There’s a lot of talk around where we go with the practice of collection, display and discussion of culture in a world that seems to be on the brink of providing free, unlimited access to information for all thanks to Web 2.0 technology. At least those in wealthy nations.
One major topic of debate is how the elite towers of cultural power, such as ‘The Museum’ can evolve in this world and remain relevant. In the wake of this discussion Cornerhouse have commissioned, Demos think tanker and author of ‘We think‘, Charles Leadbetter to write an essay The Art of With considering the topic with readers being invited to comment on the paper, via a Wiki of course, and to attend a seminar on the 24th June at Cornerhouse.
The Turner prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor is to create one of the world’s biggest sculptures by creating a space-age pedestrian bridge over the town’s harbour.
The steel structure, partially inspired by his earlier Cloud Gate for the city of Chicago (pictured), will span 520ft and is expected to have a highly polished surface that reflects its surroundings.
No visuals exist as yet but more details after the jump…
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.
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.
News just in…The Tate Modern have finally revealed how their plans to develop the site next to the power station gallery into Tate Modern 2 in time for the 2012 London Olympics are going to go ahead.
Architects Herzog and de Meuron have been appointed and it looks like it’s going to be an awesome addition to the already impressive spaces owned by the sugar loving patron of the arts.
