ettore
sottsass

"From the outset of his creative journey,
Sottsass felt uncomfortable with what he saw as Rationalism's mechanistic approach to architectural form, and he devoted his energies, instead, to experimenting with color in the context of the interior and to seeking links between painting and architecture."

currently working on a project on Ettore Sottsass

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Sculpture as video.
pt 1.


"So sentimental
Not sentimental no"

"A Lisztomania
Think less but see it grow
Like a riot like a riot oh!
Not easily offended
Know how to let it go
From the mess to the masses"

Phoenix...

sculpture as video.
pt 1.

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music
monday










Sleep Whale
new album, houseboat.
listen here

Since 2006 Sleep Whale (formerly known as Mom) have become a mainstay of the fruitful north Texas music scene. With their first full-lenth release Houseboat the band solidifies their position as creative leaders and innovators amongst their peers. Much like their first EP Little Brite, the album pairs Joel North’s deft guitar work and fluid cello playing with Bruce Blay’s impeccable ability to weave percussion, field recordings, guitar, bass, and violin into hypnotic and whimsical dreamscapes. However, unlike Little Brite, Houseboat’s songs show how the band has grown, offering more sonically complex and ambitious compositions.

Equally informed by pioneers like Steve Reich, Brian Eno, Can, and Neu!, the band’s sound has grown into a joyful soundtrack for a midnight drive down the freeway with your windows down. Their songs uniquely straddle the line between experimental ambience and accessible psych-folk-pop, all the while leading you through shimmering labyrinths of sound, color, and texture.

more here..

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Portrait of a man
pt 9
(Peter Hujar)

David Wojnarowicz, portrait of his lover.

"There's always some shadows within the prettiest of scenes
I'll cast one on you, and you'll cast one on me…
That’s alright if this is the closest we will ever be.”

lyric by Ola Podrida

"In the late seventies and early eighties, Peter Hujar (1934–1987) roamed the no-man's-lands of downtown New York after-hours: an empty corner of Leroy Street (now home to Federal Express and just down the block from Gavin Brown's gallery), the silent meatpacking district, seedy swaths of the waterfront known only to cruisers like himself. He also turned his camera on fellow nightcrawlers, from his lover David Wojnarowicz to the girl he found slumped in his hallway. Hujar’s more formal studio portraits of Susan Sontag, Candy Darling, and other bohemian cohorts inspired Nan Goldin and Robert Mapplethorpe, but his contribution to the subgenre of New York street photography that consists of night shots—long dominated by the more sensational Weegee—is only beginning to emerge. Today, as the cobblestones teem with tourists and Wall Streeters, Hujar’s nocturnal city looks improbably desolate, like the long-exposure streetscapes of the earliest photographers."

taken from here.

I need another place
Will there be peace
I need another world
This one's nearly gone
Still have to many dreams
Never seen the light
I need another world

-Anthony Hegarty.

self portrait...




"Mainly a portrait photographer, he also photographed an array of subjects from farm animals to nudes. He also turned his camera on fellow nightcrawlers who inhabited the East Village art scene of the late 70s and 80s. His most famous photograph is possibly, "Candy Darling on Her Deathbed". His now infamous book, entitled Portraits in Life and Death (1976), is quite the collector's item. Peter Hujar was a long term partner of artist David Wojnarowicz, who died with AIDS in 1992. Hujar died of AIDS complications in 1987."

more here..

Divine

"Hujar was respected by his peers and revered by those who took inspiration from him (Nan Goldin among them). In the art world he was marginalised, known for being volatile and at times uncooperative. He lived without assets, sometimes without enough money to eat. He died in 1987. His lover, David Wojnarowicz, took photographs of his body as it lay on the hospital cot: Hujar's face, frozen in a stark and rapturous expression; his foot; his hand; his body lay there bathed in the neon light of the hospital corridor."

Anthony Hegarty.

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Ernesto Gismondi

Italian designer and engineer Gismondi played an important role in progressive design circles. Having undertaken aeronautical and aerospace studies in Milan (graduating in 1957) and Rome (1959), he founded the lighting manufacturing firm Artemide in Milan in 1959 with Sergio Mazza. From 1970 onwards he designed a number of lights himself, including the Tholos wall lamp (1979) and the Zen (1988) and Tebe floor lamps. His professional and entrepreneurial involvement with progressive design currents in Italy was further evidenced by his sponsorship and presidency of the progressive Memphis design group, as well as the vice-presidency of ADI (Associazione per il Disegno Industriale), membership of the Council for the Milan Triennale, and a number of ministerial commissions on various aspects of design.

