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51 articles, 2016-08-23 06:00 1 Morning Links: Frank Ocean ‘Endless’ Edition Must-read stories from around the art world 2016-08-22 09:02 1KB (1.08/2) www.artnews.com

2 rafael berges residual living proposal for new york city the proposal is an urban, multi-family housing that enriches human plurality by blurring the boundaries between public and domestic (1.03/2) space. 2016-08-22 18:25 3KB www.designboom.com 3 Editors’ Picks: 9 Art Events to See in New York This Week Check some of these art events as summer comes to a close and (1.03/2) don't miss your last chance for most of these exhibits. 2016-08-22 15:42 6KB news.artnet.com 4 How Did Wolfgang Tillmans’s Song End Up on Frank Ocean’s Album? The German artist and photographer didn't know he had (1.02/2) collaborated with Ocean on what is considered the hottest record release of the year. 2016-08-22 06:07 2KB news.artnet.com 5 Top Galleries of 2016: Sadie Coles HQ The following Q&A appeared in Modern Painters’ August issue, which profiles the world’s top galleries of 2016. 2016-08-22 16:00 3KB (0.04/2) www.blouinartinfo.com 6 eternity today collection by sophia blends ancient & modern an exploration of greek themes including beauty, health, endurance, strength, and more the diverse collection was designed by sophia. 2016-08-23 04:05 1KB www.designboom.com 7 duffy london's table + bench use surfboard- making techniques duffy london brings back its popular 'surf-ace' series with a set of table and benches made using traditional surfboard manufacturing techniques. 2016-08-23 02:15 1KB www.designboom.com 8 SaaN's dancing wall signals information center in beijing glass bricks with embedded LEDs form fluid animations to draw attention to the otherwise nondescript information center in beijing, china. 2016-08-23 00:15 1KB www.designboom.com

9 M&M’s Teams with Camilla Staerk for New Packaging to Mark 75th Anniversary The fashion designer has customized a collection to be sold exclusively at Target. 2016-08-22 23:53 3KB wwd.com 10 Hilfiger to Create Fashion Carnival on Pier 16 at South Street Seaport The designer will showcase the fall Tommy x Gigi Collection designed in collaboration with supermodel Gigi Hadid. 2016-08-22 23:46 5KB wwd.com 11 MSDL architectes completes ÉTS student center in montreal MSDL architectes has completed a student center at montreal's l’école de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), a public engineering school. 2016-08-22 23:04 2KB www.designboom.com 12 The Yellowstone Supervolcano Breathes in a Gorgeous Timelapse Video SKYGLOW returns with a new timelapse of the Yellowstone supervolcano’s geothermal activity. 2016-08-22 22:00 2KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 13 Trump Effigies Erected In Union Square Park: Last Week in Art A Jeff Koons sculpture ignites a $6 Million lawsuit as fears arise over the destruction of a Banksy mural. 2016-08-22 21:03 5KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 14 gioia sawaya's lebanon third landscape designed by an unknown french architect back in 1963, this obsolete concrete structure, remains today in as a skeleton, unfinished. 2016-08-22 21:01 2KB www.designboom.com 15 A Dancer and an Illustrator Compare Creative Energies Jules Bakshi and Alelli Tanghal chat about finding inspiration in pole dancers, athletes, and ink to paper. 2016-08-22 19:50 7KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 16 Antarctic Biennale Launches Open Call for Art Projects The Antarctic Biennale has launched an international open call for an artistic project to be realized in Antarctica as part of the 1st Antarctic Biennale. 2016-08-22 19:45 1KB www.blouinartinfo.com

17 Study: Getting Millennials to Spend Requires Deeper Understanding of Them Millennials may be thrifty, but a new poll showed that they have a willingness to spend. 2016-08-22 19:39 3KB wwd.com 18 teamlab illuminates ancient shrine and surrounding forest teamlab unveils two immersive art installations at the ancient shimogamo shrine in kyoto, illuminating the sanctuary and its surrounding primeval forest. 2016-08-22 19:35 2KB www.designboom.com 19 Datebook: 'Photofairs Shanghai' at Shanghai Exhibition Center Around 50 leading galleries from 15 countries will exhibit works for sale in the third edition of 'Photofairs Shanghai' to be held at the Shanghai Exhibition Center in September. 2016-08-22 19:21 1KB www.blouinartinfo.com 20 'Super Mario' and 'Legend of Zelda' in HoloLens Is Gaming's Potential Future NES emulator developer Andrew Peterson showcases the latest footage of his ‘Super Mario Brothers’ port for HoloLens. 2016-08-22 19:00 2KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 21 Seventeen Editor in Chief Michelle Tan Out at Hearst Tan had held the top job for about two years. 2016-08-22 18:49 1KB wwd.com 22 the breathing wall residence in india LIJO RENY architects has completed a house on a narrow plot, characterized by a corten steel surface that provides natural ventilation. 2016-08-22 18:35 2KB www.designboom.com 23 Strictly Timber: Meet Hungarian Project Village Hello Wood Why talk about future living, when you can actually experiment with new forms of architecture and design in real life? Since 2010, the Hello Wood Project has been doing exactly tha 2016-08-22 18:15 2KB www.blouinartinfo.com 24 Real Simple’s Editor in Chief Kristin van Ogtrop Departs Time Inc. Real Simple executive editor Sarah Collins will serve as interim editor in chief. 2016-08-22 18:01 2KB wwd.com

25 Express Your Color Identity with Gradient Hair and Floral Braids How to Hair Girl founder Roxie Hunt introduces us to her world of multi-hued, painted, and colored hairstyles. 2016-08-22 17:50 4KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 26 ‘Calder in the Alps’ at Various Venues, Gstaad, Switzerland, Presented by Hauser & Wirth Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday 2016-08-22 17:39 4KB www.artnews.com 27 Lydia Hearst Wears Christian Siriano Gown to Wed Chris Hardwick Hardwick wore a Prada tux. 2016-08-22 17:29 2KB wwd.com 28 Ryan Lochte Loses Sponsors Speedo, Ralph Lauren After Incident in Rio Lochte’s sponsorship deals with the brands are over in the wake of his Olympic controversy. 2016-08-22 17:14 2KB wwd.com 29 Léa Seydoux Cast in Latest Drake Doremus Film Léa Seydoux will appear alongside Charlie Hunnam in Drake Doremus’ still-untitled new film, which follows this summer’s “Equals,” starring Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult… 2016-08-22 17:11 2KB wwd.com 30 Amy Astley Poaches Glamour’s Jane Keltner de Valle for Architectural Digest Keltner de Valle will become AD’s style director. 2016-08-22 17:03 2KB wwd.com 31 The Broadway Con: An Agent Joins a Roster of Shady Characters To paraphrase the legendary writer-director Moss Hart, Broadway has a way of making perfectly reasonable people temporarily insane. 2016-08-22 16:41 3KB www.blouinartinfo.com 32 Pokémon Saying ‘YAS’ in Character Is Internet Gold This is better than coffee. 2016-08-22 16:40 1KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com

33 Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Appoints Gerun Riley its New President Gerun Riley, the new president of the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, was key in judging the competition to design the Broad Museum. 2016-08-22 16:33 2KB news.artnet.com 34 Turning Carbon Air Pollution into Artist Paints and Inks Graviky Labs has designed a technology that captures air pollution and converts it into a usable ink for printing and painting. 2016-08-22 16:30 5KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 35 Brightly-Colored Drawings Have a Bent Perspective | Monday Insta Illustrator Danish illustrator Rune Fisker captures the imagination with surreal- yet-relatable scenes. 2016-08-22 16:15 1KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 36 volvo + uber send their self driving cars into pittsburgh the partnership underlines the way in which the global automotive industry is evolving in response to new technologies. 2016-08-22 16:01 3KB www.designboom.com 37 Fame-Obsessed ‘Forty’ at MoMA PS1 Shows an Alternative Art Scene That No Longer Exists Ben Davis takes a close look at MoMA PS1's show, "Forty," and reckons with the legacy of this formerly scrappy space. 2016-08-22 15:49 6KB news.artnet.com 38 Here's What Happened When Conceptual Artists Released a Concept Album Like Beyoncé and Frank Ocean, new media art duo! Mediengruppe Bitnik push the envelope of the audiovisual album. 2016-08-22 14:09 5KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 39 Four Worlds Emerge at DiMoDa, the Virtual Museum Miyö Van Stenis, Theo Trian, Brenna Murphy, and Rosa Menkman will display their digital art works in the second edition of the digital museum. 2016-08-22 13:51 4KB thecreatorsproject.vice.com 40 Datebook: Cph Art Week 2016 to Dazzle Copenhagen in Late August Copenhagen Art Week will showcase the best of the current art scene in Copenhagen under the theme "Open Gestures" from August 26 to September 4, 2016. 2016-08-22 13:46 1KB www.blouinartinfo.com

41 Datebook: Important and Rare Art Auction by International Art Centre NZ Auction of Important and Rare Art by the International Art Centre, New Zealand on August 24, 2016. 2016-08-22 13:35 1KB www.blouinartinfo.com 42 guillermo fisher adds patio to bogotá's cantilevered house referencing the roman patio typology, the house is also an example of contemporary latin american architecture, with its mix of concrete and wood. 2016-08-22 13:23 2KB www.designboom.com 43 Why Does Kenny Scharf’s East Harlem Artwork Keep Disappearing? No more than a month after its re-installment this July, Kenny Scharf's mural goes missing yet again. 2016-08-22 12:48 1KB news.artnet.com 44 SculptureCenter Announces Fall Program, Featuring Debut New York Solo Exhibitions by Cosima Von Bonin and Aki Sasamoto Aki Sasamoto. COURTESY THE ARTIST Today, Long Island City's SculptureCenter announced a fall programming schedule that continues its commitment to an all 2016-08-22 12:06 2KB www.artnews.com 45 â​Beyond Impressionismâ​ with Claude Monet in Denmark Scandinavia is to hold its largest ever Claude Monet exhibition, with over 50 paintings coming to Denmark. 2016-08-22 11:44 2KB www.blouinartinfo.com 46 Chicago’s Billboards to Feature Major Artwork this September EXPO CHICAGO has announced a new addition to this year’s program: “OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project.” 2016-08-22 11:28 2KB www.blouinartinfo.com 47 Security Guard Files Lawsuit Against Metropolitan Museum of Art After Being Fired for Vandalism A Metropolitan Museum security guard says in a lawsuit he's not the one who defaced Egyptian sculptures in 2014, though he got fired for it. 2016-08-22 11:02 2KB news.artnet.com

48 What Deal Did SFMOMA Make to Land the Fisher Collection? What exactly did SFMOMA give up in exchange for securing the blockbuster Donald and Doris Fisher Collection? 2016-08-22 10:26 2KB news.artnet.com 49 Everyone Rejoice, the Pilot of ‘I Love Dick’ Is Absolutely Great To the relief of admirers worldwide of Chris Kraus's cult novel "I Love Dick," we can confirm that Jill Soloway's TV adaptation is brilliant. 2016-08-22 08:54 5KB news.artnet.com 50 Ascend Brand Manifesto We created a one-of-a-kind manifesto for a healthcare invention lab. Challenge Ascend Innovations represents a new partnership between the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association and Kaleidoscope, a product design firm. The unique collaboration brings doctors and healthcare providers together with designers, developers, engineers... 2016-08-22 08:00 2KB realart.com 51 Is Banksy’s Iconic ‘Spy Booth’ Mural Lost Forever? Unbeknownst to the local council, Banksy's famous 'Spy Booth' mural in Cheltenham appears to have been removed. 2016-08-22 06:45 3KB news.artnet.com Articles

51 articles, 2016-08-23 06:00

1 Morning Links: Frank Ocean ‘Endless’ Edition (1.08/2) Cover art for the album Endless by Frank Ocean. APPLE MUSIC/DEF JAM RECORDINGS Frank Ocean Tom Sachs on Frank Ocean’s new visual album Endless : “The 40-minute version is edited, but there’s something like a 140-hour version. That’s the whole thing. That exists, that’s the art piece.” [ Pitchfork ] Wolfgang Tillmans talks about the inclusion of his techno track at both the beginning and end of Endless . [ Pitchfork ] SFMOMA Here is a piece detailing SFMOMA’s acquisition of the Fisher collection. [ San Francisco Chronicle ] Russia Ukraine’s ministry of culture is calling for a boycott of a show of works by the 19th-century Crimean-born Armenian artist Ivan Aivazovsky currently on display at Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery. Ukraine claims the exhibition is showing pieces stolen from occupied territory. [ The Art Newspaper ] Auction Friday evening, Sotheby’s set a new world record price for a British car. They sold the 1956 Le Mans–winning Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-type for $21.79 million at its Monterey sale. [ Classic Driver ] Bansky Bansky’s Spy Booth piece in Gloucestershire, England was destroyed overnight. [ The Independent ] Extras Dana Goodyear in the Nevada desert, writing about the artist Michael Heizer’s “mile-and-a-half-long sculpture that almost no one has seen” near his ranch, titled City . [ The New Yorker ] Brandon Drew Holmes at Oh Shit-Oh Shit LA, which appears to be inside of a home gym of some sort. [ Sex Magazine ] Documentation of Lili Reynaud-Dewar at Clearing. [ Contemporary Art Daily ] 2016-08-22 09:02 The Editors

2 rafael berges residual living proposal for new york city (1.03/2) residual living is an urban housing proposal by new york-based architect rafael berges that rejects the individual unit as the basis for collective living and instead proposes the shared interstitial space between housing units as the generator of public life. the cracks formed between units redefine the threshold between the public and domestic realm. housing is the threshold that defines our public and domestic lives and it is, therefore, the point where the public realm begins. if the aggregation of housing is re-shifted to provide ‘in-between’, or interstitial spaces between units, then new types of public realms can be created. if one’s conception of public is smaller, then one has more agency over that public space becoming domesticated. new york city is the quintessential embodiment of modern conceptions of collectivity and densification. over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries the evolution of the city’s housing emphasized the aggregation of residential units to maximize lot coverage, access to light & air, and proper egress. this approach resulted in highly individualized housing units existing as separate entities that do not relate to one another except through shared corridors and party walls. the site chosen by rafael berges for his proposal is a manhattan city block that sits between old law tenements and towers in the park typologies, naturally evoking an in-between condition. each lot is filled with the same sized unit and is arranged to cover the same lot area. this aggregation method creates a variety of spaces between the units in plan and in section, where the character of the interior is juxtaposed with that of the in-between spaces. the interiors are rectilinear and modular while the in-between spaces are curved to envelop volumes of space—these spaces become the focal point of the design. volumes of space are created between units these volumes of space fall into two main categories: the neighborhood scale and the neighbor scale. the neighbor scale is where the units are most densely packed to create close proximities between units where more intimate interactions can occur between two units. the neighborhood scale is where 3 or more units are loosely packed to create larger volumes of space with visual continuity across them. balconies become an extension of the domestic space held within each unit and walkways connect units across larger spaces. the result is an urban, multi-family housing that enriches human plurality by blurring the boundaries between public and domestic space in order to allow the human condition to flow more seamlessly between the two realms. designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. 2016-08-22 18:25 Rafael Berges

