Monday, 24 April 2006 |
Tabula rasa is Latin for blank slate, which perfectly describes the
Kunsthaus museum that is essentially an empty shell. Inside, thirty
international artists combined models, videos, photographs, paintings,
and specially commissioned installations into a synchronized exposition
entitled M-City.
M-City is the brainchild of ReD (Research + Design), who endeavored
to produce a synergy of the existing museum structure and content
exhibited therein. FLUOscape is presented on the first floor as an
orthogonal grid of 586 repetitive fluorescent lights and flags of
various lengths, which give the space a topographic feel. On the
second floor, the CONEplex installation consists of six projection environments, whereby visitors can walk
underneath floating funnels and view video portraits of cities such as:
Basel, Graz, Trieste, RurhStadt, Krakow, and Ljubljana. Due to the
success of M-City, ReD was recently invited to display the project at
the Pavillon de l'Arsenal in Paris for the exhibition titled "Architectures Scenographies". Seemingly simplistic and sterile, this
initiative redefines the museum experience and is welcome change from
the roped barriers of yore. by Harold C
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architecture 
M-CITY by ReD 
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