Now up in The Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, Germany is an interactive, brain-bending exhibit: Climate Capsules: Means of Surviving Disaster. The exhibit is a response to the current climatic conditions of our planet, which are destructing at an exponential rate. Having a truly apocalyptic flavor, the display proposes hypothetical solutions for post-disaster adaptation based around the notion of capsules. Artists from around the world created a series of different capsules. Body capsules: Pablo Reinso created “La Parole,” an installation of a giant inflatable textile balloon where visitors can stick their head into, the balloon acting as an intimate shared head space, where insiders breathe the same air, feeling sheltered in the same safe domain. Urban capsules, nature capsules, atmosphere capsules. Sheilding our cities with protective domes, encapsulating nature in order to preserve it, though artificializing the very character of it. Trying to reverse damage to our atmosphere through further chemical and physical manipulation. Contributing artists, designers and architects to this mind-blowing exhibit include: Anderson Anderson Architecture (US), Richard Buckminster Fuller (US), Vincent Callebaut (B), Juan Downey (US), David Greene (GB), Haus-Rucker-Co (AT), Ron Herron (GB), Gordon Matta-Clark (US), Robert Smithson (US) and many more. article

David Winston @ Cleanroom Design Lab has begun manufacturing his new creation: the Super Nova Inflatable Light. The giant tube of light, comparable to the length of your living room couch emits a bright yet atmospheric glow. The Super Nova is the antithesis of the stereotypical household high-hat, whose abrasive beaming light exudes an almost anxious feeling. It is zen-like, lying across the floor or standing against the wall with a modest presence, filling the space with a beautiful ambient distribution of light. It is completely safe to the touch as it produces barely any heat at all, so contact with other objects is not a problem. Who wouldn’t want a big comfy marshmallow of a light they could hug?

The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico affected the entire world whether you lived one mile away or thousands of miles away. The famous Los Angeles graffiti artist Saber created this piece of art titled “In Pursuit of Black Gold” in response to the tragedy. Some people have words to express their disdain and overwhelming sadness over the oil spill but Saber has his art and writes, “the insidiousness of the oil spill in the gulf clearly had an affect on me…” The flag is haunting with black strains drawing from the red and white stripes leaking down into the hole formed by the blue of the flag. It seems to be a representation of just what a mess everything is and what a mess the oil spill has created.

It is impossible to sum up what techno music can make a person feel and think because it is completely individual. Techno in most cases and from the right djs is musical art that can take the mind in millions of directions to millions of places. Some of its creators can be labeled masterminds taking sounds that might sounds random or even off and mixing them together for an outcome of something wonderful. This aspect of techno makes the label of “Techno Art” to Richard Symons’s metal sculptures appropriate. Metal pieces and shards that individually would be discarded and considered unappealing are melded together to create incredible sculptures.

Painter Terry Rodgers’ has a show coming up in Brussels called “Radical Continuity.” Starting January 14th at Aeroplastics Contemporary, the exhibition is a collection of his large-scale works that revolve around themes of excess, luxury, and sexuality. The claustrophobic compositions feature nude figures that look as if they were collaged together from a mixture of porn and advertising for Las Vegas. He adds in details like Venus sculptures and Classical interior architecture that look back to the Baroque period and Renaissance, perhaps speaking to the highly sexualized nude as the muse of contemporary culture. To see more of his work, check out his website.

Ivan Navarro’s “Threshold” will be on display at the Venice Art Biennale opening on June 5th. Ivan Navarro has had a very busy year with his recent showings that include Nowhere Man (2009) in Towner Eastbourne (UK) and Homeless Lamp, the Juice Sucker (2008), at the Fabric Work Shop & Museum in Philadelphia (USA). He has also participated in the latest Havana Biennial Art Exhibition (Cuba 2009) and in the Canary Islands Biennial (Tenerife, Spain 2009). For the Venice Art Biennale, Ivan Navarro has created a group of works in a socio-political perspective.
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Made Events presents Electric Zoo New York City scheduled for September 5th & 6th. Randall’s Island Park will be the hosting venue for this mash up of electronic music, with over 50+ artists and 4 stages, this is set to be the biggest electronic music event of the summer. The complete DJ list has not been confirmed yet, but you can expect some of Gradient’s favorite DJs to perform. The list includes fan favorite locals like Danny Tenaglia and Frankie Knuckles. Some of the original pioneers of minimal techno will also grace the stage, Richie Hawtin and Marco Carola are both expected to perform. Electric Zoo is a two day event tickets for Saturday can be purchased here and tickets for Sunday here.

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