3 Editors’ Picks: 9 Art Events to See in New York This Week (1.03/2) Tuesday, August 23 1. Film on View: Pourquoi viens-tu si tard? (Too Late to Love) at MoMA This gorgeous black-and- white film by prolific director Henri Decoin confronts both absurdity and heartache: “a happy-go-lucky photojournalist” subsequently “falls in love with a lawyer” who is, of course, hiding something. MoMA’s “Gaumont: Cinéma pour tout le monde” series runs through September 7. Location: 11 West 53rd Street, New York Price: adults $12, seniors $10, students $8. Reserve tickets here. Time: 7:00 p.m. —Daniela Rios Wednesday, August 24 2. Outdoor Cinema: “Embrace of the Serpent” at Socrates Sculpture Park A film by Colombian director Ciro Guerra takes center stage in this week’s edition of the Socrates Sculpture Park’s Outdoor Cinema program , Nominated for an Academy Award in Best Foreign Language Film, “Embrace of the Serpent” tells the tale of two scientists and the havoc they inadvertently wreak on a community in the Amazon. Location: 32-01 Vernon Boulevard Price: Free Time: 7:00 p.m. —Rain Embuscado Thursday, August 25—Tuesday, July 25, 2017 3. Launch of the Studio Museum in Harlem’s “ inHarlem ” Four artists, four uptown parks: the Studio Museum in Harlem launches a show of public works by Kevin Beasley (Morningside Park), Simone Leigh (Marcus Garvey Park), Kori Newkirk (St. Nicholas Park), and Rudy Shepherd (Jackie Robinson Park). The site-specific installations include Beasley’s sculptures that he calls “acoustic mirrors;” Leigh’s works based on the architecture of the Shona- speaking people of Zimbabwe; Newkirk’s first foray into public sculpture, with reflective fringe curtains; and Shepherd’s “negative energy absorbers,” sculptures that aim to “to dispel people’s feelings of racial prejudice, violence or ordinary disdain by opening them to more compassionate aspects of their personalities.” Location: Four Harlem Parks Price: Free Time: 5:00–7:00 p.m. opening celebration at Marcus Garvey Park —Brian Boucher Thursday, August 25 4. Cao Fei at MoMA PS1 : Exhibition Walkthrough with Xin Wang Cao Fei’s museum debut in the US comes to an end on August 30, but before it does, art historian Xin Wang will be leading a guided tour to talk about the exhibition’s finer details. Cao’s work, which ranges from video, photography, and installation, engages with a dystopian modern condition. To borrow Kathleen Massara ‘s description: “For the artist, there is always a way out, even if it is an imaginary one.” Location: 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City Price: $10 adult Time: 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. —Rain Embuscado Thursday, August 25 5. Performance by Lea Bertucci and Lori Napoleon at the Drawing Center A show by Gabriel de la Mora provides the backdrop for a performance by musician Lea Bertucci , who turns traditional instruments to new uses to convey “surround sound,” and Lori Napoleon, aka Antenes , who revives obsolete telephone equipment by turning it into synthesizers and sequencers. De la Mora frequently repurposes discarded materials like egg shells and shoe soles, and this particular show centers on disused loudspeaker screens. Thursday’s event is the sound of two performances organized by Thessia Machado, who was included in artnet News’ “ 12 Sound Artists Changing Your Perception of Art .” Location: 35 Wooster Street Price: Free Time: 6:30 p.m. —Brian Boucher Through Friday, August 26 6. Films To Come: Moholy-Nagy and the Moving Image at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The final weekend of the summer film program focusing on Moholy-Nagy and the Bauhaus will conclude with a screening of the 1936 sci-fi film Things To Come , directed by William Cameron Menzies and based on H. G. Wells’ novel of the same title, for which Moholy-Nagy was commissioned to create special effects. Location: 1071 5th Avenue, New York (between 88th & 89th Street) Price: adults $25, students and seniors $18 Time: 11:00 a.m. — Caroline Elbaor Through Friday, August 26 7. Eva Lundsager: Other Night, Other Light at Van Doren Waxter The Boston-based artist explores, as she states in a 2010 interview in BOMB magazine , “hysterical ecstasy.” Her watercolor and Sumi ink drawings are bursts of color that delight and disorient viewers. Catch her in the show’s last days at Van Doren Waxter, where 20 works on paper line the walls of the gallery’s airy, light-filled space. Location: 23 East 73rd Street, New York Price: Free Time: Monday– Friday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. —Kathleen Massara Through Saturday, August 27 8. “ The Beat Goes On ” at the School of Visual Arts Artist Derrick Adams curated the show at the SVA’s Chelsea gallery space, which has been transformed into four distinct listening rooms by artists including Elia Alba, Kevin Beasley, Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky), and Tameka Norris (aka Meka Jean). Each room is inspired by music and the history or recorded and transmitted sound. The exhibition continues through September 17, and includes a series of performances, such as Elia Alba this Saturday, August 27. See the SVA website for additional performances by Kevin Beasley and DJ Spooky. Location: SVA Chelsea, 601 West 26th Street, 15th Floor, New York Price: Free Time: Saturday, August 27, 4:00–6:00 p.m. —Eileen Kinsella Through Sunday, August 28 9. Young Architects Project (YAP) at MoMA Don’t miss your last chance to see the five finalists’ proposals from the MoMA/MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program, which features artwork from MAXXI , MMCA , and CONSTRUCTO , among other studios. YAP gives upcoming architects the opportunity to propose a project fit for a temporary museum addition, and confront “environmental and contextual issues” while helping visitors cool off. Location: 11 West 53rd Street, New York Price: adults $25, seniors $18, students $14 Time: Saturday–Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–8:30–p.m.; Friday, 10:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m. —Daniela Rios 2016-08-22 15:42 Daniela Rios

4 How Did Wolfgang Tillmans’s Song End Up on Frank Ocean’s Album? (1.02/2) How did a song by the photographer and artist Wolfgang Tillmans end up on Frank Ocean’s visual album Endless? Considered the hottest record release of the year, Ocean dropped the album on Friday, and followed up a day later with the release of another long-player titled Blond. (Or “Blonde” according to Apple Music). Tillmans announced the inclusion of his electronic music track Device Control in the outro of Ocean’s album via Instagram this past Friday, just as he had found out about it. In a photo caption, Tillmans explained, “Three weeks ago I showed him [Ocean] a few songs, which I had written and produced for myself, and he replied ‘Device Control is brilliant. Love. Can I sample it for the intro of my album?’ I agreed and to my excited surprise this morning he didn’t just sample it. He released my complete original track as the end of this amazing album.” Related: Rihanna Stops off at the 9th Berlin Biennale During Her ‘Anti’ Tour Ocean also used a photograph shot by Tillmans for the cover of Blond, the long awaited follow-up to his 2011 hit album Channel Orange. In an interview with Pitchfork , the artist opened up on how he met Ocean and how the pair’s collaboration came about. “We were brought together by the wonderful people at Fantastic Man magazine, who had set up an exclusive cover story for their 10th anniversary album early last year,” the photographer said. “The shoot turned out to be almost impossible to set up…I had given up hope and said I had to go the Berlin next day. He said he would prefer to do it there. I didn’t think he meant it, but two days later he showed up at my Berlin studio.” But, as Tillmans went on to explain, in true pop star fashion Ocean made a u-turn. “All seemed well, but a couple weeks later Fantastic Man got a letter from his lawyers in Los Angeles barring them from using the pictures,” Tillmans added. “It was a huge disappointment and felt very unfair, but we stayed in touch and he later wanted to use images for his book to accompany a future album.” Related: 12 Sound Artists Changing Your Perception of Art The Turner Prize winner is known for his involvement in music. His popular “playback rooms” were exhibited in Munich and Berlin , and he is due to release a techno EP titled [ 2016/1986 ] on September 16. 2016-08-22 06:07 Associate Editor

5 Top Galleries of 2016: Sadie Coles HQ (0.04/2) Related Venues Sadie Coles HQ Sarah Lucas, "FatherTime," 2011 [Courtesy of Sadie Coles HQ] Since founding her gallery in 1997 and making a name as a notable supporter of the YBAs, Sadie Coles has been a stalwart on the London art scene with her Mayfair and Soho spaces. With a roster that includes Sarah Lucas, Carl Andre, Matthew Barney, and Elizabeth Peyton, the dealer says her modus operandi has always been to base her programming “entirely on gut feeling.” We spoke with Coles about the London scene and falling in love. I always wanted to be involved. Artists are wizards, and who wouldn’t want to assist a wizard? I worked for a museum first—Arnolfini, in Bristol—and thenfor Anthony d’Offay. The artists he represented and the quality of the exhibitions were exceptional. His gallery raised the bar and was very inspiring. It remains an influence. There has been a massive expansion of activity in London over the past 20 years. It is incomparable now. Tate Modern, Frieze, the YBA generation— all have contributed to drawing the international art world here. The auction houses followed the energy, and London is now indisputably the second art place after New York. In 1997 you could not imagine that was going to happen. Amazing really. I was always very conscious that much of the business in London is transient, and I have therefore remained committed to the idea of the West End. It is a big city, so you want to be accessible for someone who is only here for a day. Mayfair is now full of galleries, but it was rather sleepy 10 years ago. Now it has a real glamour, and Soho has a more downtown energy. I like to be in both. Sir John Soane’s Museum is a treat, a perfect cabinet of an 18th-century collection from the era of the Grand Tour permanently installed in a house he designed. Then there’s the ornate Pre-Raphaelite splendor of Leighton House Museum in Kensington. I would also encourage a visit to some of the newly invested-in regional art centers: Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth in Manchester, or the Hepworth Wakefield, for instance. We have good trains! And London is now a great place for food. Lunch at Margot Henderson’s Rochelle Canteen at Arnold Circus has to be one of the greatest of local pleasures. This is the most difficult question to answer and the most frequently asked. It is just a gut feeling. Like falling in love. The biggest challenge when we opened was finding enough collectors in London. But because there were fewer galleries, it was easier to put together a program of very good artists. The biggest challenge in 2016is the overcrowding and the fast pace. It is getting more and more difficult to maintain your relationships with artists, collectors, and museums while you are on a plane 24/7 and doing eight fairs a year, plus exhibitions in multiple spaces. Ours is a very specific business model that relies on personal relationships. In the fall we have a show of new work by Laura Owens, which is very exciting because she always surprises and pushes the discourse about painting forward. She is a radical. In November I will have my sixth exhibition with John Currin, whose show opened the gallery in 1997. That makes me very happy. I am hopeful that culture can only become more important as labor is replaced by computers. We human beings like to dream, to think, to create. 2016-08-22 16:00 Modern Painters

6 eternity today collection by sophia blends ancient & modern sophia, a greek home decor brand, explores notions of beauty, health, endurance, strength, victory, and wisdom in the ‘eternity today’ collection. distinctly greek, the series includes statuettes, bookends, cushions, tableware and more. designed by sophia’s creative director, alexandra, ‘eternity today’ blends ancient narratives with modernity. designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. 2016-08-23 04:05 www.designboom

7 duffy london's table + bench use surfboard- making techniques duffy london brings back its popular ‘surf-ace’ series with a set of table and benches made using traditional surfboard manufacturing techniques. christopher duffy has designed the limited edition collection for his UK- based studio using the strong visual language and sensual curves that typify classic balsa wood boards. the set of table and benches are made using traditional surfboard manufacturing techniques crafted out of solid wood sourced from forestry stewardship council managed land, the ‘surf-ace table’ and accompanying benches adopt the same construction tools and techniques as surfboards made by the ancient hawaiians. wood is first carved and shaped to the desired proportions and dimensions, then stained, laminated and finished. both the bench and table bear similar long silhouettes defined by a thin plane simply bent at its ends to create supporting legs. the duffy london-designed pieces are characterized by sumptuous curves and rounded edges that give a smooth and polished effect — akin to the slender surfboards that have helped enthusiasts ride waves for generations. the series uses strong visual language and sensual curves that typify classic balsa wood boards the set has been crafted out of solid wood sourced from forestry stewardship council managed land wood is first carved and shaped to the desired proportions and dimensions both the bench and table bear similar long silhouettes defined by a thin plane simply bent at its ends 2016-08-23 02:15 Nina Azzarello

8 SaaN's dancing wall signals information center in beijing SaaN design consultancy’s ‘dancing wall’ combines elements of tech, art, and architecture to signify the entrance for an information center in beijing. situated just off the road, with a small plaza in front, the ‘wall’ is composed of 690 translucent bricks with embedded LED technology. conceived as a transition space, the open entrance way separates inside and out without a complete division. from within, sunshine and blurry passerby maintain a subtle connection while reducing street noise and heat. at night, LEDs embedded within each brick can be programmed to produce animations. though low- resolution, the ‘dancing wall’ can effectively create fluid phenomenon like clouds, fire, or even sounds. ‘dancing wall’ was realized by SaaN design consultancy, inc., in beijing, china. architect: SaaN design consultancy, inc (kevin xiang, J. J. lanzo, cathy geng, john luo) title: the dancing wall location: beijing, china features: 690 glass bricks, embedded LEDs organized in self addressable matrixes project year: 2016 designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. 2016-08-23 00:15 Kai Xiang

9 M&M’s Teams with Camilla Staerk for New Packaging to Mark 75th Anniversary SWEET DEAL: Creating an nth degree of collaboration, the Danish fashion designer Camilla Staerk has joined forces with M&M’s to create the M&M’s by Staerk Designer Collection. The design upgrade is timed with the candy’s 75th anniversary and it will be introduced Sept. 4 exclusively at Target nationwide. The colorful M-stamped chocolates aren’t getting an overhaul, but Staerk has upgraded the packaging with abstract interpretations of animal print-inspired designs for the brand’s milk chocolate and peanut M&M’s. Staerk drew from Louise Nevelson sculptures for the milk chocolate print and from Mariel Hemingway’s look in Woody Allen’s “Manhattan” for the peanut version, which may or may not be immediately recognizable by the average Target shopper. But Staerk’s tie to M&M’s isn’t strictly an aesthetic one. Growing up, there was a sugar-fueled tradition during her family’s and friends’ annual ski trips to the French, Austrian or Swiss Alps. The younger set were allowed to stash M&M’s in their pockets to help keep them going during a day on the slopes. That led Staerk to “have strong reason to believe that M&M’s made me a better skier.” Staerk, who still has her own signature ready-to-wear and accessories collection, has branched out into home decor designs and commissions. She is creating textiles for Cornwell Hotels and interior design direction for New York apartment concepts. She is currently working on uniforms and interiors for a Williamsburg restaurant that will open next year in New York. Staerk also continues to collaborate with her fellow Dane Helena Christensen and will add swimwear and accessories to their Staerk & Christensen label. Having designed jewelry for Skagen, they are working on a home decor line for a Danish-American interior company that will launch next year. The New York-based duo have also created short films and photography exhibitions together, and are currently working on a new exhibition for a New York gallery. Through a deal with the travel company Thomson they designed boyfriend short that were gifted to guests at Sensatori Resorts in Mexico, Jamaica and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic for a limited time this summer. Aside from Ralph Lauren’s daughter Dylan running a candy emporium and Maria Sharapova fronting her Sugarpova brand, the fashion-inclined haven’t really submerged in the sector. These two industries might not be that far apart considering the Mars Inc.-owned M&M’s knockoff history. The company founder’s son Forrest Mars reportedly got the idea for the candy shell covered chocolates during the Spanish Civil War, after seeing British soldier eating Smarties candy. After patenting its own process, Mars introduced M&M’s in 1941. 2016-08-22 23:53 Rosemary Feitelberg

