Pet Pillow Rainbow Tuesday

These images have been lying around in the "2blog" folder for quite a while now, and its time to let go I think, though I'm not sure they quite make a set.Vernacular cat housing from Sudan?
with Transformer pillowsand a parrot gym
little eastern dog pavilion?

a Laura Ashley love nest

Adolf Loos doggy pad with rooftop lounging

rainbow pillow



cushion flowerpot
Grafitti dog Parthenon with sustainable roof?
huh?
faux organic dog cave
It's Britney, bitch

TV friend

Who knew black paint could be so sexy?

Building Green Carpets

Recently I visited a "Building Green" expo, it was full of Green carpeting and Grey plastic partitions

ashtrays

and fire extinquishers

escalators, blue doors and vinyl banners

leftovers

and sky measures

Bye bye Theory

Somehow this past weekend I browsed past John Hedjuk's "Bye House". I was never a particular fan of Hedjuk, I love the drawings and I recognize the importance of that streak of the avant garde, especially in the historical context bla bla bla. What I had not realized was that the Bye House had gotten built, and though it does look somehow fun, I think I lost something there. Should one build theory? Paper architecture in concrete? maybe better left to paper I think, though of course this is no vote.

Tree of Utah

Angelo bumped into this on flickr
and he thought it was perfect for this blog Tree of Utah, by Karl Momen

If the sky falls

I was listening to Cibelle when she sings "and if the sky falls, we'll catch mockingbirds..." and I just wanted to be prepared, in case the sky falls, what do they look like?

there's tons on the internets of course

and there's that famous book too

Day Without Gay

Today we're supposed to "Call in Gay", not show up at work, and donate our time to work against the hateful H8.. But what do you do when you're the boss? How to call in Gay? And anyway Athens today is facing more elemental problems than this, so maybe we just keep working... Here a nice shout out though (and I heart the merch too)

Divizione e multiplicazione

Michelangelo Pistoletto
Divizione e multiplicazione

Stereo Nostalgia

Last night was the gigantic LIFO magazine party, where Stereo Nova reunited for a short performance.

It was a total memorabilia evening, as Stereo Nova were the bright beacon of the hazy 90's days. And overtaken with nostalgia, I browsed on youtube, and everything is there of course. I even found my two collaborations with them, which I had lost for a long time
the video clip for "Ασυρματος Κοσμος", which I partially shot in my tiny New York apartment, in the Chelsea Hotel, in 1994.

and the set deign from the ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΗ performance (made to look like the inside of a plastic bag)

Umbrella Rock Cloud

Not South Beach

I'm missing all the South Beach festivities (and Art of course, ooops) where Angelo went to present his We give you money, we want your love "Board Meeting" at Nueva Galleria De La Barra. Still, with a hangover, I managed to drag myself down to this North facing beach anyway

where there seemed to have been a party going on too

with elegant furnishings

three little tubes watching

the Cloud and the Mountain became best friends

the bench went surfing

curious shower

left alone on the beach to ruin

exit with sun salutation

Universita del Qatar: In the Name of Islam

Browsing through old Domus, I stumbled upon this 80s desert hallucination, standard Islamic shopping mall, but somehow managing to look cute...

Hans Hollein: Spray, Smell and Build

Hans Hollein, Svobodair, 1968

Hans Hollein, Svobodair Bureau study, 1968

Hans Hollein, Transformations, 1968Hans Hollein, Golden Smart, 1968

and as a footnote, Claus Oldenburg "Design for a tunnel entrance in the form of a nose" 1968

Puttin on the Ritz x3

(be sure to wait for the end when Fred goes into mirrors)



I really never knew he looked so scary


Rufus Rufus

(there's also a weird one from Michael Jackson, but you can find that on the yootoobes)

East Coast Europe

Check out East Coast Europe, Markus Miessens' new book/study on all the possible things Europe can (and can't) be.
With contributions by Can Altay, Marina Abramovic, Paddy Ashdown, Zdenka Badovinac, Katherine Carl, Eda Cufer, Reinier de Graaf, Mladen Dolar, Lisa Farjam, Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, Carin Kuoni, Zak Kyes, Jacques Le Goff, Aaron Levy, Genevieve Maitland Hudson with Cyril Blanc, Markus Miessen, Viktor Misiano, Miran Mohar, Shamim Momin, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Orchard, Dan Perjovschi, Marjetica Potrc, Nebojsa Seric Shoba, Michael Shamiyeh, Erzen Shkololli, Taryn Simon, Nedko Solakov, Alenka Suhadolnik, Milica Tomic, Kazys Varnelis, Felix Vogel, Borut Vogelnik, Jordan Wolfson, and Sislej Xhafa, plus a dictionary of Europe where I contributed a single word (!) also featuring Kimberly Bradley, Carson Chan, Hans Urlich Obrist, Juergen Mayer H, Lina Stergiou, and many more that I don't remember right now (these are already too many names for a Monday morning)

Everyday Utopia

Here's some pics from the Everyday Utopia exhibition that lovely Marina Fokidis curated, just opened at Think21 in Brussels, featuring Angelo Plessas, Miltos Manetas and yours truly. Seems like I took all the photos in a rush between Champaign and Vodka and more, but better pics are coming soo
Plessas' Future is Fake Neon and MeLookingAtYou walldrawing
classic Manetas painting
more Plessas
I showed paper models with notes, arranged in a Sandbox configuration
Dolmen House
Soft Ruin

Idea and Menir

Charles can explain everything...

Get Happy x2