Boston Tides
> Nathalie Miebach 2006 Reed, wood, data, 6’x 6’ x 2’. Courtesy of the artist. Using a base of twenty-four hours, this piece converts various layers of data collected between January and December 2005 related to the gravitational influence of both Sun and Moon on tides recorded at Boston Harbor. The inner structure converts sunrise/sunset […]
Blender
> Stelarc & Nina Sellars 2005 Stelarc & Nina Sellars. Technikunst, Melbourne, 2011. Photo: Stelarc. Courtesy of the artists. In Blender, Stelarc and Nina Sellars underwent surgery to remove biomaterials; from Stelarc’s torso and Sellars limbs. The extracted bio-materials, from the bodies of both artists, are housed in a custom built blender of anthropomorphic dimensions. […]
Edunia (The Natural History of the Enigma)
> Eduardo Kac 2003 – 2009 Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Joy Lengyel. The central work in the Natural History of the Enigma series is a plantimal, a new life form Kac created called ‘Edunia’, a genetically engineered flower that is a hybrid of Kac and Petunia. The Edunia has red veins on light pink […]
Objets augmentés
> Camille Henrot 2010 Courtesy of the artist. Taking multiple forms, from films and sculptures to installations Camille Henrot’s work challenges the material aspect of our culture from an anthropological point of view. For her series Objets augmentés, ordinary objects found on eBay or on the ‘thieves’ market’ (Belleville, Paris) were coated in earth and […]
Here the River Lies
> Debbie Ding 2010 Courtesy of the artist. The Singapore River is a kind of ‘psychogeographical faultline’ – a site constantly in construction and motion where the spaces of our memories and dreams interact, merge, or drift apart – like a series of tectonic plates. The river is a site of significant historical, economic, and […]
BeHere: The Past in the Present
> Masaki Fujihata 2018 Courtesy of the artist. BeHere is a virtual lens to bring people from the past into the present – a platform for conveying and reconstructing memories to and for the next generation. History emerges from accumulated and shared personal experiences. This interactive augmented reality project focused on individuals’ snapshots of daily […]
Measuring the Universe
> Roman Ondak 2007 Performance and installation.Edition 2 + 1 A.P. Collections: Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; MoMA, New York; Tate Modern, London. © Roman Ondak. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Martin Janda. A cross between an installation and an event open to everyone, the work begins as an empty white gallery. As visitors enter […]
Fractures
> Æsa Björk 2017 Cast glass from 3D printed elements. Dimensions: 140cm x 80cm x 90cm. Courtesy of the artist. Fractures is a continuation of Æsa Björk’s study of human boundaries, and the individual’s space in the context of human relationships. The work was made using a digital scan of Æsa’s body, which she then […]
Measurement Room: No Vantage Point
> Mel Bochner 2019 – 2020 Courtesy of the artist and DIA Beacon, New York. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Mel Bochner’s first Measurement Room, Dia commissioned Bochner to realise a new, large-scale work at Dia Beacon. In May 1969 Bochner realised the first works in his Measurement series, using black tape […]
Butcher Boys
> Jane Alexander 1985 – 1986 Reinforced plaster, oil paint, bone, horns, wood. 128.5 x 213.5 x 88.5 cm. Collection South African National Gallery. © Jane Alexander, DALRO. Courtesy of the artist and DALRO.Photograph: Svea Josephy. Butcher Boys is a sculpture of three life-size, oil-painted plaster figures with animal horn and bone details, seated on […]