A<\/strong> series of events at The Frederick Kiesler Library<\/strong><\/p>\n Curated by Valentina Sansone<\/p>\n Frederick Kiesler\u2019s architectures are inspired by life: his buildings are based on organic, open formulae<\/em>. As well as Kiesler, Ettore Sottsass defined new radical ways of living through design as \u201ca way of discussing society, politics, eroticism, food and even design. At the end, it is a way of building a possible figurative utopia or metaphor about life\u201d.<\/p>\n Departing from a reflection on Kiesler\u2019s visionary architecture and its relationship with the radical architecture and design movements in the late 1960s, a series of events especially conceived for the project by CuratorLab will activate<\/em> The Frederick Kiesler Library, over the course of the major exhibition at Tensta Konsthall. Invited artists and scholars reflect on utopian visions in art, architecture, life and design: the series of public events at The Frederick Kiesler Library represents an attempt to further analyse the fruitful exchanges between art and architecture over the course of history and poses new questions on the medium of sculpture today.<\/p>\n Tuesday, February 17, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n 3pm: Ian Kiaer on Frederick Kiesler <\/strong>A skype session with British artist Ian Kiaer <\/em><\/p>\n 3.30 – 4.30pm: Florian Medicus: \u201cKiesler\u2019s Endless House revisited\u201d <\/strong>A lecture on \u2018endlessness\u2019 in the history of art and architecture<\/em><\/p>\n Thursday, April 16, 2015 <\/strong><\/p>\n 4pm – 5pm: Andrea Zittel: How To Live? <\/strong>Video documentation of Zittel’s lecture at MAK, Vienna (2013)<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\nThe work of Frederick Kiesler has fascinated Ian Kiaer<\/strong> for many years. Kiaer introduces Kiesler\u2019s work and explains the reasons why he has developed a new series of sculptures departing from Kiesler\u2019s Tooth House<\/em>. After the Skype session, the lecture \u201cKiesler\u2019s Endless House revisited\u201d by Florian Medicus <\/strong>(University of Applied Arts, Vienna) will follow. Medicus looks at the concept of \u2018endlessness\u2019 in Kiesler\u2019s work, exploring its ramifications for art and architecture. Is it possible to escape from a traditional aesthetics when dealing with the idea of \u2018endless\u2019?<\/h5>\n
Tooth House<\/em> brings together a series of works by Ian Kiaer (UK, 1971. Lives and works in London) made between 2005 and 2014. The title is taken from the work of Frederick Kiesler, a scheme designed in the late 1940s for a residence integrated into its environment, modelled on a tooth – that part of the body that grows twice and is a constant reminder of our primordial past.<\/h5>\n
Ian Kiaer studied at the Royal College of Art and the Slade School of Art. Selected solo exhibitions include: the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (2014); Centre International d\u2019art et du Paysage, Vassivi\u00e8re (2013); Aspen Art Museum, Aspen (2012); Kunstverein, Munich (2010). The exhibition catalogue Tooth House<\/em>, published on the occasion of the artist\u2019s solo show at the Henry Moore Institute (20 March \u2013 22 June 2014) is available at the Frederick Kiesler Library.<\/h5>\n
Florian Medicus (University of Applied Arts, Vienna) is an architect and curator. He is currently editing a book on Kiesler\u2019s Endless House<\/em> in collaboration with The Kiesler Foundation (to be released in May 2015), featuring texts by Sanford Kwinter, Gerd Zillner, Jill Meissner, Laura McGuire, Wolf D. Prix, Brian Hatton, J\u00fcrgen Meyer H., Tomas Saraceno, Ian Kiaer, Andrea Zittel, Olafur Eliasson, and Hans Hollein amongst the others.<\/h5>\n
Thanks to: The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (UK); Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts, Vienna.<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Recipient of the 2012 Kiesler Prize, the American artist Andrea Zittel<\/strong> elucidates about her comprehensive work. Zittel\u2019s \u201cSocial Sculptures\u201d cross the boundaries between art, architecture, design and technology and the attempt to combine personal experiences with important social issues. \u201cPerhaps what inspires me most about Frederick Kiesler is how his brain worked. He was interested in things like matter, interacting forces, human need, continuous motion and elastic spaces. He felt that every object in the universe should be considered in relation to its environment, and he described this as an exchange of interacting forces, which he called co-reality and the science of relationships.\u201d (Andrea Zittel, New York 2012)<\/h5>\n
The video is the documentation of the lecture that took place on June 5, 2013 at the MAK Lecture Hall in Vienna.<\/h5>\n
Andrea Zittel (Escondido, USA, 1965) graduated from San Diego State University in 1988, obtaining a BFA in \u201cPainting and Sculpture\u201d and an MFA in \u201cSculpture\u201d from Rhode Island School of Design in 1990. After studying, Andrea Zittel moved to New York, where she founded her artistic company A-Z (later A-Z East). In order to combat isolation in the midst of the city, she began to integrate artists and neighbours into the company as of 1996. Zittel moved to the Californian desert nearby Los Angeles in 2000. She purchased a piece of land in Joshua Tree with a deserted homestead cabin and founded A-Z West. Zittel\u2019s main endeavour was to develop a new building technology in order to adjust better to the desert climate.<\/h5>\n
Thanks to: MAK, Vienna.<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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