10 Hilfiger to Create Fashion Carnival on Pier 16 at South Street Seaport Tommy Hilfiger is going all out to win the consumer vote. In a “see-now-buy-now” show that’s aimed equally at a consumer and an industry audience, Hilfiger will create “Tommy Pier,” at Pier 16 in South Street Seaport for his fashion show, which will take place outdoors on Sept. 9. Featured on the pier will be iconic fair rides and games, including a 40-foot Ferris wheel, classic fairground foods such as pretzels, hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cream sandwiches, cotton candy, lobster rolls, doughnuts and French fries. And fashion. The designer will showcase the fall 2016 Tommy x Gigi Collection designed in collaboration with Gigi Hadid. A shoppable live-stream will take place on tommy.com at 7 p.m. EST, at the same time that the show goes live. Half of the show’s 2,000 guests on Friday night will be consumers. They will be invited via a combination of best customers through “Hilfiger Club” loyalty program from retail, tickets offered for free on NYC Go, and the brand working with select print media partners for e-mail outreach to sign up for free tickets. “Tommy Pier” will open again to consumers again on Sept. 10 from noon to 9 p.m. as the show is rebroadcast on large LED screens throughout the venue. Two Tommy x Gigi pop-up shops, a vintage Tommy Hilfiger shop, record shop, nail art and temporary tattoos will be housed along on the pier. Twenty-one-year-old Hadid and Hilfiger teamed to launch her first collaborative collection with the designer last December. Putting her West Coast stamp on Hilfiger’s East Coast classics, the company describes the partnership as a “new take on nautical with a playful, romantic edge.” There are marine, utility and maritime influences mixed with embroideries, sailor stripes and sporty details. Key fabrics include feminine chiffon, cozy cable- knits and sleek leathers. All lines shown on the runway, which include styles from the fall 2016 Tommy x Gigi collaborative capsule and Hilfiger Collection, will be immediately available for purchase after the runway show. The Tommy x Gigi collaborative capsule collection will be sold at the Tommy Hilfiger retail locations, on tommy.com globally and through its global wholesale network. Hadid caused a media stir when she walked down Hilfiger’s Mustique- inspired runway in a crochet bikini last September. She was then named the label’s global brand ambassador, beginning in fall 2016. In addition to walking the runway and collaborating on a capsule collection, she will attend launch events in key markets. The collaboration aims to blend the model’s Millennial take on fashion with Hilfiger’s classic American heritage. Hadid’s wide social following, which includes more than 21.8 million followers on Instagram, is expected to help the Hilfiger brand to expand its global reach. After her appearance on last September’s runway, Hilfiger said, “We were the most viewed show on Snapchat, and we’ve been having so many requests for the crochet bikinis and everything else Gigi wore. She is the definition of today’s ‘Tommy Girl’ given her optimistic personality and effortless, confident style.” Hilfiger has never been low key when it comes to his fashion presentations. In previous seasons, Hilfiger has transformed his show space into a football stadium with a Jumbotron capturing the models walking on the AstroTurf runway or a beachfront complete with sand. Last April, the company created a pop-up island during Milan’s furniture and design trade show, Salone del Mobile. The brand built a 3,229-square-foot island with sand, palm trees, lounge chairs and straw huts in the buzzing Tortona district on a roundabout traffic, where visitors could take a break during the city’s Design Week events. Hilfiger offered video games that simulate a jet-ski race and a photo booth. Last August, Hilfiger created a makeshift tennis court in the middle of Bryant Park to launch his collaboration with Rafael Nadal for underwear, tailored clothing and fragrance, TH Bold. And who could forget when Hilfiger built a Cape Cod-styled shingled house complete with a dog house in the front yard, curtains on the windows, a weather vane perched on the roof, and a mailbox and outdoor furniture, and dropped it down on the Meatpacking District? Inside was the Prep World collection featuring 60 pieces of women and men’s sportswear, as well as tennis racquets, ping-pong paddles, badminton rackets, croquet sets, bamboo bicycles and surfboards — all for sale. The 800-square-foot beach cottage, which was open to the public, was set up in various cities around the globe for similar events. 2016-08-22 23:46 Lisa Lockwood

11 MSDL architectes completes ÉTS student center in montreal MSDL architectes models ÉTS student center in montreal on a former icehouse in canada, architecture firm menkès shooner dagenais letourneux (MSDL) has completed a student center at montreal’s l’école de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), a public engineering school. designed to catalyze development in the city’s griffintown district, the design references an icehouse that once stood on the site. the crystal-like volume is intended to be as light, open, and transparent as possible. MSDL architectes has unified ÉTS’ mixed-use program into a singular sculpted volume, with offsets that interact with the more conventional campus buildings. the massing was carved out on its south and east sides to create space for a future park that extends inside the building’s public program. this maximizes available sunlight and offers the community a glazed atrium that showcases student life within. on the street side, the building offers views of the upper functions through a five-storey high image, digitally imprinted onto the glass curtain wall. according to the design team, the image is an abstract representation of the energetic network of ideas on the campus. internally, the atrium is conceived as a landscape that exists in continuity with the exterior park. a cantilevered truss lifts the grand staircase on its south side, offering glimpses of montreal’s city center from the park. a spiraling promenade weaves through the atrium under a topography made of birch wood slats a spiraling promenade weaves through the atrium under a topography made of birch wood slats. this inhabited circulation connects multiple zones, with custom furniture and selected seating typologies integrated throughout — providing areas for relaxing, studying, and socializing. a tunnel link allows students to access their residences through a planned bridge to the west. custom furniture and selected seating typologies are integrated throughout the atrium is conceived as a landscape that exists in continuity with the exterior park a large image has been digitally imprinted onto the glass curtain wall the image is an abstract representation of the energetic network of ideas on the campus 2016-08-22 23:04 Philip Stevens

12 The Yellowstone Supervolcano Breathes in a Gorgeous Timelapse Video Images courtesy the artists Yellowstone National Park, which straddles Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, sits on a supervolcano and caldera. For the last 70,000 years it’s been relatively quiet, limited to geysers, hot springs and ground swelling, amongst other types of geothermal activity. SKYGLOW , an ongoing project exploring the effects and dangers of urban light pollution in the dark areas of the North American sky, recently shot a timelapse of Yellowstone. In a video titled Hades Exhales , the geothermal activity, occasionally accented by colored lights, gets paired with both the clear and nighttime skies. While it pales in comparison to actually being there, the timelapse does show the sheer scope and grandeur, not to mention the danger, of a supervolcano gearing up for the next blast. As with SKYGLOW ’s previous videos, producers Harun Mehmedinovic and Emina Becirovic made Hades Exhales in collaboration with the International Dark-Sky Association , a non-profit fighting to preserve night skies around the globe. Click here to see more SKYGLOW videos. Related: Light Pollution Is No Match for the Milky Way in These Stunning Timelapses Africa's Light Pollution-Free Natural Wonders Are Gorgeous in 4K Space Photographer Explains How To Shoot The Milky Way 2016-08-22 22:00 DJ Pangburn

13 Trump Effigies Erected In Union Square Park: Last Week in Art Via A lot went down this week in the weird and wild world of Art. Some things were more scandalous than others, some were just plain wacky —but all of them are worth knowing about. Without further ado: + The original Winnie the Pooh dolls have been restored to their former glory thanks to the New York Public Library. [ Hyperallergic ] + An Islamic extremist by the name of Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi, pleaded guilty to war crimes involving the destruction of historic monuments in the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali. He was charged with ordering the demolishment of nine mausoleums and the 15th-century Sidi Yahia mosque. [ The Art Newspaper ] + A new affordable-art website called Collectionair is making waves in the art world, recently gaining support from curatorial elites like former director of the Musée National d’Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou, Jean-Hubert Martin. [ The Art Newspaper ] Via + Italian art dealer Fabrizio Moretti filed a $6 million lawsuit against David Zwirner and his gallery for failing to deliver Jeff Koons’s Gazing Ball sculpture that Moratti claims he purchased for $2 million. [ The Art Newspaper ] + Famed glass artist Dale Chihuly recently came under scrutiny regarding his piece titled Persian Ceiling in an exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. In the show's accompanying wall text the artist is quoted, "It was an exotic name to me, so I just called them Persians.” The artist and the museum received a wave of public backlash for the name of the piece and the artist’s designation of Persians as “exotic.” [ Artnet News Via + A self-proclaimed anarchist art collective placed five micro penis Trump sculptures in Union Square Park this week. [ The Guardian ] + Harvard University launched an online public database cataloging 32,000 works connected to the Bauhaus. [ The Art Newspaper ] + The Ukraine’s ministry of culture is calling for a boycott of Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery in protest of a new exhibition of paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky. The Ukraine claims that the art was stolen from the Russian annexed region of Crimea. [ The Art Newspaper ] Via + A Banksy mural has gone missing in Gloucestershire and fans are beginning to fear it's destruction. Pictures surfaced on social media this week of tarps and scaffolding covering the area of the wall the mural was painted. [ The Guardian ] + Colombian-American artist named Yazmany Arboleda has been painting the churches and mosques in the Kenyan city of Nairobi, yellow, as a part of a public art project supporting peace and unity across the world’s religions. [ The Guardian ] + Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room is hitting the road in 2017. The installation by the famed Japanese artist will debut at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC through Feb. 23rd, before heading to Seattle and Los Angeles as well as Ontario and Cleveland. [ The Los Angeles Times ] Via + Madonna just announced a new fundraising campaign where lottery winners will get a fully comped trip to Miami Art Basel with the recording artist. [ ArtNet News ] + An expensive street art portrait of Diana Vreeland was stolen from a hotel in Chelsea on Tuesday, but was safely returned by the thief a few hours later. [ NY Daily News ] Via + Sculptor, and founder of the Hunters Point artist colony, Jacques Terzian, dies in San Francisco at 94. Founded in 1984, the Point grew to become what was considered to be the largest artist colony operating in the United States. It is still one of the largest, with 250 artists in residence. [ SF Gate ] + Art collector Chuck Thurow donated 114 works, from 59 Chicago-based artists, to the DePual Art Museum in Illinois. [ Art Forum ] Did we miss any pressing art world stories? Let us know in the comments below! Related: Art Fair Asses and New Radiohead: Last Week in Art $40 Jeff Koons, "Vagina Artist" Fined: Last Week in Art Shia LaBeouf Wants You to Pick Him Up: Last Week in Art Muhammad Ali's Paintings & Johnny Depp's Basquiats: Last Week in Art How Brexit Could Affect Britain's Artists: Last Week in Art Poop Museums & Panama Papers: Last Week in Art Selfie Monkey Gets His Day in Court: Last Week in Art 2016-08-22 21:03 Nathaniel Ainley

14 gioia sawaya's lebanon third landscape designed by an unknown french architect back in 1963, and located right on the coast, this obsolete concrete structure, initially intended to be an aquarium, remains today in batroun/lebanon’s urban fabric, as a skeleton, unfinished. referring to gilles clement: ‘manifeste du tiers paysage’, this structure categorizes a ‘third landscape’; the first being the natural, the second the architectural, the third features a refugee space, what is empty, and unfinished. in other words, it features what ratifies the negation of the natural vs what involves a potential trigger for a possible architectural change. this ’third landscape’ marks a point, a position in space, where potential connections among its elements map multiple configurations, and new relationships, so that the depotentiation of form would be key to a unique spatial unicuum that isn’t achieved by the insertion of ‘des objets à réaction poétique’, or by the strategy of the ‘trompe l’oeil’. but rather by the introduction of new impulses, that act as inflection points, and that are able to orient, manipulate and shape elements in space, in order for communication to be at a more somatic, perceptive level. in a nutshell, this ‘third landscape’ reads batroun’s urban fabric from a different perspective. its space, functioning as an open system, expresses a notion that is about responding, where responding to different stimuli in architecture, in opening up to external as well as internal configurations, and in trying to seek control in intrinsic physical conditions, the reason why the structure is considered to be a mediator, a machine; but a machine that is interested in control and not in power. construction remains, working with time, and are also a representation of time article and images: gioia c. sawaya (senior architecture student at ‘notre dame university’-NDU, lebanon) academic advisors for this theoretical premise: dr. nicolas gabriel and dr. kristine samra. designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. 2016-08-22 21:01 Gioia Sawaya