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flashback!

Nov 23, 2008 NY

Wow! I just realized that I began You Have Been Here Sometime about a year ago, Nov 23, 2008 to be exact!. (here.) This was the first photograph I ever posted, a shot I took in New York, of light cascading onto the floor of my friend's apartment in the East Village. I've met so many amazing people through this site, and a few very close friends through YHBHS. It seems like so much has changed in a year's time. Thanks for the friendships, the correspondence, the inspiration, and the community.
Here's to 2010

All the best, David

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(holiday viewing.) 1971

Because there's a million ways to go

You know that there are....

"You know, at one time, I used to break into pet shops to liberate the canaries.
But I decided that this was an idea way before its time.
Zoos are full, prisons are overflowing...
oh my, how the world still dearly loves a cage."

- Maude

"You can do what you want
The opportunity's on
And if you can find a new way
You can do it today
You can make it all true
And you can make it undo
You see ah ah ah
Its easy ah ah ah
You only need to know
Well if you want to say yes, say yes
And if you want to say no, say no
'cause there's a million ways to go
You know that there are...
-Cat Stevens

to hang: (the noose)
images:

1. Harold and Maude poster, 1971
2. Ana-Maria Pasescu Stewart, noose lamps

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to hang:
(around)











































































to hang: (around)

1. matthew ritchie,
2. ronan and erwan bouroullec
3. robert elfgen
4. unknown, bronze

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gino
sarfatti
times
3.










































gino sarfatti, 1950's.





.

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portrait of a bed
pt. 6
(needed holiday rest)

(unknown)

desert cave hotel, south australia. here.

(via modernica blog here, a good read!)

Asmali Cave House Boutique & Cave Hotel, Turkey,
go here for more info.

via otis and frank. read eva's blog here...

more via otis and frank...

s. r. gambrel interiors.. here..

portrait of a bed.
pt 6
happy holidays...

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copper
brass
silver
aluminum
lamps!

Piet Hein Eek
go here for more..

simply stunning.
im curious to know how the colors will emerge as they age.

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Jeanne-Claude, 74, American artist and resident of New York City, died suddenly November 18, 2009 as a result of of complications due to a ruptured brain aneurysm.

Christo is deeply saddened by the passing of his wife, partner and collaborator and is committed to honor the promise they made to each other many years ago: The art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude will continue.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude met in Paris, France in November, 1958, sharing the same date of birth and have worked together for 51 years creating temporary works of art.

go here for more info...

their first outdoor environmental work, 1961...

CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE DOCKSIDE PACKAGES, COLOGNE HARBOR, 1961 At the same time as Christo‚s first personal exhibition, at the Haro Lauhus Gallery, in Cologne in 1961, Christo and Jeanne-Claude created their first temporary outdoor environmental work of art. The gallery was near the waterfront of the Rhine River. For the Dockside Packages the artists used several stacks of oil barrels and large rolls of industrial paper covering them with tarpaulins which they secured with ropes. With the permission from the Port Authority all the materials were borrowed from the dockworkers. Dockside Packages was composed of separate parts of various sizes, each approximately 5 x 2 x 10 meters (16.4 x 6.5 x 32.8 feet). The temporary work of art remained for two weeks.



see the work here.

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Oscar Niemeyer
the stairwell as sculpture.
(via midcentury modernist blog... here.)

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paris:
music (ambient)
meets
ballet.

talbot & deru. genus. special edition cd
dear oh dear records. oh!one
music composed and produced by joby talbot & benjamin wynn

Talbot + Deru - COLLECTION from Deru on Vimeo.

genus is an electro-acoustic score for wayne mcgregor's ballet of the same title, based on charles darwin's discovery of evolution. the musical composition in eight parts is a collaborational work between joby talbot and deru. talbot has a high profile as a film and tv composer. screen credits include cult television comedy series ‘the league of gentlemen’ and ‘the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy’. deru is benjamin wynn, an electronic music producer from los angeles. his music is best described as an amalgamation of hip-hop, electronica and idm. genus embodies a synergy and culmination of various musical influences. minimal music and 20th century compositional textures performed by a ten part choir and four string instruments establish a perfect symbiosis with deru's complex electronic patterns. indescribably beautiful and haunting, the music is delivered with intensity and artistry and can be enjoyed as a self-contained work, even if there is no opportunity to view the ballet.

go to deru's blog here.

