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SCULPTURAL BELL ASSEMBLY
Recently Paolo Soleri experimented with a new type of sculptural bell assembly. [photo: Chihiro Saito & text: Colleen Reckow] This prototype of his idea, fabricated from steel by Brent Scott, hung in the vaults temporarily to give it archit... |
Mar 15, 2010 |
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MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
On January 8. 2010 a re-dedication of this Paolo Soleri bell assembly took place at the Mesa Community College. [photo: courtesy of Mesa Community College - Alumni Relations & text: sue] [photo: courtesy of Mesa Community College - A... |
Jan 13, 2010 |
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PAOLO SOLERI - NEW BOOK - EARLY YEARS
This continues our report from December 21. 2009. During the event “Architetti e Architetture 2009,” Professor Iolanda Lima presented her latest publication "Soleri. La Formazione Giovanile 1933 - 1946, 808 Disegni Inediti di Architettura", a pub... |
Dec 23, 2009 |
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SOLERI - ARCHITETTI E ARCHITETTURE 2009
photo: Paolo Soleri with Mary Hoadley. On the evening of December 3rd. 2009, Paolo Soleri was honored in his hometown, Torino, Italy, at the event “Architetti e Architetture 2009,” which celebrated his lifetime achievement, along with architect An... |
Dec 21, 2009 |
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SOLERI - HONORARY CITIZENSHIP - TORINO
On December 7. we reported that Paolo Soleri and Mary Hoadley visited Torino, Italy, on their way back from China. One of the major events during the two-day visit was that the City of Torino officially awarded Paolo Soleri with honorary citizen... |
Dec 18, 2009 |
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VPRO TV - NETHERLANDS
On October 24 - 26, 2009, Arcosanti hosted a Dutch TV crew from VPRO TV, a national, noncommercial broadcasting organization in the Netherlands. Arcosanti and the work of Paolo Soleri will be featured in a special extended edition of the weekly new... |
Oct 30, 2009 |
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BRONZE FOUNDRY
The foundry crew constructed a set of new furnaces by building a form and using a type of concrete that can handle an intense amount of heat. Here we see the new furnaces surrounded by an old metal plate platform. For each 'Heat' the furnace hea... |
Sep 23, 2009 |
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MOUNTAIN "MEGA" - PRESENTATION
Cosanti Foundation Public Relations Erin Jeffries reports: "Paolo Soleri and other representatives of the Cosanti Foundation attended a presentation about planning for Arizona's Sun Corridor, an area of rapid growth between the border of Mexico i... |
Nov 26, 2008 |
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GOVERNOR'S CELEBRATION OF INNOVATION
Paolo Soleri was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Arizona Governor’s Celebration of Innovation. The award ceremony took place on the evening of 11/13/08 at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix. [see links to some of the articles on the event... |
Nov 21, 2008 |
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GOVERNOR'S CELEBRATION OF INNOVATION
Paolo Soleri was honored with this years LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at the Arizona Governor’s Celebration of Innovation. The award ceremony took place last night at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix. “This annual contest is a joint effort by the Arizo... |
Nov 14, 2008 |
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EXHIBITION – NJP ART CENTER
This continues the report from the "Jump Now" exhibition. [see previous postings on 9/24, 10/15 and 10/17/08]. Two of Paolo Soleri's Arcology models were sent to Suwon-Seoul, South-Korea, for this exhibition. One of them is the URBIS ET ORBIS Spac... |
Oct 20, 2008 |
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EXHIBITION – NJP ART CENTER - OPENING
The opening of the NOW JUMP exhibition at the Nam June Paik Art Center took place on October 8. 2008. The exhibition features numerous international artists including Paolo Soleri. [see previous reports on 9/24 and 10/15/2008] [Photo: tt ... |
Oct 17, 2008 |
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EXHIBITION - NAM JUNE PAIK ART CENTER
We reported on September 24. on the most recent exhibition of Paolo Soleri art work. Two models, URBIS ET ORBIS Space for Peace Arcology model and NUDGING SPACE Arcology model, also one original scroll by Paolo Soleri and seven silk screened Bridg... |
Oct 15, 2008 |
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EXHIBITION - KOREA
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 inau... |
Sep 24, 2008 |
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BRONZE FOUNDRY
We continue our report from 7/30/08 on work in the Bronze Foundry. After the melted bronze is poured into the snap-flask molds, it takes only minutes to cool back to its solid state. At this point, the bells are 'broken' out of their sand molds, gi... |
Aug 1, 2008 |
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BRONZE FOUNDRY
This continues our report from 7/28/08 on the foundry bell creations ... Once the stylus tools have been used to mark designs into the sand, the cope and drag sand blocks are put back together. Now, negative space exists where the aluminum pattern... |
Jul 30, 2008 |
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BRONZE FOUNDRY
Crafting the bronze wind bells is a labor intensive process. Presently the Foundry Apse is workspace for about five artists who shape the sand molds and pour the molten liquid metal to cast Soleri Original bells. Over the next few postings, we wi... |
Jul 28, 2008 |
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WORLD CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTURE
On June 30th, 2008, Paolo Soleri was featured as a guest speaker at the 23rd UIA World Congress in Turin, Italy. The Congress takes place every three years and brings together thousands of architects and architecture students from countries through... |
Jul 14, 2008 |
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SOLERI ORIGINAL DRAWINGS
Exciting news from the Soleri Archives. We received a whole new collection of original Soleri drawings from the about 1940 to around 1948. While cleaning out a little used back closet in the Soleri residence, his daughters discovered a whole stack... |
Jul 7, 2008 |
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SOLERI BELL SUMMITS EVEREST
<!-- First Paragraph seperate multiple paragraphs with --!> Earlier this week, the Soleri Archives received a package from Jaye George, Arcosanti's Ambassador to Nepal. Ms. George, of Paradise Valley, Arizona, took a trip to the Himalayas in Octob... |
May 16, 2008 |