15 A Dancer and an Illustrator Compare Creative Energies Jules Bakshi and Alelli Tanghal. All photos by Charlie Rubin for The Creators Project We found two active and physically inclined creatives and had them talk to each other. The daily life of an urban artist is an exercise in maintaining inspiration and balance. Jules Bakshi is a modern dancer, choreographer, and wellness professional who encourages empowerment and body positivity through her dance and fitness classes. Bakshi’s work is movement and vitality. Alelli Tanghal is a painter, illustrator, and art director at Doubleday & Cartwright, a creative agency with several clients in the world of professional sports. Tanghal’s work is to interpret movement and athleticism. The two New York-based artists met on the Vice rooftop to discuss creative movement, finding equilibrium between the personal and the professional, and the genesis of collaboration. The Creators Project: How did you discover that intersection between activity and art? Jules Bakshi: I was always a super active child. So as soon as I was old enough, my mom put me into gymnastics. But when I went through puberty, my body changed and gymnastics became really scary and I had a lot of mental blocks. When I discovered modern dance when I was 12 years old, I totally fell in love with it because it was that outlet for all my energy, but it was creative. Alelli Tanghal: As an illustrator, my movement comes from the lines and the ink. And I think it’s mainly inspired by the female form and our gestures and curves. When did you discover that the female form was really your main inspiration? Tanghal : What’s funny is I used to draw strippers. When I went to the strip club for the first time, I was amazed. They’re kind of acrobatic. Bakshi : They’re totally acrobatic. They can be, especially pole dancers. Do either of you have a work/life balance philosophy that you stand by? Bakshi : I’m a dancer/choreographer, but I’m also a wellness professional. It’s my job to know when things start getting out of balance. That doesn’t always mean that I can reel it in, but I can tell right away. Our bodies know when we’re not getting enough rest, when we’re not eating well, when we’re not exercising enough, when we’re not sleeping well. And my work suffers when I’m not in balance. Tanghal : I constantly struggle with trying to find that balance. I have my full- time job and I try to get my personal work going, but if I don’t have that personal creative space, that’s when I feel drained. As a rule, I try to give myself at least two hours of personal creative space every day. Some people need their yoga sessions, I need time to draw and research and look at things. I bet that’s the same as keeping your body tuned up. Jules Bakshi Jules, you’re passionate about making dance accessible and encourage women to be kind to their bodies. As a professional, how do you put yourself in the mindset of someone who comes with hesitancy or needs inspiration? Bakshi : All of these women who I look up to and who I admire and who I think are amazing still don’t feel happy or free in their bodies. You don’t have to be a dancer, you don’t have to look a certain way. You just have to be happy in your body to enjoy the pleasure of moving your body around. Alelli Tanghal Alelli, what’s your relationship to professional sports? How do you engage with them when you’re conceptualizing a project versus when you’re not? Tanghal : I’m not generally a sports fan. But there’s a lot of research that goes into all my jobs. So you do get sucked into the world. You start to respect the athletes. What these people’s bodies are capable of and also how everybody’s got their unique move or their unique talent that they’re identified with. I have to think of these movements visually. So when I thought of Kyrie Irving’s crossover, I imagined it as an infinity symbol and I somehow had to illustrate that. Do you have a ritual or a process whenever you’re starting a piece? Tanghal : I like to go through piles of books and flip through things. And sometimes I like to go to junk stores. I need to explore in order for me to get inspired or get excited about something. Bakshi : I usually write first. It’s usually during my writing practice that it comes out that I need to make a dance about something. And once I write about why I need to make the dance, then I call on my very talented coven of collaborators and ask them very nicely if they’ll come into the studio so I can experiment with them. Collaboration is probably the most important aspect of my work. First, I start with the dancers and the physical part of it, and then later, once I figure out what it’s about, because something’s coming through in the writing. I have to get into the studio with this feeling. It reveals itself. I don’t usually say, “I’m going to make a dance about…” Tanghal : No! Nobody ever does. Nobody ever makes [visual] work like that either, and I think that’s the difference between commissioned work and personal work. It has to come out. I have a question for you. When you’re choreographing, do you have to get people familiar with a certain movement to get them to pull [a feeling] out of themselves? Bakshi : Yes, I totally do. I was in the studio trying to figure out what this idea is that I had for my next piece. I said, ‘I want you to dance together, and the [concept] is you’re going to stay in this box of light’ that just happened to be shining through these weird rafters. I said, ‘I want you to stay in the square of light and I want you to do the dance of building something that keeps falling apart.’ Tanghal : You’re telling them about a feeling and then you have to associate that feeling with something visual. Bakshi : Right. Tanghal : That’s how I would think of [your work] relating to visual art. I’m trying to picture what you’re painting with your movements, and that’s a palette right there. If you were going to collaborate on something together, how you would approach that? Tanghal : I would want to do a choreographed strip club where we’re on the subway and the strippers are on the poles. But they’re very graceful and elegant. Bakshi : Oh, I’m down. To learn more about about Jules Bakshi click here. To learn more about Alelli Tanghal click here. This content was paid for by the advertising partners and was created in collaboration with VICE creative services, independently from The Creators Project editorial staff. Related: Paolo Pellizzari's Panoramic Sports Can Sports and Art Finally Come Together In This Interactive Installation? 2016-08-22 19:50 The Creators

16 Antarctic Biennale Launches Open Call for Art Projects The Antarctic Biennale has launched an international open call for an artistic project to be realized in Antarctica as part of the 1st Antarctic Biennale. Applications are open to artists under the age of 35, working in any medium, including performance and installation. The project can be on land, ice, water, or on board the biennale’s expedition vessel. All proposals must respond to the biennale’s motto of “Mobilis in Mobile” and take into consideration that no materials are to be left behind. The competition jury consists of Alexander Ponomarevs and members of the biennale’s Artistic Advisory Board including Defne Ayas, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Hoor Al-Qasimi, and Nadim Samman. The 15 selected finalists will receive invitations to participate in a group exhibition at the Antarctic Pavilion in summer 2017 in Venice. Commenting on the initiative, Alexander Ponomarev, Commissioner, The Antarctic Biennale, said that this is a biennale “upside down.” “Instead of pompous apartments and hotel rooms – ascetic cabins. Instead of chaotic creative wanderings, through receptions and tourist filled streets – a dialogue with big nature and an explosion of consciousness facilitated through the dialogues with scientists, futurists, and technological visionaries,” said Ponomarev. The 1st Antarctic Biennale from Antarctic Biennale on Vimeo . 2016-08-22 19:45 Nicholas Forrest

17 Study: Getting Millennials to Spend Requires Deeper Understanding of Them Totaling 80 million, Millennials are now the largest age group in the U. S. workforce. And while a new research report commissioned by software firm Vision Critical confirmed that Millennials may be thrifty, it also showed that they have a willingness to spend. Getting them to open up their purses, though, requires different engagement tactics. The authors of the report, conducted by Maru/VCR&C, noted that the “paradox of the Millennial generation is that, despite being so extensively studied and analyzed, American businesses and enterprises still don’t accurately understand them, and often see them as a nuisance or adversary.” “To succeed, businesses need to come to terms with Millennials , and appreciate how they’re motivated by different values and display different behaviors than previous generations of customers,” the researchers said, adding the Millennials “currently control more than $600 billion in annual customer spending.” Some of the conclusions derived from the survey of 1,600 respondents include that this generation are “eager adopters of new technology, especially when it gives them more control over their time and their lives.” The researchers also found that social causes are important to Millennials, and they “seek out opportunities to support them not just in the voting booth but at the supermarket, the mall and the office.” And when it comes to traditional forms of advertising, they actively avoid it, which is problematic for companies and brands who are trying to reach this group. But there are other marketing challenges as well: the authors of the report said that Millennials “prefer to research products and services on their own time, through their own pathways, to draw their own conclusions.” Still, the researchers found Millennials crave fashion brands — and they are ready to spend their hard-earned dollars. “Millennials are fashionable and have expensive taste,” the researchers said, noting that 65 percent of respondents “want designer brands and believe design is important.” This compares to just 18 percent of Baby Boomers who were surveyed. And in regard to spending, 19 percent of Millennials polled described themselves as “big spenders,” which compares to 11 percent of Generation Z and 5 percent of Baby Boomers. “In keeping with their self image as spenders, Millennials like nice stuff,” the researchers said. “They seek out designer labels. They like classic designs, but want fashionable items that look good. They buy products that look expensive, are special and unique, and can impress others. At the same time, however, our study also highlighted things they truly care about just as much: where it’s designed, where it’s shipped from and whether its manufacturer or retailer has made any commitment to fair trade, organic or sustainability principles.” 2016-08-22 19:39 Arthur Zaczkiewicz

18 teamlab illuminates ancient shrine and surrounding forest teamlab brilliantly illuminates an ancient shrine in kyoto and its surrounding primeval forest teamlab unveils two immersive art installations at the ancient shimogamo shrine in kyoto, illuminating the historic sanctuary and its surrounding primeval forest in a brilliant display of color. presented from now through august 31, 2016 as part of the light festival in tadasu no mori, ‘resonating trees’ animates the wooded landscape that leads visitors to shimogamo shrine. meanwhile, ‘resonating spheres’ turns the world heritage site into an all-encompassing and participatory art space. for ‘resonating spheres‘, teamlab has installed a sequence of oversized orbs surrounding the sakura gate of shimogamo shrine. when the globes are touched, the color of their light subtly changes as they emit a musical note unique to their new hue. simultaneously, the spheres communicate with one another, altering their tone to match their neighbors which, in turn, forms a colorful chain reaction that stretches through the landscape. the second installation illuminates the vegetation that surrounds the entrance to shimogamo shrine. ‘resonating trees‘ brilliantly lights up the landscape, slowly shining color onto each individual plant before subtly fading from view. as visitors or animals approach the trees, the light changes color and a musical tone resonates from the forest. as viewers walk through the world heritage site, they can observe fleeting shimmers of light making their way across the woodland, signifying the presence of human or animal touch. through the installation, teamlab hopes that ‘people will become more aware of the existence of other living things in the same space.’ 2016-08-22 19:35 Nina Azzarello

19 Datebook: 'Photofairs Shanghai' at Shanghai Exhibition Center Related Venues Shanghai Exhibition Center The third edition of 'Photofairs Shanghai' will be held at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. The exhibition will run from September 9 to September 11 2016. Works of some of the leading photgraphers from around the world will be on display in the much-anticipated exhibition. Around 50 leading galleries from 15 countries will exhibit works for sale. Many top artists, gallery owners and industry experts will be available for interviews including Wim Wenders, Michael Wolf, Anderson & Low, Shao Wenhuan, Yao Lu, Yoram Roth, Shen Wei and many more. 2016-08-22 19:21 BLOUIN ARTINFO

20 20 'Super Mario' and 'Legend of Zelda' in HoloLens Is Gaming's Potential Future Screencaps via When Mario isn't busy accepting the Olympic Torch on behalf of Japan , it seems he's exploring the tools defining the next generation of gaming. Recently he 35- year old plumber and star of one of Nintendo's most popular franchises found his way into a Windows-based 3D Nintendo Entertainment System emulator called N3S. Currently in alpha, its developer, Andrew Peterson, is experimenting with bringing this 3D voxel-based system to Microsoft’s augmented reality headset HoloLens. A few weeks ago, Peterson demoed his Super Mario Brothers N3S port for HoloLens. He followed that up with a showcase of more N3S HoloLens games, including Tetris, Zelda, Donky Kong and others. Peterson says there are some obstacles to overcome as far as rendering and the positioning of the holographs in space. “While there are some inefficiencies in my rendering, I'm actually not sure the device will be able to render most games at full speed, especially as the geometry gets more complex with hand-edited meshes,” he explains in the description of his original Super Mario demo. “The biggest issue with this is that you can't update the holograph's position in space frequently enough to maintain the illusion of it physically existing. It moves with your vision and jumps back to it's original spot every time it recovers from dropped frames.” So, we probably won’t be seeing these NES ports in HoloLens anytime soon, but it’s awesome to see that it is, at the very least, a future possibility. Click here to see more of Andrew Peterson’s work on N3S. Related: Nintendo’s ‘Duck Hunt’ Now Exists in Virtual Reality Meet Ming Micro, the Portable 8-Bit Video and Audio Synthesizer Old School Video Games Inspire Layered Glass Artworks 2016-08-22 19:00 DJ Pangburn

21 21 Seventeen Editor in Chief Michelle Tan Out at Hearst Michelle Tan , the editor in chief of Seventeen, has been let go after about two years in the job, WWD has learned. A spokeswoman from Hearst declined to comment but did confirm the departure. Tan, who joined Hearst in November 2014, came from Time Inc.’s People where she served as special projects editor. At Hearst, Tan reported to Cosmopolitan editor in chief Joanna Coles , who also holds the role of editorial director of Seventeen. According to sources, Tan was notified that she would no longer be needed at Seventeen while on maternity leave. Under her stewardship, Tan made a push to court the fashion set with more edit pages devoted to emerging designers. She also made a play to highlight diversity in the magazine’s pages, and launch a capsule collection of core basics dubbed “ The Edit by Seventeen.” But Tan had her work cut out for her; producing a magazine whose core reader no longer reads print is no easy feat. The teen media market is also fickle with young consumers jumping from one social media platform to the next. Newsstand has been challenging for all print publications across the industry. Numbers aside, insiders also noted Tan has had a few managerial bumps, but there has been no official word on why Tan was dismissed. Hearst has not announced a replacement for Tan, but it is assumed that the magazine’s executive editor Joey Bartolomeo will continue to play a leading role in the glossy’s production. 2016-08-22 18:49 Alexandra Steigrad

22 the breathing wall residence in india in kerala, india, architecture studio LIJO RENY has completed a house on a narrow plot, characterized by a corten steel surface that provides natural ventilation. titled ‘the breathing wall residence’, the three-storey dwelling replaces the client’s previous home, which provided little natural light and a limited connection with its surroundings. ‘it was difficult to know if it was day or night, or for that matter rain or sunshine, while inside the client’s previous dingy home that stood on this site,’ explain the architects. the structure occupies a site that measures just 6 x 16 meters all images by praveen mohandas, unless otherwise stated conceived as a prototype for narrow plots, LIJO RENY architects’ design occupies a site that measures just 6 x 16 meters. a centrally positioned atrium rises through the center of the home, providing both natural light and ventilation. this landscaped core connects the building with a staircase that adjoins the two enclosed blocks to the east and west. in order to facilitate ventilation through other parts of the home, the design team used a weathering steel wall — resistant to the region’s harsh tropical climate. the ground level contains provision for a parked car, as well as the home’s primary living accommodation and one of the residence’s three bedrooms. another bedroom is found at the storey above, alongside a spacious family area and a more private study. the uppermost level houses a further bedroom, with a private bathroom and a roof terrace. see more architecture in india on designboom here. lush vegetation is included throughout the scheme a centrally positioned atrium rises through the center of the home image by suneesh suresh a staircase connects two blocks to the east and west the project is located in the indian state of kerala 2016-08-22 18:35 Philip Stevens

23 Strictly Timber: Meet Hungarian Project Village Hello Wood Why only think about future living, when you can also experiment with new forms of architecture and design in real life to find out what works best right now? Since 2010 the Hungarian “Hello Wood” Project has been living up to this philosophy with remarkable results. Initiated as a summer camp for art, architecture and design students by Budapest-based design practice Hello Wood, or rather its cofounders Péter Pozsár, András Huszár, Dávid Ráday, the interdisciplinary project has been appreciated as an international get-together for some time now, with students and architects from all over the world participating. This summer, students from more than 20 universities in 30 countries met in the Hungarian town of Csoromfolde, near Lake Balaton, in the second edition of a three-year project. Their assignment for the week: build a timber village that addresses “actual needs of the community, from the most mundane and pragmatic ones to the utmost spiritual.” The idea for the Project Village is as ambitious as it is didactically intriguing. Participants were asked to collaboratively create a new settlement from scratch, from real-time master planning to the politics that come with building projects, ensuring safe and professional construction in cooperation with local crafts people. The universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Goldsmiths college in London as well as ETH Zürich, and TU Delft were among the participating educational bodies who sent students and lecturers, alongside international theoreticians and practitioners such as Zurich visionaries Urban Think-Tank; Moscow, New York, and Basel based Kosmos Architects; Greek architect collective FORA, and German installation artist Markus Heinsdorff. And they were very busy: 14 timber structures were created in the one week, partially applying century-old woodworking techniques, as well as latest technologies. Now, the village prides itself of a bath house, an observatory, a “parliament”, and even a “cathedral, ” all modeled after the group’s understanding of contemporary communal living. After its completion next year, the village is intended to serve as a regular rural campus for the Hello Wood faculty’s summer school. Interested visitors are welcome throughout the year. 2016-08-22 18:15 Lisa Contag