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la
library.

Central Library’s Getty Gallery:
“Richard Neutra, Architect: Sketches and Drawings”
though Dec 31, 2009

Richard Neutra
downtown Los Angeles Public Library

The exhibition, Richard Neutra, Architect: Sketches and Drawings, featuring travel sketches, figure drawings and building renderings by one of modernism’s most important architects, Richard Neutra (1892-1970), has been extended at Central Library’s Getty Gallery, 630 W. Fifth St., downtown Los Angeles. The exhibit is free and open to the public during regular library hours. The exhibition features choice selections at the Charles E. Young Research Library’s Department of Special Collections, UCLA. The pieces range from early pencil sketches from Neutra’s student wanderings in 1913 to later pastel renderings of his Los Angeles houses from the 1950s. Selected for their artistic quality, the works illustrate Neutra’s skill in traditional notions of composition combined with his innovative techniques of architectural representation. “Not only was Richard Neutra an imaginative and innovative architect, he was also a remarkable draughtsman, and the Department of Special Collections is pleased to have the chance to share its collection of his sketches with visitors to this exhibition,” says Department Director Victoria Steele. Neutra’s work in Southern California – characterized by the post and beam structure, cantilevered roof slabs extending into space and an emphasis on the interpenetration of inner and outer space – developed a regional architecture that gained international prominence.

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Art 21
lazy sunday in bed
with coffee and art....

(now streaming, here,
on netlifx and roku.)

Art 21 here...
go here for more info.

Art 21was founded in 1997 with the belief that contemporary visual art is of real interest and value to a broad audience. By making contemporary art more accessible through public television and the Internet, Art 21 affords an intimate encounter with contemporary art and the people who make it, encouraging creative thinking and self-expression.

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S.R. Gambrel.
see his portfolio here.

Steven Gambrel established his New York-based design firm, S. R. Gambrel Incorporated, in 1995, only three years after earning an architecture degree at the University of Virginia.

inspired interiors.

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furniture
could
be
sculpture.

wendell
castle.

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Tejo Remy René Veenhuizen
Atelier RemyVeenhuizen

Laminated bamboo, the new re-discovered material currently
used by the ECO friendly generation of designers.
Tejo Remy and Rene Veenhuizen are the forerunners in recycling and using ECO friendly materials in their designs. Famous for the 'Chest of Drawers' and 'Ragged Chair' this is one of the pre-production prototypes of 6 chairs to develop the design and concept.


go here for more info, via design addict.

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a birthday message
to a dear friend.
happy birthday.
im honored to know you...
(change, strength, and determination.)



all text taken
from nick drake songs.

(image by Ivan Terestchenko)

"Do you feel like a remnant
Of something that's past
Do you find things are moving
Just a little too fast.
Do you hope to find new ways
Of quenching your thirst,
Do you hope to find new ways
Of doing better than your worst.
Hey slow Jane, let me prove
Slow, slow Jane, we're on the move."


"hazey jane" nick drake..

walker evans, image.






""Life is but a memory
Happened long ago.
Theatre full of sadness
For a long forgotten show.
Seems so easy
Just to let it go on by
Till you stop and wonder
Why you never wondered why."

"I could have been a whistle, could have been a flute
A real live giver, could have been a boot.
I could have been a signpost, could have been a clock
As simple as a kettle, steady as a rock.
I could be even here
I would be, I should be so near
I could have been
One of these things first
I could have been
One of these things first."

jun kaneko....

"I could have been a sailor, could have been a cook
A real live lover, could have been a book.
I could have been a signpost, could have been a clock
As simple as a kettle, steady as a rock.

I could be even here
I would be, I should be so near
I could have been
One of these things first
I could have been
One of these things first."

"Time has told me
You’re a rare, rare find
A troubled cure
For a troubled mind

So leave the ways that are making you be
What you really don’t want to be
Leave the ways that are making you love
What you really don’t want to love

nick drake, "time has told me."

happy birthday c!
let's celebrate this weekend.

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