Posts filed under 'Exhibitions'
Thanks to Inhabitat I’ve just come across this amazing idea for a hydroponic garden that doubles as a hatchery for freshwater fish. Grow your own fish supper with parsley dressing!
Interesting to read that the aquarium was exhibited at the Artists Space in NY from May to June. In the wake of Urban Gardening proving to be such a challenge I’d be really interested to know how their gallery stewards coped with looking after the fish and plants and how the idea worked in practice.
July 30th, 2008
Le Corbusier, the legendary Swiss modernist will be honoured by a blockbuster international exhibition in October as part of Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture.
Although the exhibition started life in Rotterdam last year and Corb’s only British building was a temporary stand for the 1930 Interbuild exhibition, it will be given a special British twist in Liverpool.
It will explore a little-known dialogue between the arch-modernist and the great classical English architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, whose secret crypt below Liverpool’s Roman Catholic cathedral will be the exhibition venue.
The exhibition will run at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral’s crypt from 2 October to 18 January 2009, and then at the Barbican Art Gallery in London from 19 February to 24 May.
July 23rd, 2008
I’ve just got wind of this: on the 10th July the Sydney Opera House was literally brought to life when French artist Pierre Huyghe unveiled his large-scale masterpiece for the Biennale of Sydney – an indoor forest of real trees.
Looks like Urban Gardening is getting the nod from the arts establishment, even if they did only keep the installation in place for 24 hours…cowards.
6 months of greenery in a gallery - there’s a real challenge.
July 21st, 2008
Out just in time for the summer holidays this exclusive publication is only available from the Urbis Shop now for just £1.50!
Stuffed full of ideas of things to do throughout the summer Urban Gardening News lets you know how you can take the ideas in the exhibition back to your part of the city.
Learn how to become an Urban Beekeeper, get instructions on how to make an upside down tomato planter and find out how to win the war against garden pests without ever reaching for the pesticide, amongst many, many other things.
Buy it now!
July 19th, 2008
Here at Urbis we’re extremely excited to be working with Manchester based experimental photographer Andrew Paul Brooks on the Hidden Manchester project which will be shown on our 4th floor gallery in December. Andrew’s work is allowing us to create incredible lighting effects in extremely confined spaces with a minimal crew (me and him).
It’s going to be a seriously impressive glimpse into the underworld of the city. See more of his work after the jump.
Watch this space for exclusive previews as the work is created…
For those of you that can’t wait some of Andrew’s work is currently on show at Salford Museum and Art Gallery in a show that will be travelling to Cube later in the year.
July 19th, 2008