24 24 Real Simple’s Editor in Chief Kristin van Ogtrop Departs Time Inc. Real Simple editor in chief Kristin van Ogtrop has departed Time Inc., after 13 years at the helm. Real Simple executive editor Sarah Collins will serve as interim editor as the company searches for Van Ogtrop’s successor. A company spokeswoman did not expound much on the details of the editor’s departure, aside from offering that she “decided to leave” to “pursue her next chapter.” Chief content officer Alan Murray and vice chairman Norm Pearlstine thanked Ogtrop for her service at Time Inc. via a note to staff Monday. “We thank Kristin for her outstanding work and contributions over the years,” the note said. “She has been at the helm of Real Simple for 13 of the brand’s 16 years of existence.” Ogtrop offered in return: “With the help of an incredibly strong team, I’ve had the great fortune to grow Real Simple into a successful, multiplatform giant. It’s been such a rewarding — and fun — experience. And now I’m excited to take a bit of time and actually put into practice some of the thousands of tips I’ve edited over the years. I look forward to becoming Real Simple’s most enthusiastic consumer.” Ogtrop’s last day at Real Simple will be Sept. 2. The news follows a rehaul at Time Inc., which includes the elimination of the role of publisher — a bold move that the firm said will help it meet market demands. Earlier this month , Time Inc. slashed its annual revenue forecast amid continued declines in sales from print advertising and a hefty $35 million charge related to restructuring. During its quarterly earnings call, chairman and chief executive officer Joe Ripp noted that the new company structure, which includes an overhaul of its editorial , publishing and corporate teams , “enables” the firm to “integrate” across “edit, digital, brand management and native [advertising] solutions.” Time Inc., which brought in $3.1 billion in revenue in 2015, said it expects 2016 revenue to be between flat to up 1.5 percent higher than a year ago, compared with growth of between 1 and 5 percent it previously forecasted. 2016-08-22 18:01 Alexandra Steigrad

25 Express Your Color Identity with Gradient Hair and Floral Braids Melted Popsicle Hair, colored, styled and shot by Roxy Hunt on model Marley Ames As one of the ultimate forms of self expression, an individual’s hair and hairstyles is representative of their own unique identity. Now more than ever, color trends are taking center stage in hair play with vibrant tones, gradient hues, and all-over-color. Roxie Hunt, the owner of How to Hair Girl , practices and teaches ColorPrint, the act of creating a canvas within the hair, and applying techniques from the fine art world to create custom designs for clients. “I feel like we are in the midst of a true creative renaissance right now in the hair world,” Hunt tells The Creators Project. “Bright colors have dipped into the mainstream, they are not just for freaks and punks and riot grrrls and high school anymore.” As Hunt puts it, “Anything goes.” Bitchin Eye, painted and shot by Roxy Hunt, model Aubrey Kralis For Hunt and her followers of How to Hair Girl, turning hair into art is about a deeper connective and collaborative experience with others, which they believe ultimately leads to healing. “It is the bridge and the gateway to ourselves,” Hunt tells The Creators Project. “Why not have some fun with it? I can't think of a better canvas for wearable art. A wise woman once told me this, ‘Stuck in hair, stuck in life.’ This quote is constantly reflected back to me from the people who I work on,” Hunt explains. Radiant Moon, ColorPrint painted and shot by Roxy Hunt on model Julia Reams-Giersch After getting burnt out from salon work, Hunt felt compelled to explore the connection between hair and art and expression. “It was completely impractical and terrifying to jump off that cliff into the abyss, and go freelance and follow the creative inspiration instead of the dollar.” Hunt says, “I started exploring hair painting after I quit my job last year and just took some time in the studio to develop a skill that I always knew to be within the realm of possibility.” She continues, “I am applying fine art techniques to hair using color and brushes, stenciling and color formulation. All the things I had previously dabbled in but never directly applied to the hair.” Technicolor shapes on Green plasma hair. ColorPrinted, styled and shot by Roxy Hunt, base color done by Dylan McCord, on model Chelsea Hayes Hunt uses a wide range of color when creating her vibrant styles. “The thing with color is that one always leads to another so it can be very hard to stick within a color trend. I sometimes try to care more about what the trends are, but at the end of the day I don't like perpetuating fad because I feel like it binds us creatively as consumers and as artists. When I teach, I encourage artists to challenge trends and to push it farther. Get out of their color comfort zone.” Braids and Floral design work by Roxy Hunt. Shot by Roxy Hunt on model Cameron Shauer As an artist, Hunt’s creative practice doesn’t stop at color use alone. She says, “I design with plants and flowers, as a meditative and creativity inspiring practice. It really helps me to connect to the pure love source. I make floral mandalas and it is deeply grounding to me and, it helps me with color theory.” Braids and Floral design work by Roxy Hunt. Shot by Roxy Hunt on model Birch MacLeod To learn more about ColorPrint click here. Related: Colorist Dyes Hair to Look Like Warhol, van Gogh Masterpieces Harvested Human Hair Gets Sculpted into Sleek Combs and Vases The World's Smallest Comic Is Etched On A Human Hair 2016-08-22 17:50 Hannah Stouffer

26 ‘Calder in the Alps’ at Various Venues, Gstaad, Switzerland, Presented by Hauser & Wirth Alexander Calder, Untitled , 1976, installation view, at Oberbortstrasse 24, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday. Today’s show: “Calder in the Alps” is on view at various public locations throughout Gstaad, Switzerland, through September 30. The outdoor sculpture exhibition presents six works made in the 1960s and ’70s by the American artist. Alexander Calder, Untitled , 1976, installation view, at Oberbortstrasse 24, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Alexander Calder, Untitled , 1976, installation view, at Oberbortstrasse 24, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Alexander Calder, Six Planes Escarpé (1967), left, and Four Planes Escarpé (1967), right, installation view, at Lake Lauenen, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Alexander Calder, Six Planes Escarpé (1967), left, and Four Planes Escarpé (1967), right, installation view, at Lake Lauenen, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Alexander Calder, Six Planes Escarpé (1967), left, and Four Planes Escarpé (1967), right, installation view, at Lake Lauenen, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Alexander Calder, Four Planes Escarpé , 1967, right, installation view, at Lake Lauenen, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Alexander Calder, Six Planes Escarpé , 1967, installation view, at Lake Lauenen, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Alexander Calder, A Two-Faced Guy , 1969, installation view, at Church Saanen, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Alexander Calder, A Two-Faced Guy , 1969, installation view, at Church Saanen, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Alexander Calder, A Two-Faced Guy , 1969, installation view, at Church Saanen, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Alexander Calder, 3 flèches blanches , 1965, installation view, at Le Grand Bellevue, Untergstaadstrasse 17, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Alexander Calder, 3 flèches blanches , 1965, installation view, at Le Grand Bellevue, Untergstaadstrasse 17, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Alexander Calder, Tripes , 1974, installation view, at Promenade 66, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH Alexander Calder, Tripes , 1974, installation view, at Promenade 66, Gstaad, Switzerland, 2016. JON ETTER/©2016 CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK and DACS, LONDON/COURTESY CALDER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, ART RESOURCE, NEW YORK, AND HAUSER & WIRTH 2016-08-22 17:39 The Editors

27 Lydia Hearst Wears Christian Siriano Gown to Wed Chris Hardwick Lydia Hearst went a non- traditional route, sartorially speaking, for her wedding to Chris Hardwick this past weekend. The actress, model and Hearst heiress wore a bejeweled pink and white ombré gown, custom designed by Christian Siriano. “Oh @lydiahearst, you were so beautiful on your wedding day in your Siriano gown (and @hardwick isn’t so bad either!) #hearstwick,” Siriano wrote in a social media post. The groom wore a Prada tuxedo for the occasion. Hardwick shared a photo and additional details from the celebration, which took place Saturday at Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif. Not surprisingly for the Nerdist founder and “Talking Dead” host, there was a sci-fi theme to the day. “We had Jawas, astromech droids, zombies and a TARDIS cake. Also an incredible first-dance performance by Clay Walker. We were also surrounded by the most wonderful collection of good humans and it was an honor to share this a day with them,” Hardwick wrote on Instagram. “Btw @amctalkingdead was pretaped the next two weeks and @atmidnightcc is on hiatus so I can go on honeymoon! Byeeeeeeeeeeeee.” Wedding guests included Michelle Trachtenberg, Tyler Shields and Jillian Murray. Hearst will next appear in the film “The Downside Of Bliss,” out later this year. #aboutlastnight my best friend @lydiahearst had the most magical wedding to @hardwick, and I got to share the evening with my big bro and boy bestie @scottsartiano. Oh what a night! A photo posted by Michelle Trachtenberg (@michelletrachtenberg) on Aug 21, 2016 at 10:02pm PDT What a wonderful wedding @lydiahearst & @hardwick – wishing you guys the most ❤ #hearstwick forever #cocktailANDcowboy A photo posted by Jillian Murray (@jillianmurrayofficial) on Aug 21, 2016 at 4:16pm PDT Hearst shared a preview of her Siriano gown ahead of the wedding: I am truly blessed to have you in my life @hardwick. I love you, and I will never stop loving you. I cannot wait to marry you in one week A photo posted by Lydia Hearst (@lydiahearst) on Aug 13, 2016 at 8:49am PDT RELATED STORY: Misty Copeland Wears Inbal Dror for California Wedding >> 2016-08-22 17:29 Kristen Tauer

28 Ryan Lochte Loses Sponsors Speedo, Ralph Lauren After Incident in Rio Two days after Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte apologized to NBC’s Matt Lauer, Speedo USA announced it has ended its sponsorship of Lochte. In addition, Ralph Lauren said in a statement Monday, “ Ralph Lauren continues to proudly sponsor the U. S. Olympic and Paralympic Team and the values that its athletes embody. Ralph Lauren’s endorsement agreement with Ryan Lochte was specifically in support of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the company will not be renewing his contract.” Speedo tweeted the news Monday, which was first reported by AP. As part of this decision, Speedo USA will donate a $50,000 portion of Lochte’s fee to Save The Children, a global charity partner of Speedo USA’s parent company, for children in Brazil. “While we enjoyed a winning relationship with Ryan for over a decade and he has been an important member of the Speedo team, we cannot condone behavior that is counter to the values this brand has long stood for. We appreciated his many achievements and hope he moves forward and learns from this experience,” the Speedo statement read. The four-time Olympian sparked an international firestorm last week, after claiming that he and three teammates — Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen — were pulled over and robbed by gun-toting men posing as police officers while on their way back to the Olympic Village after a night of drinking. Lochte later offered a different account and Rio de Janeiro police subsequently said he and his three fellow swimmers lied about the incident and allegedly vandalized a restroom in a gas station. The U. S. Olympic Committee is further investigating the matter. Executives at the USOC did not respond immediately to a request for comment. In his interview with NBC, Lochte said he was too intoxicated to remember if he may have broken the restroom door while trying to barge in. He also told Lauer that he “overexaggerated” the first account and “if I’d never done that, we wouldn’t be in this mess.” The 12-time medalist also indicated he regretted leaving Rio last week to return to his Gainesville, Fla., home while Bentz, Conger and Feigen were still in Brazil and subsequently faced further questioning. After apologizing to the people of Brazil, Lochte said on-air that he embarrassed himself, his family, the three teammates that were with him, USA Swimming, the whole Olympic Games and everyone who was watching. 2016-08-22 17:14 Rosemary Feitelberg

29 Léa Seydoux Cast in Latest Drake Doremus Film Following in the footsteps of actors such as Kristen Stewart and Felicity Jones, Lea Seydoux is set to be Drake Doremus’ latest leading lady, as reports have come out that she will star alongside Charlie Hunnam in the director’s upcoming project. Seydoux is the recipient of the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, which she won for 2013’s “Blue Is the Warmest Color.” In addition to acting, the French actress has been a favorite of fashion brands. She appeared in Rag & Bone’s fall 2014 campaign alongside Michael Pitt and was featured in ads for Miu Miu in 2014 with “Blue Is the Warmest Color” costar Adèle Exarchopoulos. She then was the face of Prada ’s Candy fragrance, before jumping ship for Louis Vuitton this year. She attended the 2016 Met Ball clad in a Nicolas Ghesquière design and appeared in ads for the brand, dressed in the pre-fall 2016 collection in the campaign photographed by Patrick Demarchelier. She is a Louis Vuitton ambassador, along with Alicia Vikander, Michelle Williams and Jennifer Connelly. Her first appearance for the brand was in January in at the UNICEF ball. Doremus’ most recent work was this summer’s “ Equals ,” starring Stewart and Nicholas Hoult as star-crossed lovers in a futuristic society that has done away with emotions. The young director broke out with his 2011 Sundance hit “Like Crazy,” featuring Jones , Jennifer Lawrence , and the recently deceased Anton Yelchin. Though very little is know about the project, Doremus did confirm to a follower that he was indeed working on a new film, before tweeting “new journeys on the horizon” while linking to a story on the casting news. New journeys on the horizon. https://t.co/0ws3D6gay2 — Drake Doremus (@drakedoremus) August 19, 2016 2016-08-22 17:11 Leigh Nordstrom

30 Amy Astley Poaches Glamour’s Jane Keltner de Valle for Architectural Digest Amy Astley , the newly minted editor in chief of Architectural Digest , has reached for some familiar faces as she remakes the Condé Nast-owned glossy. Astley nabbed Jane Keltner de Valle, the fashion news director from sister publication, Glamour , as AD’s style director. Keltner de Valle will start her new gig on Sept. 6. A spokeswoman for Glamour said it is working to fill the editor’s job. At AD, Keltner de Valle will oversee the style portion of the front-of-book section, develop and write features for the magazine, and produce style and design-related web content. Her reunion with Astley marks a sort of homecoming. She left Teen Vogue, the magazine Astley helmed, in 2014 after a 10-year career there. At the time, Keltner de Valle’s departure was part of a broader budget cut at the magazine, and parent company, as a whole. The slimming down of Teen Vogue has since continued with the business side folding into Vogue , and Astley moving on to AD. Astley replaced then editor in chief Margaret Russell , who was let go in May. Meanwhile, Glamour is experiencing some reshuffling of its own. In late July, the women’s glossy cut several positions, as it continues to work to integrate print and digital. Glamour editor in chief Cindi Leive told staffers that the reorganization was meant to “streamline the brand through a more forward-thinking structure” that would aim to bridge its print and digital content. On the business side, the changes signified a continued combination of Self and Glamour, an endeavor which took root last year. Condé Nast chief executive officer Bob Sauerberg began laying down the ground work to underscore the importance of Glamour’s transition to staffers last August at an annual editorial meeting. Sources have told WWD that Condé Nast will continue to combine jobs in an effort to cut costs as the company continues to evolve its digital business, while also dealing with a struggling print advertising environment. 2016-08-22 17:03 Alexandra Steigrad

