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april 2008
found space tiles have been featured in the april 2008 newsletter from materia, a vast
database of new and innovative architectural materials.
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april 2008
grundlagen des entwerfens (unit for building typology and design development), at the
rwth university in aachen germany. together with assistant professor georg rafailidis, i
am leading two seminars and a hochbau entwurf. the teaching theme this semester is
"team up," which means we've sought out partners from industry for each project, with
whom we'll work for the duration of the semester. teaming-up with industrial partners
allows us to learn about new materials, products and production processes and collab-
orate with the companies on new design endeavours. each course description can be
read on the lehrstuhl's website.
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march 2008
when: saturday march 22nd, 2pm
where: program, invalidenstrasse 115, 10115 berlin, germany
i have been invited by dr.mark paterson (school of geography, archaeology and earth
sciences, university of exeter) to give a talk about my work at program initiative for art
+ architectural collaborations in berlin-mitte.
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march 2008
when: saturday may 17th - monday may 19th, 10am - 5pm (trade);
tuesday may 20th, 10am - 4pm (trade & general public)
where: jacob k. javits convention center, 655 west 34th street, new york city, 10001
touchy-feely has been selected to participate in the designboom mart at the icff (inter-
national contemporary furniture fair) 2008. the icff is the largest design event in the
usa, and will be held from may 17-20 at the jacob k. javits convention centre, new york
city. now in it's fourth year the new york mart will once again provide an unprecedent-
ed opportunity to meet the young avant-garde and become familiar with their work.
visitors are able to buy design souvenirs™ and limited edition pieces directly from the
designers themselves.
hope to see you there!
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january 2008
when: tuesday, january 29th, from 5-7pm
where: european ceramic work centre, zuid-willemsvaart 215, 2511 's-hertogenbosch,
the netherlands.
doors will open to the public for my end presentation at the ekwc. documentation of my
research and fabrication processes, as well as the final ceramic tile prototypes, will be
on display.
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december 2007
the ceramic work being done by touchy-feely at the ekwc was recently featured in a
radio interview on the cbc (canadian broadcasting corporation) montreal arts program,
cinq à six. cinq à six is a program that explores new directions in culture in quebec - dir-
ections in music, literature, theatre, architecture and design and in the business of
art.
keep checking-in to touchy-feely news for the mp3 version of the interview!
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october 2007
this term, i am instructing in the lehrstuhl für gebäudelehre und grundlagen des
entwerfens (unit for building typology and design development), at the rwth university in
aachen germany. the teaching theme for the semester is "play." full course descriptions
(in german) can be read on the lehrstuhl's website.
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october 2007
touchy-feely
has been selected to participate in the european ceramic work centre's
ceramics and architecture program. as an artist/architect-in-residence, i will carry-
out a collaborative project with montreal-based dancer-choreographer katie ewald. the
3-month project will investigate innovative applications for ceramics in architecture.
the process can be followed on the ekwc's blog. full documentation of the project will
be posted here in the spring.
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august 2007
touchy-feely
has been awarded a travel grant from the canada council for the arts to
participate in in:site milwaukee’s publicart program. the project, a temporary, site-spe-
cific building facade, will be installed in september
2008. full documentation of the pro-
ject will be posted here in the fall.
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august 2007
the catalogue illustrating the outcome of disonancias 2006/07 is now available. the 225-
page publication summarizes the r &d projects emerging out of the collaboration between
artists and industry. In addition to touchy-feely/stephanie davidson + alfa industries,
participants in the 2006/7 program incuded:
david cuartielles & björn wahlstöm + daisalux
yves degoyon & alejandra pérez nunez + el correo
saoirse higgins + euve
kadambari baxi & maureen connor + formica
birzikla +
gaiker
federica matelli + kaiku
olga kisseleva + leia
pablo correa da silva + vicomtech
itxaso diaz + eitb
included in the catalgoue is a dvd-documentary by itxaso diaz which shows interviews
with all participants during the 6-month disonancias process.the catalogue can be pur-
chased directly from disonancias.
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april 2007
touchy-feely
has been selected to participate in in:site
milwaukee’s public art program.
in:site is an arts organization creating opportunities for temporary public
art in
milwaukee county. more specifically, in:site supports projects that demonstrate
the
potential to affect their immediate surroundings. touchy-feely will be mounting
a
site-specific facade installation in september 2008.
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april 2007
touchy-feely now has a blog.
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march 2007
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the
work of touchy-feely was exhibited at the international centre of contemporary
art,
donostia – san sebastián spain, at the beginning of this month.
the exhibition, disonancias
tour, coincided with lectures and panel discussions about art and innovation.
a complete
catalogue of the projects emerging from the six-month collaborations between
artists
and industry, will be released in the spring. for a catalogue, including a
dvd/documentary
which looks at each collaboration unfold, contact komunikazioa@disonancias.com
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february 2007
touchy-feely
has been working at the alfaarte
factory in eibar spain, continuing to test
materials and production processes for urban cushions public furniture. resources
were
chosen based on what was available and in use in the factory. as a kind of
experiment-
ation theif, touchy-feely took materials out of their lines of production,
and applied
them in different ways. using conventional materials in unconventional ways
meant
the results were difficult to predict. the material tests, successes and failures,
will be
exhibited in march.
urban
cushions is part of a disonancias art & innovation initiative to facilitate
international artists collaborating with established industries in the basque
region
of spain.
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february 2007
while
working in the basque country, urban cushions received quite a bit of press.
articles can be found in el kitto (11.02), and el diario vasco
(11.02,13.02). there
was also an interview broadcast on the basque television network ktb.
the photographer
documenting all of the disonancias artists is clemente bernad. samples of
his work,
including a glimpse of urban cushions material samples can be seen on his
website,
www.clementebernad.com.
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february 2007
disonancias
art & innovation exhibition will take place on march 2 & 3 2007, at
the
international centre of contemporary art, donostia – san sebastián
spain. a full
schedule of events planned around the opening of the exhibition can be found
on their
website.
the experimental processes and material tests of urban cushions will be on
display at
the exhibition. as working models, they will be there to touch and feel...
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