stadsmuziek

on show at 'this way', design academy eindhoven's exhibition at milan design week 2011 is akko goldenbeld's musical device 'stadsmuziek'. a scale model of the city of eindhoven is transformed into the role of the recorder as each building, unique in size, shape and proximity to others, creates the musical score. placed on a revolving wooden cylinder, the buildings set little hammers in motion that play the keys of the piano by turning and turning, the city makes its voice heard - from loud to soft, long to short, high-pitched to low - translating the three-dimensional reality of the city into an aural experience.

daniel arsham / snarkitecture: dig

daniel arsham / snarkitecture: dig
storefront for art and architecture, new york
on now - april 22, 2011

"Arsham is creating and inhabiting the space that he forms for the duration of the month-long installation while the facade of the storefront will serve as a human ant farm for passersby. it is an experiment of opposites between the precision of an architectural plan and the looseness of the unknown / primitive and contemporary architecture / the complexity of its digital origins and the simplicity of its hand made nature."

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