31 The Broadway Con: An Agent Joins a Roster of Shady Characters When a one-time theater agent was recently arrested for fraud — he allegedly bilked gullible investors of $165,000 for a non-existent play — the parallels to Mel Brooks’s “The Producers” were irresistible. However, Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, the iconic characters of Brooks’s cult film and hit musical, were far more inventive in their scheme. The duo plotted to over- capitalize an actual show — “Springtime for Hitler” — that would be so awful it would close at intermission and they could then pocket the ill- gotten gains and head for Rio. Disaster strikes when the show turns out to be a hit. By contrast, Roland Scahill is a piker — and a not very clever one at that. The 41-year-old ex-agent and would-be entrepreneur told a number of investors that he had secured the dramatic rights to the stormy life of the aptly-named opera diva Kathleen Battle; the play would star Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o; it would be presented at the Booth, one of the most desirable of the Shubert theaters; and Netflix had been contracted to produce and exhibit a film of the production. None of this was true. Indeed, agents for Battle and Nyong’o, as well as the Shuberts, had never heard anything of the sort. Still, beginning in October 2014, Scahill managed to collect $165,000, apparently from friends, with these enticements which included, for good measure, the news that Nyong’o herself would announce the production when she presented a Tony Award at the 2015 ceremony. Instead, around the same time, a press release was issued that Nyong’o, who had just won an Oscar for “12 Years a Slave,” would star in Danai Gurira’s drama, “Eclipsed.” Undeterred, Scahill cooked up a phony email, purportedly from Nyong’o, claiming to investors that she was committed to Scahill’s production. According to court documents filed by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., the “phantom production” proceeded until investors grew skeptical and began asking for the return of their money. They received checks that promptly bounced. On Friday, August 19, Scahill, who had once worked at William Morris Endeavor and the Gersh Agency, was arraigned on charges of theft, to which he pleaded not guilty. In a statement, Vance noted that the indictment of the agent was essential to “safeguard the integrity of this vital industry.” Broadway’s integrity has been under assault several times before, of course, most recently in another notorious case. Last year, Long Island stockbroker Mark Hotton was sentenced to three years in prison for wire fraud in connection with the lavish musical “Rebecca.” In 2012, the show’s lead producer, Ben Sprecher, had paid an advance to Hotton who said that he represented an overseas investor, “Paul Abrams,” who was making a $2 million investment in the $12 million production. On the basis of the promise, “Rebecca” began rehearsals and sets had begun being constructed. Then Hotton came up with some bad news: Abrams had died of malaria while on a safari in Africa. Soon after, news emerged that the Long Island stock broker had managed to kill off a phantom investor. As in the case of Scahill, Hotton had concocted his scheme through phony emails, fast talk, and the inadvertent collusion of individuals who wanted to believe an irresistible sales pitch. To paraphrase the legendary writer- director Moss Hart, Broadway has a way of making perfectly reasonable people temporarily insane. 2016-08-22 16:41 Patrick Pacheco

32 Pokémon Saying ‘YAS’ in Character Is Internet Gold Save yourself the $4.75 on your morning coffee because this video of Pokémon from Pokémon Go saying "yas" is more than enough to get you through the day. YAS POKEMON is 56 seconds of Pokémon cry animations while an offscreen voice shouts "yas" in perfect character for each one. The creator has also given them more yas-worthy names, like HotDoge for Flareon, Daddy for Nidoking, and Fairy Kween for Clefable. YAS POKEMON is the first and only video on a YouTube account called mi ry , which has no information listed about the creator. Thank you, mystery creator, for showing us how sassy Venusaur probably is turning up. Via Pokemon Go Association 'Pokémon GO' Simulation Satirizes Spurious Gameplay Dark Political Cartoons Show How Technology Is Our New Master I’m the First (and Maybe Final) Professional 'Pokémon GO' Trainer 2016-08-22 16:40 Beckett Mufson

33 33 Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Appoints Gerun Riley its New President The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, a project of the Los Angeles mega-art collectors, has appointed longtime staffer Gerun Riley as its president. The Broads are, of course, the couple behind the Broad Art Museum, which opened in September 2015 in Los Angeles. Related: Tour the New Broad Art Museum in Pictures “For some time now we have looked for someone who we trust to work with me in overseeing our philanthropic activities, someone who shares our values and priorities,” said Eli Broad in a press release. “And the right person was with us the whole time.” Riley, 40, started out with the Broads in an entry-level administrative job 13 years ago, and since then has served as chief of staff, vice president, and senior vice president. She was involved with managing the architectural competition for the Broad Museum, won by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and overseeing its construction. “For over 13 years I’ve had the privilege to work side by side with the Broads on their dogged mission to improve the human mind, body and spirit,” said Riley in the press announcement. “It’s a humbling honor to assume the responsibility of leading the charge to continue The Broad Foundation’s rigorous dedication to stronger public schools, cutting-edge scientific and medical research and accessibility to the arts.” Related: Cindy Sherman Survey Marks Broad Museum’s First Temporary Exhibition Besides opening LA’s Broad Museum, the foundation is also behind the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. The foundation also made a $30 million pledge to the strapped Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles in 2008, and it supports other organizations including LA Opera. The Broad Foundation is also involved in efforts in education and scientific research. The organization has awarded $16 million in college scholarships and $123 million in grants to support public schools, according to the foundation’s figures , and invested upwards of $800 million into areas including stem cell research. 2016-08-22 16:33 Senior Writer

34 Turning Carbon Air Pollution into Artist Paints and Inks Material from vehicles. Image courtesy of Pavithra Chowdappa | Graviky Labs Converting pollution into a usable art medium was an idea concepted by Graviky Labs and executed by collaborating with several designers, artists, scientists, and automobile experts. After discovering a way to capture pollution, Graviky has began repurposing it into an ink called Air-Ink. The benefits of this medium is reduced air pollution, recycling the carbon for printing, painting and art needs and realizing the soot as a viable resource with creative benefits. It is no secret that the carbon emissions from car and truck engines contain a heavy soot content and that there are risks associated with breathing them in. Founded by MIT Media Lab researcher Anirudh Sharma, Nikhil Kaushik and Nitesh Kadyan, Graviky have been fusing technology and design to aid in tackling environmental issues. While at MIT Media, Sharma came up with the idea of capturing pollution and repurposing it to use as ink. KAALINK attached to a tailpipe. Image courtesy of Pavithra Chowdappa | Graviky Labs “The thought behind this is to have air pollution end up as art/illustrations/murals, than in our lungs,” Sharma tells The Creators Project. “It’s like an art movement where people want to express more about the environment safety with these inks.” Each pen containing the Air-Ink captures approximately 40-50 mins of air pollution/PM generated by cars. Graviky recently presented Air Ink in Hong Kong in collaboration with Tiger Beer for the inaugural launch of the product. “We collaborated with Tiger Beer to pilot our inks to bring together artists and create awareness on air pollution,” says Graviky. “Our goal is to take our inks anywhere people want to use it and do our bit towards reducing pollution. By using our inks for day-to-day needs, he/she has the power to reduce our carbon-footprint,” says Sharma. Testing in the garage. Image courtesy of Pavithra Chowdappa | Graviky Labs In order to create the ink, pollution is filtered through a three-step process. “At first stage, we use our proprietary technology “ KAALINKTM ” that captures soot emitted from vehicles. KAALINK is a contraption retrofitted to the exhaust pipe of vehicles to capture the outgoing pollutants.” Sharma says, "The unit automatically turns on when an engine is activated and gases start flowing through the exhaust. All fine particle matter is then captured within the walls of the unit. In the second stage, the soot collected by KAALINKTM undergoes various proprietary processes to remove heavy metals and carcinogens. The end product is purified carbon pigment. In the third and final stage, the purified carbon is used to make different types of inks and paints.” Sharma continues, “Each stage has its own challenge and we are still working on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of each process to increase the impact on pollution control.” KAALINK. Image courtesy of Graviky Labs As an art medium, the newly launched Air-Ink is as versatile as other products on the market and can be used in a variety of ways. “Our inks are formulated to target permanency and shall have an effect similar to any other permanent marker.” Sharma explains, “There are seven different grades of Air-Ink, with different applications: Fabric, outdoor paints, art, graffiti, screen printing, etc. We process the captured pollution to remove the heavy metals and carcinogens but the inks used for art work/graffiti etc are not fit for inhalation/ingestion. This is similar for any other ink or paint.” KAALINK attached to a motorcycle tailpipe. Image courtesy of Pavithra Chowdappa At the present time, Air-Inks and paints are being produced in different shades of grey and pitch black, though there are other sources of pollution that Graviky plans to harvest in the near future to get other colors. Sharma explains to us, “A separate effort is being made to broaden our portfolio by adding more varieties of inks and paints. Once we add printer cartridges refills to our portfolio, we shall be able to reduce the carbon-footprint in business/offices too. We are confident on the commercial viability of our products and looking forward to commercial launch by the end of this year.” To learn more about Air-Ink click here . Related: How Artists Are Fighting Air Pollution in Beijing A Rorschach-Worthy Fashion Line Wants to Protect You From Air Pollution 2016-08-22 16:30 Hannah Stouffer

35 Brightly-Colored Drawings Have a Bent Perspective | Monday Insta Illustrator They're not optical illusions, but Rune Fisker 's chaotic illustrations use visual trickery to create truly captivating scenarios. The Danish illustrator and animator draws people whose inner emotional states bleed into their surrounding environment, rendering offices, living rooms, and what appears to be an art museum into visual bedlam. His Escher-esque approach to form and line sends the eye on a search, but his vivid colors and strong narratives compel them to keep coming back for more. On his webstie, Fisker says his, "abstract, surrealist style plays with geometries, line, and tone. The results are subconscious scenes where characters of distorted proportions entangle with phantom scenes hinged between fiction and reality. " Check out Fisker's work in the Instagrams below. Follow Rune Fisker here. Check out The Creators Project's Instagram feed to find your next favorite artist. Related: These Chaotic Illustrations Aren't Trying to Be Charming (But Still Are) Meet the Artist Drawing Wall-Sized Illustrations of Cities and Natural Disasters Evocative Illustrations Show What Women Do When No One's Watching 2016-08-22 16:15 Beckett Mufson

36 volvo + uber send their self driving cars into pittsburgh volvo + uber send their self driving cars into pittsburgh volvo cars and uber, the world’s leading ride-sharing company, are to join forces to develop next- generation autonomous driving cars. the two companies have signed an agreement to establish a joint project that will develop new base vehicles that will be able to incorporate the latest developments in AD technologies, up to and including fully autonomous driverless cars. later this month, uber will allow customers in pittsburgh,america to summon self-driving cars from their phones, crossing an important milestone that no automotive or technology company has yet achieved. google, widely regarded as the leader in the field, has been testing its fleet for several years, and tesla motors offers autopilot, essentially a souped-up cruise control that drives the car on the highway. none of these companies have brought a self-driving car-sharing service to market as yet. both volvo and uber are contributing a combined $300,000,000.00 USD to the project and will use the same base vehicle for the next stage of their own autonomous car strategies. the base vehicles will be manufactured by the swedish manufacturers and then purchased from by uber. this will involve uber adding its own self- developed autonomous driving systems to the base vehicle. volvo will use the same base vehicle for the next stage of its own autonomous car strategy, which will involve fully autonomous driving. the partnership marks a significant step in the automotive business, with a car manufacturer joining forces with a new silicon valley-based entrant to the car industry, underlining the way in which the global automotive industry is evolving in response to new technologies. the alliance marks the beginning of what both companies view as a longer-term industrial partnership. håkan samuelsson, president and chief executive of volvo cars, said, ‘volvo is one of the most progressive and contemporary car makers in the world. it is a world leader in the development of active safety and autonomous drive technology, and possesses an unrivalled safety credibility. we are very proud to be the partner of choice for uber, one of the world’s leading technology companies. this alliance places volvo at the heart of the current technological revolution in the automotive industry.’ the new base vehicle will be developed on volvo cars’ fully modular scalable product architecture (SPA). it has been developed as part of volvo cars’ global industrial transformation programme, which started in 2010, and has been prepared from the outset for the latest autonomous drive technologies as well as next-generation electrification and connectivity developments. it is these capabilities that attracted uber to volvo. the development work will be conducted by volvo cars engineers and uber engineers in close collaboration. this project will further add to the scalability of the SPA platform to include all needed safety, redundancy and new features required to have autonomous vehicles on the road. travis kalanick, uber’s chief executive, said, ‘over one million people die in car accidents every year. these are tragedies that self-driving technology can help solve, but we can’t do this alone. that’s why our partnership with a great manufacturer like volvo is so important. volvo is a leader in vehicle development and best-in-class when it comes to safety. by combining the capabilities of uber and volvo we will get to the future faster, together.’ 2016-08-22 16:01 Martin Hislop

37 Fame-Obsessed ‘Forty’ at MoMA PS1 Shows an Alternative Art Scene That No Longer Exists PS1 began as the Institute for Art and Urban Resources, in a city mired in a nasty financial crisis. Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, Alanna Heiss’s risk- taking nonprofit was a major force in the “alternative spaces” movement, and the art she presented looms large in the contemporary imagination. It’s important, today, to reckon with its legacy. This summer, to celebrate its birthday, PS1 (now MoMA PS1) has brought back its founding director to curate “ Forty ,” a love letter to its early legacy. The thing is, though, a love letter might not be the best place to look for a real critical reckoning with the past. The show, taking over the second floor of PS1, is a kind-of-sort-of tribute to “ Rooms, ” the legendary first show from 1976, back when it really was a scrubby old schoolhouse, not the dressed-down, hipper-than-thou annex of MoMA that it is now. Overall, the vibe of the art here is inscrutable and scrappy. There’s plenty of charm nestled away in PS1’s various nooks, from Nam June Paik ’s witty sculpture of a candle framed in an old-style TV tube, to Colette’s voluptuous, grotto-like environment, or Dennis Oppenheim’s tableaux that evokes a spooky marionette crime scene. Still, when you really think about it, what all this is meant to mean is a little mysterious. Heiss has brought back just 28 of the nearly 80 participants from that first show, from John Baldessari to Lawrence Weiner. She then threw in 15 other artists, apparently because they were also part of PS1’s early scene, including Lynda Benglis and David Hammons. The selection criteria appears to be mainly what you’d think it is: fame. Heiss gives us a selection of her most celebrated associates, leavened with a smattering of figures who feel a bit more personal to her, like Richard Nonas, whose giant minimalist metal floor piece is the only work presented in the exact same location from “Rooms,” and Marcia Hafif, a painter who scribbled directly on the unused blackboards of the school for the original show, and here returns to that idea, but with a new narrative, about aging. “Forty” is basically the exhibition equivalent of someone chatting at you about their glory days—literally, in that the key installation device is a series of brief, breezy audio interviews ( which you can listen to online ) of Heiss with the artists. In taking this celebrity approach, “Forty” in some ways obscures the alternative spirit of the “alternative spaces” movement that made PS1 important in the first place. When Artforum reviewed the original “Rooms” show, the title of the article was “Apotheosis of the Crummy Space.” The key quality observers noted in New York’s early alternative spaces like 112 Greene Street/Workshop and PS1 was not just their independence, but the gritty nature of the venues. This stood out at a time when galleries were still mainly townhouses, implicitly offering illustrations of how wealthy people might live with art in their mansions, however experimental that art might be. You get a taste of this sensibility with Doug Wheeler’s contribution here, which seems at first to be simply a bare room. Then you notice that the windows have been tinted, with each successive one a little clearer until one is just an empty frame opening to the outside. Michelle Stuart’s large, unframed graphite pieces look like ghostly geometric abstractions, but are rubbings, registering the moldings and raw edges of the original PS1 architecture at the time of “Rooms.” Yet these are quite literally records of a texture that is now lost, which makes you realize the degree to which this art played off of the excitement of this once- gritty setting. By all accounts, the original “alternative spaces” movement captured the era’s raw-nerved energy. Only the year before “Rooms,” the Daily News ‘s summed up the ambient sense of abandonment with its famous headline: “ Ford to City: Drop Dead. ” But already at the beginning of that decade, the gentrification of SoHo had showed that artists could play a part in reanimating the spaces of the deindustrialized city. To some, “Forty” will feel a bit belated, given that PS1’s recent “Greater New York” survey looked back on the same art-historical territory as inspiration. But that show, in its juxtaposition of ‘70s art with the of-the- moment present, seemed calculated to make you at least ask the question of what that tradition meant today. The key context to think about isn’t a surplus of abandoned space, but, as the press release for “Greater New York” put it, a “voracious real estate market that poses particular challenges to local artists.” The abandonment crisis of the ’70s finds its Bizarro world distorted reflection in today’s affordability crisis. It is worth reexamining what this moment’s brainy romanticization of urban grit means in our current climate. Gordon Matta-Clark has a starring role in “Rooms,” “Forty,” and “Greater New York” alike. But his experimental art, obsessed with activating cast-off spaces and riffing on the tropes of real estate, must read very differently, 40 years on, against the background of, say, last year’s “Bronx Is Burning” event , when a high-end developer mobilized art for an urban-decay themed party, complete with bullet-ridden cars and trashcan fires, to help rebrand yet another area of the city. That doesn’t mean we have to discard this tradition, or that its spirit offers nothing in the way of inspiration. But it does mean that its context is important to explain, explore, and expose—all the more so in that the art in question that was so heavily engaged with its context. In this case, the halo cast around the past may be blinding us to the present. “Forty” is on view at MoMA PS1, from June 19 to August 28, 2016. 2016-08-22 15:49 Ben Davis

