Category: Blog Post
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NSW Architecture Awards
The NSW Architecture awards were announced the other night at the Carriageworks at Everleigh and although the party was by all accounts rad the awards themselves do not do much to dispel the idea that this is a state where earnestness generally wins out over invention. Both of the big awards for public buildings and…
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The Sydney Opera House: Forest, Crack Den
I linked to Peter Huyghe’s installation in the Sydney Opera House the other day, under the impression that I would be able to visit it in a few days time and post some photos on return. Closer inspection — ie. actually reading about the project — reveals that it was only in place for 24…
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Deformation
“In front of me the instrument panel had been buckled inwards, cracking the clock and speedometer dials. Sitting here in this deformed cabin, filled with dust and damp carpeting, I tried to visualise myself at the moment of collision, the failure of the technical relationship between my own body, the assumptions of the skin, and…
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Wallpaper Design Directory 2008
Wallpaper Magazine has released their annual Design Directory for 2008. And gosh, who is that in the Australia section? To be honest, we are even more surprised than you are to see our office featured in such a venue given our extraordinary limited portfolio and track record, and are extremely thankful to the fine people…
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House of Cards
Radiohead have just released a film clip for their song ‘House of Cards’ which was filmed by capturing environmental data and recreating a 3D scene from the information. The outdoor scenes are particularly compelling, showing fleeting, pointilised versions of urban space. [youtube]8nTFjVm9sTQ[/youtube] “No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture…
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Steve Reich — Piano Phase
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