ADOLF MENZEL'S EXTREME REALISM

His sketches are on show as part of the Berlin Biennale. The subjects of his drawings like "unmade bed" are still considered very contemporary. The works still have such a strong impact because of their accuracy and vividness of drawing often ordinary, mundane things, enduing them with some other gravity. So here is a foot.

Der Fuss des Künstlers (1876)

SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK

Yesterday I went to see this discussion at Volksbühne, Berlin.

A couple great points that Slavoj Žižek made are repeated here:

PART OF THE FAMILY

Atelier Bow-Wow - Pony Garden (2008)

OLAFUR ELIASSON

Saw his exhibition yesterday at the Martin Gropius Bau. The way the installations worked with the exhibition spaces was really powerful. It's impossible to distil any of the installations to a single image, as they're all about movement either of light, or of people through spaces. Anyway shown here: the mirror atrium space and the dancing water hose, which i both found really moving.

The mirrors that extended diagonally to the corners of the roof windows, made a space where you walk surrounded by the ceiling. The mirrors had the other effect of blocking out light to the rest of the foyer space. You walk through the darkened scaffolding complex supporting the mirrors to enter the room. Very dramatic.

The water pendulum was set up as a hose spraying water lit only by a strobe light in a room totally darkened by black curtains and a black sponge floor. The water pressure forces the hose to dance. Its movements and the water drops are frozen by the strobe light. You feel like you're being drawn nearer by its beauty but fear getting wet.

VICTOR TIMOFEEV

Victor Timofeev
Stumbled upon this artist's blog a couple years back. Forgot the name and could never find it again  but some of his drawings mashing buildings with other objects '2006-2007' stayed in my head. Re-found his blog the other day googling the same thing (the Farnsworth House) that I was looking for when I first found him, which was weird.

"Architectural cappriccio, facade of the edifice conforming to an inverted cross incision."

"Aldo Rossi's design for the university village in Chieti (1979) with all windows open."

Love these rubbish sculptures.

SHOULD LEAVE IT LIKE THIS

Rectangular Stadium Melbourne.. Under Construction. I love the way it looks filled to the brim with scaffolding just about spilling out from the blanket

These are the best images I could find. Probably should get off the train one day and take some myself.

BERNARD TSCHUMI

Le Fresnoy Art Centre (France)

Historic buildings that needed to be both reworked into a media-art museum whilst retaining the original buildings > now you stroll amongst he roof tiles, amazing new spaces.. would make a good film set me thinks

A collage I found, don't know if it's Tschumi's - it works better than the photos

Looks great in GoogleEarth

A BEAUTIFUL HOAX

DIDIER FIUZA FAUSTINO IMAGINING IN-BETWEEN

Stairway to Heaven (2004)

A basketball ring atop a stairwell

DILLER & SCOFIDIO IMAGINING IN-BETWEEN

Blur Building by Diller & Scofidio (Switzerland 2002)

Explained in the first 5 minutes of this clip:

SPIKE JONZE IMAGINING IN-BETWEEN

ERWIN HEERICH

I don't really know much about him - his wiki entry is only in German.