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State of Tyranny
April 15, 2019How do we understand tyranny? Its global presence is felt and heard daily. It permeates news cycles, it defines the plots of television shows, and it has to be explained to our children. Tyranny defines contemporary culture, and though it is often talked about conceptually, its more subtle spatial manifestations...
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Mammut - Findings From The IKEA Civilisation
April 14, 2019About 1200 years ago, the Earth was inhabited by it’s first globe-spanning culture: the IKEA civilisation. At the height of their existence, the IKEA population reached approximately 10 billion people - leaving no corner of the earth untouched by their influence, until now.Following news reports, that Dutch customs found and...
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Handbook of Tyranny - Exhibition II
March 12, 2019The exhibition is designed around the idea of a tyrant’s office. Therefore, the shop-windows of the exhibition space have been closed with plywood boards to guarantee security and enclosure. The designs from the Handbook of Tyranny are pinned casually to the plywood walls.
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IKEA Walks – The Capital of World Interior
October 17, 2018Imagine, it is true, and we are about to experience the end of globalization. In the long run this would mean the end of the Soccer World Cup, the Olympics, English as lingua franca, pop-music and the end of Mc Donald’s and IKEA.
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minus20degree 2018
May 07, 2018In February 2018 the fourth edition of minus20degree Art and Architecture Biennale was organized in Flachau. The theme World of Wellness touched for the first time the very present context of tourism. A village of 2.700 inhabitants hosting over 10.000 guests with the help of an additional work force of about...
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Handbook of Tyranny - Exhibition I
January 10, 2018In April 2018 the “Initiative Architektur” hosted the “Handbook of Tyranny” exhibition. The design concept by Brendan McGetrick presented fragments of the book chapters Slaughterhouse, Walls and Fences and Prison Cells in the scale 1:1. Visitors blend with the technical illustrations and inhabited them for the time of the exhibition.
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minus20degree 2016
February 08, 2016minus20degree is an art and architecture festival that focuses on snow and landscape as basic elements. The intention is to design or stage landscape with simple interventions and make it accessible for the public. The festival sees the winter landscape as untouched testing field with snow as its plasticine resource...
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Melt - minus20degree 2016
June 02, 2015Inviting all artists to submit proposals for m20d16, the third edition of minus20degree art and architecture biennale. (Jan 28 - 30, 2016) Open Call is now online: Open Call Brief
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SZHKSMZ - Special Material Zone
June 12, 2014SZHKSMZ - Shenzhen Hong Kong Special Material Zone project, by droog and TD is published in Volume 39.
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minus20degree 2014
March 21, 2014minus20degree is an art and architecture festival that focuses on snow and landscape as basic elements. The intention is to design or stage landscape with simple interventions and make it accessible for the public. The festival sees the winter landscape as untouched testing field with snow as its plasticine resource...