38 Here's What Happened When Conceptual Artists Released a Concept Album Images courtesy the artists The Zurich and London-based new media art duo! Mediengruppe Bitnik have Random Darknet Shopper, mailed a package to Julian Assange, and glitched out the House of Electronic Arts building in Basel. Now they are releasing an album. Schiiwerfer , was recorded by frequent “Bitnik accomplices,” the Swiss music duo Göldin & Bit- Tuner. Schiiwerfer is best described as a nine-track audiovisual album, with! Mediengruppe Bitnik’s Carmen Weisskopf and Domagoj Smoljo providing distinct web-based artworks for each of the songs. The album explores themes such as gentrification, technology, alienation, revolution and the mind-numbing effects of prescription drugs. Göldin, a journalist and author of Delivery for Mr. Assange , tells The Creators Project that Schiiwerfer is “more or less a contemporary version of Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis,” only they are not rich like that novel’s characters. “The central idea is to capture the pretty disquieting feeling of us all falling out,” he says. “Out of the city, out of our jobs. While we drive through our glowing cities by night and by day numbing ourselves with Xanax.” Göldin became a! Mediengruppe Bitnik member quite by accident while reporting on Opera Calling and Bit-Tuner has contributed sound for the group’s exhibitions on several occasions. Weisskopf says that Göldin and Bit-Tuner are always among the first they talk to about ideas for new works, so it was natural that this release would be collaborative. Schiiwerfer itself grew out of a dinner in Zurich late 2015 in which the four talked about the state of the record industry. The discussion revolved around releasing music physically on CD or vinyl or on the internet, and what this all meant as far as access to culture. “Releasing music with record labels on physical objects felt a bit as if everyone were pretending it was still 1999,” Smoljo tells The Creators Project. “We quickly came to the conclusion that we needed to find new forms, new formats for linking the music with the visuals, of creating visual worlds from music. How could we do that for a whole album, how could we do that on the net?” “For us, the beauty of the internet was always that it is a medium which let's you share local culture with a wider, global audience,” he adds. “So we thought that the task of translating the local (Swiss German) into something which is internet accessible, browser based, a web experience as an interesting task.” Initially, the four toyed with the idea of releasing the album on the URL https://fuck.bitnik.org — the Fuck Bitnik Label or the Fuck You Label. But, as Smoljo explains, the joke wore off the next day along with the wine. Ultimately the four decided on the audiovisual approach for Schiiwerfer , with the usual! Mediengruppe Bitnik name functioning as the label. As Bit-Tuner explains, he and Göldin created the text and music, then let Smoljo and Weisskopf take over.! Mediengruppe Bitnik then brought in Berlin-based designers Christoph Knoth and Konrad Renner (collectively Knoth-Renner ), who helped give Schiiwerfer its characteristic net art and typography vibe. For Smoljo and Weisskopf it was important to make Göldin & Bit-Tuner’s description of exclusion accessible beyond the approximately 5 million people who speak Swiss German. This, Smoljo says, was an experience that people all over the world could share. “It was important to us that we could add our feeling of disconnectedness, disgust and alienation to the many other voices,” says Smoljo. “We started work on translating the texts, so we could combine the strong visuals of the net.release with subtitles in Swiss-German, German, and English.” Since the subtitles would play a big role in the experience,! Mediengruppe Bitnik, Knoth, and Renner focused quite a bit on the typography. They generated the font in Python, combined it with found 3D objects, discovered WebGL libraries and code pieces, then threw it all together for the nine URLs. Smoljo says, “Sometimes the visuals focus on one sentence from the song. Sometimes they just try to cover the mood. Or play with current social trends like Tinder. Where you can swipe away and never even have to listen to the song anymore.” Göldin and Bit-Tuner also gave Knoth and Renner Tumblr images for every song, to which they added their own materials. “For a graphic designer it used to be one of the greatest things to design a record cover,” Knoth says. “Not anymore. Today, it's designing the album's website.” “The time of the record store is over, the time of the CD is over,” he says. “We sit in front of our computer screens night after night and consume clips and music by Earl Sweatshirt and Amnesia Scanner and Schoolboy Q and Zombie through pumping speakers.” Click here to experience and download Göldin & Bit-Tuner’s Schiiwerfer , and here to see more of! Mediengruppe Bitnik’s work. Related: Glitch Architecture Shows How Beautiful Broken Can Be The Bots Are Coming... to London!!! The Microscopic Art Of Jon Hopkins' ‘Immunity’ 2016-08-22 14:09 DJ Pangburn

39 Four Worlds Emerge at DiMoDa, the Virtual Museum The “exterior” of DiMoDA. All images courtesy William Robertson/DiMoDA By now, the digital art world is well aware of the acronym DiMoDA. It stands for Digital Museum of Digital Art, and it’s exactly what it sounds like. It’s first edition was hosted by TRANSFER in New York and Import Projects in Berlin; those who made it to the brick-and- mortar galleries will know that DiMoDA is viewable using Oculus Rift headsets, which immerse viewers into a surreal museum lobby, where they can walk, using an Xbox controller, into four different galleries, each hosting the work of a different digital artist. Alternatively, viewers can download the museum onto their own computers and view from home. About a year after DiMoDA’s debut, the creators of the project, William Robertson and Alfredo Salazar-Caro, are back with DiMoDA 2.0: Morphé Presence. Miyö van Stenis, Miyö’s War Room (2016) This time around, Robertson and Salazar-Caro have handed over the reins to outside curators, Helena Acosta and Eileen Isagon Skyers, who commissioned work by artists Miyö Van Stenis , Theoklitos Triantafyllidis (Theo Trian), Brenna Murphy , and Rosa Menkman . “We decided that it was important to step back from the curatorial aspect of DiMoDA and hand that over to other people. This way, the works on display don't only reflect our taste, but a broader scope of contemporary thought on VR/New Media works. Acosta is a Venezuelan curator who has focused on Latin-American New Media and =Isagon Skyers is an artist/curator experimenting with post-internet practices,” Salazar-Caro tells The Creators Project. DiMoDA’s first round was built from the ground up, and now the founders have a ground on top of which they can work. They’re less interested in promoting the museum itself as they are on pushing this fresh batch of artists, who will present works playing with the idea of reality and simulation, and the strengths and weaknesses of rendering reality in the virtual world. Rosa Menkman, DCT Syphoning the 64th Interval (2016) “In terms of depth or interactivity, each artist designs the viewer's experience, so pieces can range from the contemplative to the explosive. You can expect a conceptually cohesive, yet visually diverse show,” says Salazar-Caro. Each artist has their own individual aesthetic. Van Stenis is a Venezuelan new media artist and curator, currently based in Paris. A founding member of the Venezuelan activist group Dismantling the Simulation (along with Acosta), her practice explores digital objects using a mostly pastel color palette, but that doesn’t mean she shies away from the critical and political. Her contribution to Morphé Presence is called Miyö’s War Room. Theo Trian (Self-Portrait) (2016) The Greek, LA-based artist Trian is trained as an architect, and his new work is an architectural self-portrait. The artist’s giant head lays sideways on a landscape, and viewers can walk into his mouth, where they find an architectural setting inside a fleshy pink cave. A third room will feature one of Murphy’s signature psychedelic, latticework labyrinths, a piece called Vectoral~Sentience_Stack. Finally, artist and theorist Menkman, who is interested in glitch and embracing digital accidents, contributes DCT Syphoning the 64th Interval. DCT stands for Discrete Cosine Transform , a process used in audio and image compression. Brenna Murphy, Vectoral~Sentience_Stack (2016) The museum, not bound to the limitations of a physical gallery, will tour around the country at the end of the year, starting at Superchief Gallery in New York on September 9th. Then it will be featured at the VIA Festival in Pittsburgh on October 6-9, Aurora Festival in Dallas on October 16, SATELLITE Art Show in Miami from December 1-4, and finally, in mid- December, DiMoDA will get its own featured exhibition at the RISD Museum in Rhode Island. Find out more about DiMoDA on the museum’s website . Related: Move Over Louvre, The DiMoDA Museum Exists Online in VR and IRL Must-See New Media at Miami Art Week I Had an Out-Of-Body Experience at an Oculus Rift Art Show 2016-08-22 13:51 Alyssa Buffenstein

40 Datebook: Cph Art Week 2016 to Dazzle Copenhagen in Late August Related Venues Bella Center Cph Art Week 2016 is set to showcase the best of the current art scene with exhibitions in galleries all over Copenhagen, including the National Gallery of Denmark, Bella Center, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, and Paper Island. Scheduled to be held from August 26 to September 4, 2016, the Cph Art Week will take off with a special edition of SMK Fridays at the National Gallery of Denmark, where the theme of the 2016 edition of the event – “Open Gestures” – will be inaugurated. Various international art fairs will mark the opening day, such as CHART at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, and CODE and Art Copenhagen at Bella Center with the new Selected & Code Art Fair. A new event, ART BAR – a meeting point for the art professionals and the public over drinks and performances while reflecting on the day's art events – will be held at Copenhagen's new exhibition space Copenhagen Contemporary on Paper Island. 2016-08-22 13:46 BLOUIN ARTINFO

41 Datebook: Important and Rare Art Auction by International Art Centre NZ Related Venues International Art Centre Artists Nigel Brown Garth Tapper Tim Wilson - Acrylic on paper artwork by New Zealand artist Nigel Brown titled "Auckland Escape Plane" (estimate: $2,500-3,500) - New Zealand artist Darryn George's 2006 painting "Rawiri, Poutama" (estimate $7,000-9,000) - Garth Tapper's languid yet beautiful oil on board painting from 1976, titled "Racecourse" (estimate $15,000-20,000) - " Te Anau Impression II," Tim Wilson’s scenic rendition of New Zealand (estimate $15,000-20,000) - Pat Hanly's visually intense 1963 work "New Order 28 Part II" (estimate $16,000-22,000) 2016-08-22 13:35 BLOUIN ARTINFO

42 guillermo fisher adds patio to bogotá's cantilevered house located in a neighborhood in bogotá, colombia, mostly occupied by residential houses, ‘casa lópez’ by local architect guillermo fisher sits on the limit of its plot in order to generate a back garden where the existing trees were preserved. referencing the roman patio typology, the house is also an example of contemporary latin american architecture, with its mix of concrete and wood, as well as a cantilevered second level with a terrace that overlooks the street. the internal patio acts as the central geometrical point of the house encompassing a total of 400 square meters, this house by colombian architect guillermo fisher has a rectangular concrete shape with an internal patio that hosts a magnolia tree, acting as the central geometrical point. this central space is conformed by a metallic jalousie that references the traditional mozarab homes, allowing views of the whole space and the people who occupy it. this area also works as a natural illumination system as well as a thermosiphon that regulates temperature, as the glass doors can be opened, creating ventilation. natural illumination is possible thanks to this subtraction the street façade protects the interior with a concrete eave on the first floor and flowerpots on the second one. the side façades, much more closed, have a zig-zag texture, resembling a textile drape that generates a game of light and shadow throughout the day. when commenting on the design of the house, fisher says, ‘when you work with concrete it’s impossible not to think about louis kahn and his mix of this material and wood.’ the second floor hosts the four bedrooms the living room used modernist furniture and colors for accents wood contrast with the overall concrete feeling a magnolia tree sits in the center of the pation a cantilevered terrace floats on top of the living room 2016-08-22 13:23 Juliana Neira

43 Why Does Kenny Scharf’s East Harlem Artwork Keep Disappearing? No more than a month after its re-installment this July , artist Kenny Scharf ‘s 60- foot-long vinyl banner on 116th Street in East Harlem was removed for a second time over this past weekend. The project was commissioned by the Friends of the East River Esplanade , a community organization that bills its mission as “beautifying, improving, and reinventing the waterfront from 60th–120th Street.” “Our group has been working hard to improve and reinvent this beautiful, but neglected, stretch of waterfront,” a representative for the Friends of the East River Esplanade told Page Six . “Apparently, no good deed goes unpunished.” Jennifer Ratner, a board member of the organization, told Page Six after the first incident in June that it was likely taken by “someone who loves art.” The second banner was installed with “dozens of galvanized steel ties” as a deterrent to would-be thieves, according to DNAinfo . East Harlem, or what’s colloquially known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, runs from 96th Street to 140th Street. Related: Why Is Director Jorge Daniel Veneciano Leaving El Museo del Barrio? Related: Lucien Smith Throws Controversial Bronx Art Bash Whether the Friends of the East River Esplanade plans on issuing another version of Scharf’s $2,000 artwork has not yet been announced. artnet News reached out to the organization for comment but did not receive an immediate response. 2016-08-22 12:48 Rain Embuscado

44 SculptureCenter Announces Fall Program, Featuring Debut New York Solo Exhibitions by Cosima Von Bonin and Aki Sasamoto Aki Sasamoto. COURTESY THE ARTIST Today, Long Island City’s SculptureCenter announced a fall programming schedule that continues its commitment to an all-female roster of artists in 2016. The schedule will feature solo exhibitions by Cosima Von Bonin and Aki Sasamoto. Both Von Bonin, who is from Germany, and Japan-born, New York-based Sasamoto will begin their first museum solo exhibitions in New York City with performances on September 18. Von Bonin will take over the museum’s upper floors with several singing collaborators, while downstairs in the basement, Sasamoto will slowly emerge from a washing machine. The accompanying exhibitions will be shown through January 2, 2017. According to a press release, the two artists are “thematically linked by water.” In Sasamoto’s case, this will take the form of a “cycle of performances articulating the stream of consciousness and associations” present in her work. Speaking of cycles, it remains unclear at this time whether the washing machine will be switched on during the performance. If you want to see for yourself but can’t attend the opening, Sasamoto will be repeating her performance at the following times: Sunday, September 18 at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, September 24 at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, October 22 at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, November 19 at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, December 17 at 3:00 p.m. Spaces are free but extremely limited. RSVP here. 2016-08-22 12:06 Robin Scher

