The Conversation on art + architecture!

Welcome to the first conversation event in Herreros Arquitectos exhibition project, The Banquet: The Conversation on art + architecture! Thursday September 8th at 19:00 to 21:00 at ROM for kunst og arkitektur in Oslo.

Defining, designing, building and activating spaces are the creative base for architecture. Ultimately these are also concerns which affect contemporary art practices in general. The method of research in the physical environment and in the human nature and psychology is another. Art and Architecture from their different positions, base their work upon the understanding of the society and cultural codes for delivering concepts and new ideas.

We acknowledge the independency and eligibility of each profession but also question: Are art and architecture just two parallel lines? If not, how and where do they meet? Are there crossing points? Is there something more than gravity fields, a mutual attraction that forms common environments for understanding, describing and transforming the world? Do they fuel, intensify or fertilize each other? Or is it just the sharing of clients and concepts that is inspiring them to collaborate on mutual interests? Is there an art + architecture? Conceptually or even physically?

In the panel:
Joseph Grima, Editor in chief of Domus magazine and ex-director of StoreFront gallery in NYC
Gunnar B. Kvaran, Director Astrup Fearnly Museum of contemporary art
Marit Justine Haugen, Artist and architect, Haugen & Zohar Architects, Oslo
Dagur Eggertsson, architect Rintala Eggertsson Architects, Oslo
Knut Eirik Dahl, architect D&U, Tromsø and professor at the Institute of Urbanism and Landscape at AHO in Oslo
Juan Herreros, architect, Herreros Arquitectos, Madrid
Among others and the public.

Emerging

Our daughter Sara made this image in the spring. An early reading of the latest news on aspects of the global forces. She is now in den Haag ready for Bachelor studies in Graphic Design at The Royal Academy of Art.

MIDT I VERDEN MIDT I NUUK

Vi hører fra Nuuk at utstillingen er godt besøgt, at skolene begynner å gi tilbakemeldinger og at Illimarfik virker interessert i å koble det på deres undervisning… I dag kommer 25 studenter fra bygge og anleggskolen og 5 fra kunstskolen på omvisning. Kommuneqarfik Sermersook er også invitert til å medvirke i KNRs debatprogram ”Tamassa”.
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RECAST - scener fra Jæren

I dag, 5. mai åpner utstillingen RECAST - scener fra Jæren på KINO KINO i Sandnes.

Utstillingen tar opp arkitekturens rolle i forhold til endrede forutsetninger og utfordringer som nord Jæren regionen står overfor når oljealderen går mot slutten. I de siste 40 år har oljeindustrien vært en avgjørende drivkraft i forbindelse med den omfattende utviklingen som har funnet sted. Stavanger, som Norges oljehovedstad, har gjennomgått et stort framskritt fra å være en av Norges fattigste byer til å bli en av de rikeste.

Et tilbakevendende spørsmål er hva som vil skje med videreutviklingen av byregionen når oljeressursene i Nordsjøen ikke lenger er drivkraft i den lokale økonomien.

Utstillingen er laget i samarbeid med Stavanger Arkitektforening og ARKITEKTURENS ÅR. Det er et av 3 lokale prosjekter som markerer SAF’s 75 års jubileum. AHOs master studio "Appearing and Disappearing Landscapes" (våren 2010) og Snøhettas Sandnesprosjekt presenteres i denne utstillingen. More to come.

Go through the Exhibition

Nuuk TV interviews Jakob Bjerg Exner, Sermersooq Municipality (Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq) just before the exhibition Midt i verden /Midt i Nuuk (in The Middle of the World/ in The Middle of Nuuk) opens its doors. Link: NUUK TV

Exhibition opening in Nuuk

The Mayor of Nuuk, Asii Chemnitz Narup, giving her welcomming speech at the opening day of the exhibition. The text is the short version of her warm and hopefull words.

In The Middle of The World / In The Middle of Nuuk

We are on our way to Nuuk and Greenland.Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, Sermersooq Municipality has in collaboration with Kalaallit Nunaanni Namminersorlutik Oqartussat, The Government of Greenland prepared a comprehensive master plan for the Tuujuk and Block, P areas. The exhibition of the Master Plan proposal for parts of the City Centre of the Capital Nuuk, titled In The Middle of The World/In The Middle of Nuuk , opens on the 5th of April. Our guests and collaborators, Minna Riska from MDH architects , Johan Berglund from 42architects + regionalasscosiates and Anders Hus Folkedal from Aspan Viak Landscape travel with us. Håkon Matre from Fantastic Norway has to stay at home, with his newly born child. In Greenland we will team up with our partners in TNT Nuuk architects and all our connections and friends. The exhibition will be open at least until the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Arctic Council in Nuuk from the 10th to the !6th of May. A series of discussions will follow the exhibition: To exhibit is to open up! More to come on this sermersooq press release: For better or worse, the Tuujuk and Block P developments stand as symbols of a time of great social and cultural challenges. But the buildings are also valued for their central location and is home to people with resources. The ties between the residents and the energy that exists, is strong. After a lifetime of 40 years, block P with its 135 apartments and 50 residential dwellings is due for demolition, and Block A - L in Tuujuk with 156 apartments will be undergoing a phased demolition over a period of years. The problem surrounding the buildings is simple - as time has passed, the housing has become outdated. In the process of rebuilding the areas, a number of important questions must be asked: What qualities exists today and what new possibilities and qualities should we aim to produce? What kind of life and environments should we strive to generate? What type of town should it be? What role could the district play in Nuuk's overall development? In short: What kind of capital city should we aim for? To answer these questions, new experiences must be acquired and new knowledge learned and understood. Our existing thought Models need to be renewed. Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq has in collaboration with The Government of Greenland prepared a comprehensive master plan for the Tuujuk and Block, P areas. The masterplan NUNARSUUP QEQQANi / / Nuup QEQQANi / In The Middle of the World / / In the Middle of NUUK has been developed after advice from Dahl & Uhre architects (Tromsø) and TNTnuuk A / S. Additionally, MDH Architects (Oslo), Fantastic Norway (Oslo), 42 architects + Regional associates (London), Asplan Viak landscape (Oslo) M: ARC and Arkitekti (Nuuk) has also contributed significantly to the project's development. The plan is developed in ongoing dialogue with residents and stakeholders and originates from a desire and willingness to provide Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, with new development opportunities for the city and its citizens. The plan seeks to ask and answer the right questions, which will be required to achieve this vision

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