Venice Architecture Biennial 2010

Already the start image of this blog poses the most interesting question of this Biennial:
"How many masterpieces does a city need?"
If you walk around the Architecture Biennial of this year you find some interesting projects but mostly done by artists and not architects or should the old discussion on the borderline between art, architecture and let's say desig ...more
Design LAB

New event series named Design LAB featuring young design collectives and offices presenting them and their work to a broad public.
An evening presentation will be documented by para_SITE TV resulting in a portrait on the Design Collective. The event will be followed by a two week long exhibition featuring a prototype or not yet marketed product designed by the Design Collective.
Furthe ...more
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Exhibition recommendations

At the moment two very good exhibitions can be visited at the Kunsthaus Graz, Austria.
Adam Budak's show Human Condition - Empathy and Emancipation in Precarious Times features the fantastic Albanian film maker Adrian Paci with three of his films.
The exhibition departs from one central work by Kris Martin that shows the famous Laokoon Group in a sculpture with on first ...more
SELFMADE-PRINTS WITH YAMSWURZELN

WORKSHOP WITH JOSEPH DIM making printing devices out of a special african root.
Bring the materials you would like to print on like Cloth, T-shirts and so on.
Saturday, 17th July 2010 3.00 - 6.00 p.m.
At Volksgarten, Arena in front of Kreuzkirche, in case of bad weather at 0
SAMSTAG, 17. Juli, 15:00 bis 18:00 Uhr
Im Volksgarten, Arena vor der ...more
Call Exchange of artworks with Sol Lewitt

Sol Lewitt invites for an exchange art works to him. Simply send one to him and he will send one of his own back in return. Your work will be exhibited at MASS MOCA in L.A. in 2011.
More information below:
MASS MoCA
22 January – 31 March 2011
87 Marshall Street
North Adams, MA 01247
www.massmoca.org
Cabinet
20 Janu ...more
Galerie para_SITE News

Liebe Unterstützer_innen und Freund_innen der Galerie para_SITE,
liebe Kolleg_innen,
Rechtzeitig vor dem erholsamen Sommerurlaub melden wir uns mit ein paar erfreulichen Neuigkeiten.
Immer wieder wird unsere Galerie mit Galerien in New York, London und Berlin verglichen und das innovative Programm als Bereicherung für die Stadt Graz hervorgehoben.
Supergruen assisting Jonathan Meese

parasite-net member Marlies Forenbacher aka Supergruen is assisting the internationally renowned artist Johanthan Meese in his function as stage designer for the opera "Dionysus" which has its world-premier at this year's Salzburg Festival in Austria.
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Ausschreibung Architekturpreis des Landes Steiermark 2010
Zum 16. Mal wird heuer der Architekturpreis des Landes Steiermark ausgeschrieben, welcher mit einem Preisgeld von Euro 8.000,- dotiert ist. Die Einreichfrist dauert von 15. Juli bis 17. September 2010 (Datum des Poststempels).
Zweck der Preisstiftung ist die Förderung zeitgenössischer qualitätsvoller Architektur in der Steiermark. Ein ...more
Wettbewerb Ausstellungsbesprechung / Exhibition-Review Contest

Für deutsche Texte & for english texts (for english please scroll down)
Deadline November 30, 2010
Für alle Altersgruppen (und Berufs-/Karriereabschnitte)
1. Preis Euro 2000,-
2. Preis Euro 1000,-
Print-Veröffentlichung der 8 besten Texte durch den Grazer Kunstverein (Verlag Vice Versa Berlin) und auf dem Online-For ...more
Visual Arts at The Banff Centre: Call for Applications

3 Theatre of Erosion or I Hate Work That is Not a Play with Geoffrey Farmer
Program dates: November 12 – December 10, 2010
Application deadline: July 23, 2010
A small amphitheatre full of objects. The audience has duly bought their rather expensive tickets. The curtain goes up on the scene where there is a room, a large bed, and a goat sleep ...more
Green panther Awards winners 2010 two parasite-net members

We are very happy that parasite-net member VON K Design http://parasite-net.eu/artist/von-k in co-operation with Karin Novozamsk have been awared Green Panther awards in the category Corporate Design (Silver & Bronze)
Förderungspreis des Landes Steiermark für Bildende Kunst
In Abständen von zwei Jahren veranstaltet die Neue Galerie Graz den Wettbewerb zum Förderungspreis des Landes Steiermark für zeitgenössische bildende Kunst. Als Leistungsschau im jüngeren Segment bietet diese Veranstaltung eine wertvolle Plattform zur Präsent ...more
Clemens Hollerer Nomination for Future Generation Art Prize

The artist and parasite-net member Clemens Hollerer is nominated for the worldwide acclaimed
FUTURE GENERATION ART PRIZE,
a new $100.000 award for artists under the age of 35 created by the Ukrainian billionaire and a ...more
Call: James Dyson Award 2010/VIENNA DESIGN WEEK Debut

DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL July 8th 2010
This year again the James Dyson Foundation supports innovative projects from young problem solvers and until 8.7.2010 calls for entries for this year’s James Dyson Award (JDA). Projects from 18 participating countries, Austria included, will be assessed by an independent jury and may be handed in by students and f ...more
Ausstellungseröffnung von Marlene Hausegger im MUSA in Wien heute Abend 19.00 Uhr

Herzliche Einladung zur heutigen Ausstellungseröffnung der Einzelausstellung von Marlene Hausegger in der Stadtgalerie im Museum auf Abruf in Wien ab 19.00 Uhr.
Marlene Hausegger ist zur Zeit auch im Lentos Museum im Rahmen der Linz Triennale vertreten.
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