The Deutsche Guggenheim celebrates its 50th exhibition with a show that is dedicated to utopia as an inspiration for artistic creation and as a living model for artist collectives. The exhibition is titled Utopia Matters: From Brotherhood to Bauhaus and brings together exceptional and rarely shown works by artists such as Kandinsky, Klee, and Mondrian.
In an article in ArtMag you can read more about the exhibition that fits the topics of Utrecht Manifest perfectly.
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Submitted by Daniel Bouw on 16 March, 2010 - 15:31
Openingstoespraak Abram de Swaan
Utrecht, 04.10.09... more
Submitted by Daniel Bouw on 17 October, 2009 - 11:38
Submitted by Debra Solomon on 14 October, 2009 - 18:47
Text by Farabi Fakih
Source: Karbon Journal, published by ruangrupa
http://www.karbonjournal.org/en/archives/detail.php?ID_focus=4
The 1996 launching of ‘Kota Legenda’ or the ‘City of Legends’ near the
Jakarta – Cikampek toll road might be one significant mark for a new era of Indonesian imaginations. The City of Legends is Indonesia’s first ‘travel town’. The styles of the houses offered are varied and a kitsch: You can buy a house in the style of the American Colonial, Classical Europe, or Japan. This is the promise: the world in your hands, without your having to leave Indonesia. This was also what the Jakarta middle class wanted due to the shifts that they and their country had been experiencing since 1985. Thse shifts created fragmented imaginations about new identities, which in turn would affect the imagination on Indonesia itself.
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Submitted by Binna Choi on 13 October, 2009 - 14:34
I think that the "Social Design" needs to be a platform and not a design proposal.
Most of the proposals are related with the creation of design but not with the cohesion of society, culture and integrations.
"Social Design" could be projected as an starting point for mutual compromises between the designers and the handcrafts, citizens, users, artists, developers, etc. for creating useful meanings and designs. Then the "Social Design" platform will shows the cohesion between them and be use as a creative generator of connections. (Social connections)... more
Submitted by Ignacio on 12 October, 2009 - 23:44
door Coen van Kasteel. Te verschijnen bij Begijnekade 18 Uitgevers.
Over oud-katholieke hoveniers in Utrecht is tot nu toe weinig gepubliceerd. Middelpunt van hun godsdienstige activiteiten was de parochie van Sint Jakobus aan de Bemuurde Weerd. Hun tuinderijen moesten in de jaren ’50 wijken voor nieuwbouw in Lauwerecht, Pijlsweerd en Ondiep en voor de aanleg van de wijk Overvecht. Auteur Coen van Kasteel, schoonzoon, kleinzoon, oomzegger, neef, achterneef en zwager van hoveniers vertelt in dit boek uit eigen ervaring over hun vak en geloofsbeleving. Migratie als resultaat van schaalvergroting komt aan de orde, evenals de uiteindelijke teloorgang van de meeste bedrijven door gebrek aan opvolging vanwege hoge vernieuwingsinvesteringen.
Uit het archief van Sint Jakobus, particuliere bronnen en het Utrechts Archief heeft Coen van Kasteel interessante feiten opgediept over de geschiedenis van de parochie en het kerkgebouw. Hoofdstukken over de klederdrachten en over de nu uitgestorven maar vroeger veel gebruikte bijnamen van parochianen roepen nostalgische herinneringen op aan vele oud-katholieke families en personen.... more
Submitted by Taco de Neef on 7 October, 2009 - 18:27
HIGH RISE / DOWN FALL
A project by Johannes Schwartz
Essay by Patrick Healy
In the same series: High Noon ( 2003), High Nature ( 2004), HighLight / HighBold (2005).
High Rise was published on the occasion of the exhibition Now and Again that took place in October 2005 at Pastoe, Utrecht.
Down Fall was published on the occasion of an exhibition that took place later that year, at Marres, Maastricht. Both shows were curated by Guus Beumer e.a.
Copyright (c) 2005 JohannesSchwartz
An Alphabet of Space
The Dutch Pavilion, Hanover
October 2005... more
Submitted by Guus Beumer on 6 October, 2009 - 00:08
- Zekerheden vallen weg (economische crisis, schandalen rond overheden) en mensen staan open voor nieuwe ideeën en manieren om vorm te geven aan het leven. Uiteindelijk is het wel menseigen om te zoeken naar zekerheden en structuren. Experimenten en concepten zijn dan ook het meest effectief als ze resulteren in (business)modellen die het gereedschap bieden tot praktische toepassing.... more
Submitted by Taco de Neef on 3 October, 2009 - 21:43
Katherine Carl and Srdjan Jovanović Weiss
SCHOOL OF MISSING STUDIES
[Written for Utrecht Manifest]
SMS projects and initiatives bring into focus sources of dormant knowledge in cities marked by abrupt transition. SMS scouts for this knowledge through a pro-active, cross-disciplinary, often collaborative, approach.... more
Submitted by School of Missi... on 3 October, 2009 - 19:48
The overload of thumbnails on the iPhone's interface is not images, it is all applications (apps). Apple claims there is "Apps for Everything"; Apps for Working Out, Apps for Around the House, Apps for Going Out, Apps for Managing Money, Apps for Cooks, Apps for Keeping Current, Apps for the Great Outdoors, Apps for Music, Apps for Students, Apps for Mom and Dads, Apps for Work, Apps for Fun and Games, Apps for Traveling. For now this is where the 'Apps for Everything' range ends although I guess that within a month another segment of life will be ‘apped’ and interfaced.... more
Submitted by kdg on 3 October, 2009 - 19:13
