Thinkers of Space in Their Working Spaces

It's been a while, but here's a reblog from Polis for you, a site worth reblogging:

Walter Benjamin, perhaps searching fragments in archives for “Some Motifs on Beadelaire”

at the Bibliotheque National de France, Paris.

Martin Heidegger, perhaps doing a final review of Building Dwelling Thinking in his office

Francois Baudrillard, perhaps taking break after writing The Beaubourg Effect.

Richard Sennett, perhaps pondering identity in his working space.

Michel Foucault in his office, perhaps submerged in Panopticism.

Credits: Image of Benjamin, by Gisele Freund, Heiddeger by Pillippe Lacou-Labarthe, Image of Sennet by the NYT, Image of Baudrillard by J. Lane, Image of Foucault from Portail Michel Foucault.

Rome: Spacious Surface

Fabian Marti's 'Two Hotel' Artists Guest House

"The idea of a hotel as a creative act is inspired by Alighero Boetti‘s One Hotel which he maintained in Kabul in the Sixties. However TwoHOTEL has a different focus as it is specifically aimed as a hotel for artists."

Images and full article at Centre for the Aesthetic Revolution

Mobile Office

Hans Hollein, Mobiles Büro / Mobile Office, 1969

"1969, lange bevor die mobile Kommunikation ihre Möglichkeiten entfaltet hatte, propagierte Hollein ein aufblasbares Büro, dass temporäres arbeiten an den verschiedensten Plätzen ermöglichen sollte. In der Abbildung zu sehen: Hans Hollein beim Zwischenstopp mit Reißbrett und Telefon am Flugfeld Asparn"

Image and text via hollein.com

Measuring Space

Images from the top:

William Forsythe, Lectures from improvisation technologies, 2011.

Rudolf Von Laban, Gammes Dynamosphériques, séquence de mouvement “A” 

Rudolf Von Laban, Gammes Dynamosphériques, séquence de mouvement “A” et “B” 

Rudolf Von Laban, Choreutics, an “analysis of forms in movement”. The three plans 

All images from Danse et architecture. Nouvelle de danse 42/43. Editions Contredanse

"Behind the exploration of more or less explicit ties between dance and visual arts in the 20th century, the recent exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris “Danser sa vie” hides a powerful investigation on the nature of space and the evolution of its representation through the body." 

Images and text via microcities.net , where you can read the whole article and see more photos.

Buckminster Fuller and his Geodesic Dome

Images via stoppingoffplace & archdaily

Plans (which aren't really plans)

Images from the top:
Ellsworth Kelly, One Stroke 1959 (via artspotting)
Kazimir Malevich, Suprematism With Eight Rectangles 1915 (via wikiart)
Gregory Crewdson, Untitled, from hover series, 1996 (via bombmagazine)
Louise Bourgeois, Untitled (Big Dipper), state I (via moma.org)
Robert Morris, Philadelphia Labyrinth 1974 (via wikiart)

Carl Andre and Definition of Space

Carl Andre: (From the top) 

Secant, 1977

Steel Magnesium Plain, 1969

Installing Steel Magnesium Plain, 1969

Images via: rhizome.org & www.theslideprojector.com

Andrea Zittel: Investigating freedom

Andrea Zittel

Image 1-3 from top: Inhabitable sculptures – A-Z wagon stations

Bottom: A-Z Carpet Furniture: Cabin

"Blurring the line between art and life, american artist Andrea Zittel’s fascinating experiments in functional living showcase her preoccupation with self-sufficiency and adaptability. Since a decade she has been creating minimal self-sufficient dwelling spaces in which everyday actions such as sleeping, eating, cooking, bathing and socializing are transformed into acts of art."

Text from www.designboom.com Follow the link to read the full article.
Images via www.designboom.com, www.artnet.com and www.afterall.org

Body, action and space: Franz Erhard Walther

Franz Erhard Walther

Drei Sockel. Vier Standstellen. Zwei Schreitbahnen, 1975

Ten Meters Twice (sidesteps), 1977

Opposite and Laterally Space Circuit, 1976

Action Piece

55 Handlungsbahnen 

Since the 60s, Walther has used the body as material for his textile sculptures. He invites the observers to participate in his work, through the use and rearranging of the forms presented. New connections appear.

Photos via:

arttattler.com

www.sightunseen.com

Josef Albers: Structural Constellations

Josef Albers

F.M.E 5, 1962

Structural Constellation, ca. 1950

Structural Indication, 1948

All: Machine engraving on laminated plastic

Josef Albers is one of those great Bauhaus Artists I rediscover from time to time. We recently used som of his color exercises in a drawing class where I teach, and during research, I found the wonderful website albersfoundation.org They not only have great photos, but texts, lectures, and films with Josef and Annie Albers. A great resource, highly recommended!