artists and designers he admires, and his own design works.

Art 40 Basel 2009, VIP Preview, June 9, 2009.

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