5.2.10

todays demo.











no demolition of the drama theatre building in Cologne.
yes to sustainability in town planning and the restoration of the drama theatre building in the Riphan-designed opera-complex with Opernterrassen (restaurant).
http://www.mutzukultur.de
http://www.ihr-seid-kuenstler.de

31.1.10

temporary sculptures


Here some temporary urban ready mades i found around the corner of my house.

19.1.10

CHANCE ARRANGEMENTS


An exhibition by a KHIB MA student, Jonas Ib F.H. Jensen





opening at Galleri Fisk, Bergen on Friday 22 January


CHANCE ARRANGEMENTS
Or basic shapes of nature (revised ’n’ rewritten)





PROPOSITIONS #1-20                                           PS#01_19-18012010

# 1.     When something is set in motion it can spin indefinitely and accumulate all sorts of stuff on its way.
# 2.     A spoon lying in the side of the road might prove to be a significant event, then again it might not.
# 3.     Something discarded can be found and and considered by others.
# 4.     To say of two things that they are identical is nonsense. To say of one thing that it is identical with itself is to say nothing at all. (Quoting Ludwig Wittgenstein)
# 5.     At times nonsense can make a whole lot of sense.
# 6.     Once considered something will start to act out itself.
# 7.     Thoughts are planets circling the sun, at times they align.
# 8.
# 9.     The artist may refuse any responsibility for the event that (s)he activates.
# 10.   A small movement in the string of events can shift everything completely.
# 11.   Any accumulation is influenced by bias.
# 12.   That which serves no purpose is not purposeless. (Quoting Nikolas DinĂ©r)
# 13.   Presence is more accurate than value 'n' truth.
# 14.   The shift from Non-object to object happens through consideration.
# 15.   Chance denotes change, change denotes chaos, chaos encourages chance.
# 16.   Chance will negotiate any reinvention.
# 17.   That which goes without saying should be left unsaid.
# 18.   Any position is the lack of another position.
# 19.   Contradiction is inevitable and avoids conformity.
# 20.   Everything adds up to zero.

NOT VEHICLE OF EXPRESSION BUT CUE TO PERCEPTION




21.12.09

we wish you a.....

I am sitting in the transit area of Hong Kong airport, drinking Carlsberg ???? beer (after three months of excellent aussie ales, this is a sad comedown) and being lulled by robotic versions of anglo-euro-american christmas songs on the airport sound system. If Santa Claus is coming to town, I wish he'd just get on with it then f*** off! Anybody want to start an "I Hate Xmas" blog?

But anyway, goodwill to (most) all men & women. But lets send all the useless politicians of the world to a melting icecap or to the scorching interior of Australia where the chances of rain seem to be diminishing by the day. Let them ponder how much time, energy and money they wasted doing nothing in Copenhagen.

19.12.09

season's greetings ...

People powered propeller reduces the ecological footprint.

19.11.09

Hunting Gonzo Architecture !





HUNTING GONZO ARCHITECTURE! - a MASTER TVERR KURS at BAS organized by DAV project teacher Ron Sluik in week 45 / 2009:

A workshop at Bergen Arkitekt Skole / Norway. The project is now kind of documented in a series of weblogs. The aim was to create new personal options in looking ahead more than finding another perfect and final solution for future urban developments.

5.11.09

Surrealist Activity on streets of Leeds

The latest ( print) edition of Phosphor includes an article by Peter Overton about surrealist group activity, including object making, in " lumps of urban fabric shaken well and dropped randomly, or just abandoned and left to silt over..."

Details of mag at:

http://leedssurrealistgroup.wordpress.com/