ϟ Fin de Siècle curated by Andreas Angelidakis at the Swiss Institute New York

Fin de Siècle curated by Andreas Angelidakis is a curatorial 

homage to Eugène Ionesco’s 1952 play “The Chairs”

(chairs on photo by Gaetano Pesce and Frederic Levrat)

  

the exhibition includes a selection of late 20th century design pieces sourced from museum and private collections

(chair on photo by Mario Botta)

The exhibiton include pieces by Martine Boileau, Mario Botta, Andrea Branzi, Marcel Breuer, Nacho Carbonell, Oswald Dubach, H.R. Giger, Pierre Jeanneret, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier), Reto Kaufmann, Wilhelm Kienzle, Gian Franco Legler, Frédéric Levrat, Alessandro Mendini, NN, Paolo Palucco, Charlotte Perriand, Gaetano Pesce, Ugo La Pietra, Bruno Rey, Alfred Roth, Peter Shire, team form ag, Kurt Thut, Peter Truog, Robert Venturi, Lawrence Weiner, and Armin Wirth.

(chairs on photo by Peter Shire, Nacho Carbonell and Le Corbusier)

Ugo La Pietra

Ugo La Pietra,  Martine Boileau, Marcel Breuer and Alessandro Mendini

Alessandro Mendini

Robert Venturi

Pierre Jeanneret

Paolo Pallucco

Also included in the show the video "Iolas" done by Andreas as part of his ongoing investigation with the abandoned villa and collection of the famous collector and gallerist Alexander Iolas

And also this multiple at the Institute's bookstore

The silver facade of the Swiss Institute

Exhibition map

Temple of Play, commissioned for Frieze Projects 2013

Temple of Play is a multi-disciplinary installation for the Family Space

of the 2013 Frieze Art Fair.  It's a commission by Frieze Foundation  
The Temple of Play is comprised by the Emoticon Theatre, a workshop

where children explore the theme of portraiture 
encountered daily on our online visual culture

Children could make their own faces on the Family Guide 

specifically designed by Andreas Angelidakis
The guide was converted to Emoti-Cubes 
where impromptu mini perfomances were taking place

But also an interactive screen used between online and physical
activities

One other part of the workshops was that chidrend could
 build their own Temple using Crazy Forts

But also some relaxation podcasting inside the meditation pods

Another workshop was the collective Podcast Relaxation 
which aims to reconnect children with their physicality

Download a relaxation podcast from here

For more info on the project visit the Temple of Play website

The ∞ INFINITE ◯ Webring of the Eternal Internet Brotherhood

The Eternal Internet Brotherhood website http://eternalinternetbrotherhood.com/ has a new mobile friendly interface designed by PWR Studio 

The new interface is called "The ∞ INFINITE ◯ Webring of the Eternal Internet Brotherhood" is neo-archaic, semi-random navigation ⎈ system hand-coded and chain-linked by PWR Studio in the €uro-zone in August 2013. A never-ending loop within the complex coils of the society of control. No Menu. No index.

Through this system you can navigate through extra interviews, essays, and projects done for the Mexico edition during April 2013. Projects by Andreas Angelidakis, Jacinto Astiazaran, Sotiris Bakagiannis, Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, Harry Burke, Vincent Charlebois, Tyler Coburn, Birch Cooper, Rhys Coren, Petra Cortright, Jesse Darling, Zachary Davis, Apache-Theodore Darst, Brian Droitcour, Cecil B. Evans & Yuri Pattison, Rozsa Farkas, Manuel Fernandez, Paul Flannery, Attila Fattori Franchini, Marina Fokidis, Emilio Gomariz, Joe Hamilton, Marc Horowitz, JunkJet, Brian Khek, Mirko de Lisi, Anastasios Logothetis, Michael Manning, Ceci Moss, Theo Michael, Brenna Murphy, Angelo Plessas, PWR Studio, Eva Papamargariti, Rafael Rozendaal, Pascual Sisto, Jasper Spicero, Nicolas Sassoonn, Zak Stone, Hugo Scibetta, Panos Tsagaris, Johannes Thumfart, Priscilla Tea, Mai Ueda + Mike Calvert, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Lance Wakeling, Krist Wood and many more.

Around Asia Minor

 

Grande Ephesus and view of the library

 

 
With Andreas, Lupo and Mirko
 
Then we headed to Bodrum where we had 
(photo Mirko de Lisi)

 great hospitality by our friends Leyla Gediz and Cihan Kivanc

 
Beaches were not Bodrum's hot spots

but there is some nice beach equipment

and some architectural surprises

abandoned turkish baths

and monuments
 
Many people suggested to visit Pamukkale, a bit further east

where hot springs and travertines

terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water.

Natural lagoons filled with argyle mud.

The springs can be accessed and enjoyed 24/7

The white rocks really offer some amazing metaphysical vibe.

These are the remains of the Roman pools with amazing view of the plains

Andreas and Mirko enjoying the argyle hot springs

Pamukkale is built on the roman-byzantine Hierapolis ruins

Ruins are so well-kept but also accessible for everybody (animals included).
Hierapolis is a necropolis

The landscape can be seen from high with paragliding

with Mirko trying out another outfit

The market of towels at the nearby Denizli is really worth it

And finally we made to Afrodisias it was 40C!

Lupo stayed around the temple of Venus

While we explored the recently excavated site 

One more stop for shopping at the Army Navy stores of Izmir

 
and final stop before return: the island of Chios

at the phychedelic patterned village of Pyrgi