In June of this year we were visited by three curators from Nam June Paik Art Center, Suwon-Seoul, South Korea. The Art Center, named after the famous artist, will open it's doors in October of this year. We were invited to participate in the inaugural exhibition, which runs from October 8. 2008 to February 5. 2009.
One of the items that will be on display is the URBIS ET ORBIS Space Arcology model. The model was built at Cosanti in 1976 and has been displayed in many exhibitions since, last in Rome, Italy, at the MAXXI Museo Nazionale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo, in 2005.
[Photo & text: sa]
The second model invited to this exhibition is NUDGING SPACE, the model built in 2000 by planning intern Estefania Villamizir. A third crate was built by ART SOLUTIONS, Fine Art Services, from Scottsdale, AZ. This crate transports a scroll drawing "VENICE ON THE ROCKS", and five bridge drawings of Paolo Soleri.
Cosanti Foundation Director Tomiaki Tamura will travel to Korea to oversee the installation of the Urbis et Orbis model and attend the opening of the event.
We are transmitting a number of images electronically. They will be mounted for exhibition in Korea.
We will continue to report on this exhibition.
[Photo: Darina Trendafilova & text: sa]
Posted by sue on September 24, 2008 2:20:49 PM MST