45 âBeyond Impressionismâ with Claude Monet in Denmark Related Venues Ordrupgaard Artists Claude Monet Through 50 works, most of which have never been seen in the country and have come from some of the world’s major museums, Ordrupgaard hopes to take visitors on “a journey of evolution from Impressionism towards the freer use of form and color in Modern art.” The exhibition aims to achieve this by portraying “the story of how Monet, with his serial and increasingly abstract art, renewed painting and undertook a formal quantum leap which remains of relevance for the art of today.” Among the dozens of works on display at the Charlottenlund museum, Monet fans will be able to see versions of some of his most famous subjects — and, indeed, some of the most famous images of Impressionism. These include his haystacks, as well as views of Rouen Cathedral, London’s bridges, and the varied beauty of his garden in Giverny, the Japan-inspired surroundings of which Monet painted and cultivated for nearly four decades. The Japanese water garden built by Monet in Giverny gives the exhibition its most notable images. These include “The Water-Lily Pond,” 1899, on loan from London's National Gallery. One of 17 versions of the high-arched bridges that the artist painted, this early painting in the series is one of its most realistic. The exhibition traces the series as it becomes more abstract with the failing of Monet’s eyesight due to cataract. This work is on display alongside other works from the world’s biggest museums, including MoMA and the Met in New York, and the National Gallery of Australia. 2016-08-22 11:44 Samuel Spencer

46 Chicago’s Billboards to Feature Major Artwork this September Related Venues Expo Chicago Artists Sanford Biggers Tammy Rae Carland Rashid Johnson Vik Muniz Joyce Pensato Angelo Plessas Cheryl Pope Wendy White Alex Bag EXPO CHICAGO is emerging as one of the most innovative events of its kind. The annual exposition of modern and contemporary art, in partnership with Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, has announced a new addition to this year’s program: “OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project,” a citywide public art installation From September 22 – 25, the same dates as the exposition, 15 well-known artists will present work on all of the city’s 28 digital billboards. The full list of participating artists is impressive: Sanford Biggers, Stephanie Brooks, Tammy Rae Carland, Rashid Johnson, Caitlin Keogh, Sterling Lawrence, Vik Muniz, Iñigo Manglano Ovalle, Joyce Pensato, Angelo Plessas, Cheryl Pope, Bettina Pousttchi, Toiletpaper, Wendy White, Alex Bag Some of the artists will create new work for the project; others will adapt older work to the digital billboard setting. Notably, many of the artists participating, such as Johnson, Pensato, and Pope, are known more for their sculpture or canvas-based work; few have worked in a purely digital space before. It will be interesting to see how their work translates to such a framework. But EXPO CHICAGO is all about new frameworks and the digital space. “EXPO CHICAGO underscores our commitment to expanding new forms of arts and cultural experiences across all of our neighborhoods," said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a statement. "Its unique installation of digital imagery by artists from around the world will further elevate Chicago’s status as a global destination for the arts.” 2016-08-22 11:28 Taylor Dafoe

47 Security Guard Files Lawsuit Against Metropolitan Museum of Art After Being Fired for Vandalism Former security guard James Smith has filed a complaint against New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, saying he’s not the one who marked up a pair of ancient Egyptian statues. His lawyer, New York attorney Rudy A. Dermesropian , says video evidence will show that Smith “did not touch any statue,” as he told the New York Post. The paper says that Smith had been working at the museum for some years; it’s not clear how much of that time is captured on video. Related: Metropolitan Museum of Art Changes Admissions Signage in Effort to Settle Lawsuit A museum technician found green marks on artworks in a section Smith was patrolling, reports the Post , leading to Smith’s 2014 termination. Neither Dermesropian nor the museum immediately responded to artnet News’ requests for comment. Related: Metropolitan Museum of Art Is Sued Over Display of ‘Racist’ 16th- Century Paintings of Jesus It’s rare that the very staff charged with protecting artworks should deface them. However, a guard at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art was accused in 2008 of destroying a $1.2 million work by Vija Celmins because he “didn’t like it.” He later apologized, and his lawyer stated: “”He’s not someone who has anything against the art world.” Earlier this month, visitors are suspected to have damaged two 16th- century works at London’s National Gallery, after a private security firm was tasked with protecting the collection. After funding cuts, “It’s no surprise that paintings are now getting damaged,” a staff member told the Guardian. 2016-08-22 11:02 Senior Writer

48 What Deal Did SFMOMA Make to Land the Fisher Collection? In a lengthy, detailed article in the San Francisco Chronicle , art critic Charles Desmarais attempts to delve into the details of what type of deal the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art struck with the late billionaire and major contemporary art collector Donald Fisher and his family in order to secure their stellar collection of contemporary art. Related: As Art Scene Evolves in San Francisco, Who Is Behind It? Fisher, who founded the Gap clothing empire, originally came to the museum with a pitch for a gift in 2005, but the museum’s director, Neal Benezra thought the associated stipulations included a “Fisher Wing” were too lofty. But after Fisher and his wife, Doris, were unsuccessful in building their own museum in the Presidio, the offer of their collection eventually came back to SFMOMA. Related: SFMOMA Nearing $610 Million Fundraising Goal Before Donald Fisher died in 2009, “a new deal was struck,” Desmarais reports, and the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection galleries were included after all. Desmarais asks what the 2009 arrangement entailed, acknowledging: “The short answer is we don’t know.” Among the facts he supposedly “dislodged” from the museum: Desmarais brings up other “single-donor focused museums and galleries” to show their tight restrictions, including the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Barnes Foundation, and the Frick Collection. “When we visit them, we know that we are seeing art through a particular lens,” he writes, concluding that SFMOMA has “yet to be that transparent.” artnet News reached out to SFMOMA for comment but did not receive an immediate response. 2016-08-22 10:26 Senior Market

49 Everyone Rejoice, the Pilot of ‘I Love Dick’ Is Absolutely Great This past Friday, when Jill Soloway’s pilot for I Love Dick —the TV adaptation of Chris Kraus’s cult feminist novel-turned-pop-sensation —hit Amazon Prime’s streaming services, you could almost hear a collective gasp, a mix of anticipation and trepidation. The moment of truth had finally arrived: would the screen adaptation destroy the spirit of Kraus’s idiosyncratic epistolary novel, or would Soloway— whose deft hand at telling gender-bending stories of dysfunctional relationships was cemented in the two recent seasons of Transparent —be able to preserve its nonconformist essence when bringing it to a mass audience? Related: Jill Soloway to Produce Pilot Based on Chris Kraus’s ‘I Love Dick’ So, let’s get this out of the way: the pilot is fantastic. An altogether different work of art for sure, but one that manages to respect and enhance the original material. So good it is, in fact, that the taut 32-minute initial offering left one craving for more, lamenting that the full series has yet to be commissioned (fingers crossed). One of the triumphs is certainly the casting, lead by Kathryn Hahn, who delivers a superb Chris: an indie filmmaker “straddling 40” (as she says), and struggling with both her sexual and artistic desires as well as with the looming shadow of her older, more successful husband. Having heard Kraus herself at talks and readings on a few occasions myself, Hahn’s performance—New York accent included—seems uncannily accurate: quick, witty, funny, and direct. Hanh, who also shone in Transparent as Rabbi Raquel, even looks a bit like a young Kraus. Meanwhile, Griffin Dunne’s Sylvère might be a little bit too American for an accurate impersonation of Sylvère Lotringer, the French critic, cultural theorist, and founder of publishing house Semiotext(e) who was married to Kraus at the time and who inspired the character. Still, he delivers a very likeable sparring partner: self-involved in his own intellectual work, like most writers are, yet able to see his wife’s increasingly obvious wants and willing to hold her hand and enter uncharted territories together to try to save their marriage. But it is Kevin Bacon’s Dick who actually steals the show (the actor, not just a pretty face, is also listed in the credits as co-executive producer). As even his own name indicates, Dick is the Lacanian objet petit a in both the novel and the TV show, and Bacon’s handsome, jagged face, lean cowboy body, and macho attitude exudes the perfect amount of aloof sexual charisma that makes Kraus fall for him hook, line, and sinker. Related: Kevin Bacon to Star in Amazon Adaptation of ‘I Love Dick’ Although I Love Dick ’s plot revolves mainly around the lives of these three denizens of the rarefied worlds of art and academia, its beauty lies in that it is a treatise of feelings that will strike a chord with almost anyone: frustrated and unrequited desire, inadequacy, self-entitlement, and loneliness. The context, however, is one that members of the international art world will be particularly at home with. We first encounter the couple formed by Sylvère and Chris as they hurriedly sublet and leave their flat in a brownstone in New York to move temporarily to Marfa, Texas, where Sylvère has been invited by the mysterious Dick to attend a coveted seminar and a residency program. Chris is initially just helping him to settle in, but her schedule is upended when the plans for one her films to be screened in Venice get shafted for not having paid the rights to an obscure bossa nova song featured in it (triggering a mini-meltdown). Shortly after, she meets Dick at a reception—peppered with hilarious art- world chitchat, where lines such as “that wasn’t as bad as the art opening. Just one bad group show, filled with men, and terrible painters” or “I heard the Q&A was very lively!” can be overheard. After a rather awkward introduction, Chris invites Dick to have dinner with Sylvère and her that same night. A rather disastrous outing ensues, during which Dick goes on to make the most lapidary statement of the show so far: “I am post-idea.” Chris, however, is already lost in the throes of (what we suspect to be) a one-sided passion, and in her quest to both communicate with and beguile Dick, she will enlist Sylvère’s participation, with unpredictable results. This is basically where the pilot ends. When it was first published in 1997, and after subsequent re-editions, I Love Dick caused a stir due to its gonzo look at female subjectivity, warts and all. In a literary feat not expected from the debut novel of a theretofore filmmaker, Kraus’s fearless look at female “inadequacies” and contradictions, and her willingness to prod the sticky boundaries between fact (her own life) and fiction, managed to both creatively mine her own vulnerabilities (and, by extension, those of women across the globe) and yet retain a degree of control over her own exposé. Related: Ben Davis Selects the Most Important Art Essays of the Year Let’s hope the season gets commissioned and produced as soon as possible. In the meantime, you can watch the pilot episode here and vote to get in developed into a full series here. 2016-08-22 08:54 Lorena Mu

50 Ascend Brand Manifesto We created a one-of-a-kind manifesto for a healthcare invention lab. Challenge Ascend Innovations represents a new partnership between the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association and Kaleidoscope , a product design firm. The unique collaboration brings doctors and healthcare providers together with designers, developers, engineers, and entrepreneurs to build game-changing healthcare products. Ascend turned to Real Art to develop a brand manifesto that would illustrate their mission and vision and encourage inventors to contribute their ideas. For a company this unique we knew we had to find a way to do something really different. Solution Pushing the concept beyond the standard booklet, our design team concepted a triangular snake fold that opens up to create a hexagon—a distinctive design that will stand out and stand up (literally). The triangular design mirrors Ascend’s logo and the mountain imagery associated with a brand that embodies an aspirational, action-oriented spirit. Scope Content Development We dove into Ascend to uncover what keeps a technology expert, a mechanical engineer, and a creative strategist working side by side. After exploring the motivations that bring such a variety of expertise together, we developed the six pillars that represent Ascend’s mission and vision. Design & Layout Working in tandem, our design team laid out a mood board and developed the visuals and physical form of the manifesto that would bring the six pillars to life. Results The unique fold of the manifesto was a big hit . “One of the things I valued most was Real Art’s ability to translate our vision into a reality in an easily understood way. We wanted the essence of who we are to be clearly, authentically and boldly communicated,” says Candace Dalmagne-Rouge, Program Manager at Ascend. “The unique design of the final piece and their ability to capture our purpose far exceeded our expectations in achieving that goal. We couldn’t be happier with Ascend’s brand manifesto and the ease of working with the Real Art team.” 2016-08-22 08:00 realart.com

51 51 Is Banksy’s Iconic ‘Spy Booth’ Mural Lost Forever? A Banksy artwork has been removed from the wall of the Cheltenham home that served as a canvas for the enigmatic street artist in 2014. The artwork in question, titled Spy Booth , saw Banksy post three stenciled government spies, straight out of a film noir set, around an existing telephone booth on the side of the Cheltenham property. Permanently perched around the phone box wielding 1950s surveillance equipment, the trench coated trio were set to forever listen in on conversations within. Or at least they were, before the removal of the valuable mural. Related: Banksy Confirms He Created “Spies” Artwork in Cheltenham Spy Booth was a demonstrably political work, appearing just a stone’s throw away from the British Government Communications Headquarters a year after former NSA contractor and notorious whistle-blower Edward Snowden exposed the British intelligence and security organization for mining online and telephone data through the Tempora programme. The former site of the artwork, now a mess of scaffolding and rubble, was plagued with controversy since Spy Booth ’s erection, with value estimates for the property oscillating due to the dilapidated state of the building and the artwork’s subjection to vandalism on several occasions. In January, the house was put up for sale at a fraction of original estimates due to the building’s state of disrepair and the difficulty the protected work had posed for refurbishment. Related: Vandals Completely Deface Banksy’s Spy Booth The removal of the work will come as a devastating blow to the Cheltenham residents who have campaigned tirelessly to protect the artwork over the past couple of years and had thought the mural was safe thanks to a decision by Cheltenham Borough Council last year, which granted the artwork retrospective planning permission and elevated the building to listed status. That said, all hope is not lost for the controversial work beloved by Cheltenham. The BBC reported this morning that the absence of paint on the pieces of rubble surrounding the mural’s former location could indicate that the work has been removed rather than destroyed and Mark Nelson, enforcement manager for Cheltenham Borough Council has since confirmed this, saying, “We have met with the owner of 159 Fairview Road and can confirm that he was carrying out works to his property following an ‘urgent works notice’ issued by the council to stop further deterioration of the listed building, make it weatherproof and secure the safety of the public by removing the risk of falling render. “We have endeavoured to protect the Banksy as much as possible and to this end the notice required the owner to have due regard for the Banksy mural whilst works were being undertaken. We were aware of loose render on that part of the building where this was situated but the extent and how far it would affect the mural was unknown until work progressed.” Related: Buy a Home with Banksy’s Iconic ‘Spy Booth’ Mural for Just $300,000 He went on to explain that the property owner has left pieces of the render with attached Banksy Spy Booth mural on it with the council whilst investigations are continuing and the council has advised the public against removing any further pieces of the mural from the location warning that such action may constitute a criminal offence, but was unable to say what further action will be taken at this time. The extent of the damage done and whether or not the mural will be returned to its home at 159 Fairview Road is as yet unknown. 2016-08-22 06:45 Naomi Rea

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