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Beautiful Losers en La Casa Encendida

Ayer se inauguró en La Casa Encendida la exposición “Beautiful Losers: Arte actual y cultura urbana”, comisariada por Aaron Rose y Christian Strike. Una muestra de aire callejero en la que hemos participado, tanto en la organización del espacio expositivo como en el diseño  … more

Opening Tonight At BozarShop: The Word Viewed by Christopher Coppers

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Christopher Coppers has worked with many magazines, including our BEople (pictured above)

The Word, a magazine about “neighbourhood living and global style,” has commissioned paper sculptor Christopher Coppers to create a work using some of its old issues. The piece will be featured in a three-work Coppers exhibition at BozarShop … more

Things We Like: Life Defined By Forms

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Zaha Hadid, Chanel Contemporary Art Container

Chanel Mobile Art has arrived at the third destination of its six-city tour: New York City. While overtly promotional, what makes Karl Lagerfeld’s concept unique is that this Chanel Contemporary Art Container is a traveling museum. We were pleased to visit Chanel Mobil Art, Zaha Hadid’s latest architectural exploration, installed in the heart of … more

White House Redux: The Final Product

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Outside the Storefront for Art and Architecture

A few weeks ago, we mentioned our participation in the White House Redux project and showed the details of our very own Sprite House. The selected entries have been displayed through October at The Storefront for Art and Architecture, which is located just up the street from our New York studio.

We stopped by to see the selection of 150 entries (from more than 500) on display.  Click below to see the pictures.

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The First Brussels Biennale Opens Today!

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Brussels Biennale logo

Fifty years to the day from the closing of the 1958 World’s Fair, which saw a surge of development and modernization in Brussels, the first-ever Brussels Biennale of contemporary art opens. The biennale is being staged in two primary locations, the former Post Sorting Center at the Brussels-Sud station, and the Anneessens premetro station, … more

Base in Brussels Opens Its Doors For Design September

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Inside Base’s Brussels studio for Design September’s Open Doors: a faux Arno catches up on leisure reading; faux Pierre considers growing a moustache

The city of Brussels has long been a city with a strong, active design culture. Yet despite its perpetually prolific and varied design community Brussels is often overlooked as a design capital, no doubt due at least in part to the typically modest, understated nature of its residents. But two years ago this all began to change, with the first installment of an annual city-wide program called Design September. … more

‘Cambio Climático’ en Sevilla

 

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Gráfica de la exposición “Cambio Climático, preguntas y respuestas”

El cambio climático está aquí y allí, por eso Obra Social Caixa Catalunya pensó en dedicarle una exposición tratando de abordar muchas de las incertidumbres sobre los trastornos medioambientales. Una exposición que va de aquí para allí, y es que … more

onedotzero Fest, Featuring BaseMotion, Opens Today

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Since 1999, London-based onedotzero has staged the largest dedicated digital film festival in the world. A “cross-media production company and an international network of events” that “champions and explores new forms of moving image,” onedotzero is … more

The Storefront for Art and Architecture’s White House Redux Project—Winners Announced!

white-house-reduxIn January the Storefront for Art and Architecture, a New York City-based nonprofit organization, posted an international open call for ideas on redesigning the White House. Why? Well, with Change being such a theme in the upcoming presidential election, why not? … more

Expo Zaragoza: On-Site footage & more…

As you may have read here, BaseMotion have created the audiovisuals for the Thirst pavilion at this year’s World’s Fair (Expo 2008), in Zaragoza, Spain. For those of us who won’t be able to make it to the expo before it closes on September 14, we’ve put together a few films to capture the enveloping experience of the pavilion environment. … more