26.3.09

all that smells

All that is solid, melts into air, which I helped give form, opened last week in Mechelen. A few impressions:
The Saint Rombouts Tower in Mechelen.
Below Jimmy Durham while he was working on a more modest version.
(He has a big expo in Le Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris untill the 13th of April.)


Props for an installation of AL and AL. They paint everything Chroma Key Blue, even their studio.

Stereogram of a wire figure, developed by Joseph Plateau. He dipped these wire figures into liquid glycerine (soap suds) so that thin films were formed between their edges. This sometimes created exceptionally beautiful surfaces. (more here) In detail:
General Idea proposed people to manipulate themselves. With amusing results:
Nina Canell & Robert Watkins, 'Temporary Encampment'

Each bread box is unique.

Camilla Low, 'IV' en 'VI' & 'Numbers'.

Image Bank, 'Colour Bars (Spectrum Set)'. They made a website about their colour research from 1967 to 2000.