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RedLine Exhibit was a success

We had a huge turnout on October 2 for our opening reception. Many interesting individuals from the art and design community were in attendance in addition to faculty from the University of Colorado, Colleges of Architecture and Planning and the College of Arts and Media. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. Seeing the research culminate in an exhibit and testing the ability of the gallery to serve as a synthesizer of information was quite exciting.

Modern in Denver & RedLine Exhibit

Most of us.

 

The fall edition of Modern in Denver is out. Alaina did a fabulous job highlighting the excursion this summer. Thanks to Hans Osheim for the image above. Courtesy of Modern in Denver.

Please join us Friday, October 2 from 7 to 10 p.m. at RedLine (2350 Arapahoe Street, Denver, 80205) for an exhibit of the participants’ research-based work. The exhibit runs from October 2nd to the 9th.

BERGEN::USF

Path leading up to USF, winding Bergen streets and quaint houses.

Two of our visits were housed at USF, Maia Urstad and Planet Earth. This former sardine factory is also home to more than 50 other artist and designers in Bergen. It is a collective of creativity.

BERGEN::Planet Earth

Planet Earth, aka Mats Andersen and Øystein Fyxe, have combined their backgrounds in film, photography and music to create a production company that has served clients such as Datarock. Part Bergen Wave remnants, part Bergen music history in general (Google Edvard Grieg), Planet Earth maintains a goal of having fun and challenging themselves by doing jobs they are not quite sure they can pull off. So far, this philosophy is serving them well.

 

They also inspired some Digiscanners. Andersen making a cameo.

BERGEN::Maia Urstad and Lydgalleriet

Sound space. In visually-dominated professions, we have a tendency to overlook other senses. Maia Urstad, trained as a visual artist at KHiB, let us visit her studio and she followed up with us at Lydgalleriet to view (or rather hear) sound installations on exhibit. Her piece in particular, and a vibration/glass project were impressive.

Scream Chamber::metal box with wine glasses on a shelf located on the interior. The louder and more severe your pitch, the more success.

Testing screams in the chamber.

 

Maia Urstad talks to the group about the current exhibit. Form left to right, Ken Renaud, Sergio Preston, Erik Jorgensen and Maia Urstad.

Sound archive speak.

The chamber as seen through a temperamental point-n-shoot.

COPENHAGEN::CopenhagenX and Danish Architecture Centre

Viewing Copenhagen X Projects.

Eva Ørum, former journalist and now Editor at CopenhagenX, gave an hour up to give us an overview of past and future collaborations occurring in the city. She knows the behind-the-scenes of city initiatives, art happenings and interventions.

 

Danish Architecture Center::Where Ken and I were first introduced to the work of MVRDV in 2003/2004. One of the best book stores, besides Louisiana Museum. We started off our time in Copenhagen with lunch there and admired the mix of old and new achitecture.

Gathering at the Danish Architecture Centre (DAC) to eat and discuss the week's itinerary.

DAC

 

Becky Heavner and Bryan Leister admiring the glass wall.

COPENHAGEN::Christiania

No trip to Copenhagen would be complete without a stop into Christiania, Denmark’s “social experiment”. Our concensus is that Christiania has had a tremendous impact on the progressive experimentation in architecture and social initiatives within Copenhagen and beyond.

COPENHAGEN::JDS Architects

Former co-conspirator of PLOT, Julien de Smedt launched his practice JDS Architects in Copenhagen, Brussels and Oslo. Andrew Griffin showing members of Digital Scandinavia around their Copenhagen office on June 24, 2009. The image above is the Holmenkollen ski jump in Norway.

COPENHAGEN::Bosch & Fjord

Rune Fjord, co-founder of Bosch and Fjord, a practice that lies somewhere between interior architecture and sculpture, gave us an overview of the firm’s past and present work. The very day we met him his troupe was launching Culture Camping installation at the Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Rune Fjord giving a presentation of their work.

Workspace.

Check out the books. Endless City among other good reads.

The coffee was impressive.

 

The Office

 

Becky Heavner and Rune Fjord