May 15th, 2012 (Photo, video and compilation: © Oliver Lins)
In order to honor the 300th birthday of prussian king Frederick the Great, his poetry was projected onto the facades of the Humboldt University building in Berlin by Prof. Serge von Arx, Berlin/Oslo and Sheila Hayman, London in February 2012.
This video is a composition of material shot on location and edited according to personal preferences. Underlined with tibetan-monk-chant-like-sounds (freesound.org), it does not necessarily stand for the views or intentions of the artists who created the installation and sounds – it’s a remix so to say.
Categories: Art, General, Typography
May 2nd, 2012 (Photo & Rec.: © Oliver Lins)
Categories: General
April 25th, 2012 (Photos: © Oliver Lins)
Zurich has got many faces. Surrounded by ‘Alpine Pearls’ and situated right by clean and fresh waters, it presents itself as the quintessence of everything (good), compacted to a perfectly organized, beautiful version of today’s showpiece society. But don’t be fooled, once you get to know this hotspot, you will agree that it’s just another momentum of our globalized world. Offering everything you’d expect from a grand, international and cosmopolitan hub, Zurich still amazes and surprises though … with it’s true touch to tradition as well as “the revolutionary” view on things. Once upon a time, a revolution in typography took place here too …
See also our previous post: Zurich By Night – Neon Impressions.
Categories: Typography
April 17th, 2012 (Photos: © Alexander Lins)
The title of this large-scale installation, which came to live in Peking and is made of solid steal Lotus-flowers, reads “Let a hundred flowers bloom” while referring to a propaganda slogan of Mao Zedong. Zedong used it to promote free thinking and open discussion within the party in 1956. On the other hand the critique he caused himself, was silenced with a policy of intimidation and manipulation resulting in the killing of 520.000 people.
Born in 1948 in Sent / Switzerland, the artist now resides and operates in New York, Switzerland, Chile, Niger and China.
Categories: Art
April 4th, 2012 (Photos: © Oliver Lins)
In Bauhaus Dessau Part II, attention is being paid to the interior details, hallways and staircases of this minimalist temple. In upcoming Part III, we will move to the lower level and show parts of the permanent exhibition. The bauhaus movement, so much to say … little to add.
See also our related posts, “Bauhaus Dessau. Part I” , “Bauhaus Archiv Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin”, “Gropiusstadt”, “Hansastadt I” and “Hansastadt II”.
Categories: Architecture, Art, Design
March 21st, 2012 (Photos and video © Tonkin Liu)
We are proud to present our latest project, the new website for London-based, award-winning architectural practice Tonkin Liu. We love their work, approach and unconventional style, which set off the right impulses for their new site. It showcases a very interesting spectrum of works encompassing architecture, art and landscape. Interested in doing what they have not done before they aim at always the same, to satisfy the mind and touch the heart.
www.tonkinliu.co.uk, www.olex.org
Categories: Architecture, Art, Design, Olex, Websites