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From: rubbens@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dhr. M. Rubbens)
Subject: Call for participation
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 08:44:10 GMT
SCULPTURE CITY INTERNATIONAL NETWORKSHOP '94
July 14, 1994
General Information
September/october 1994 the Foundation ATTILA (based in Rotterdam,
The Nethetlands) is organising an international electronic workshop.
The idea is to send and to receive 3D-models for SCULPTURE-BUILDINGS.
Buildings which are sculptures, and sculptures actually being buildings.
Buildings are regarded as sculptures to work and to live in. All the
received 3D-models will be assembled together to form a virtual
"Global City", sculptured by an international group of artists and
designers.
The SCULPTURE CITY INTERNATIONAL NETWORKSHOP '94 will be part of
a manifestation in Rotterdam, The Netherlands called SCULPTURE CITY
ROTTERDAM. Next to the NETWORKSHOP there will be an exhibition, a
conference and a physical workshop.
Among others, Marcos Novak (Liquid Architecture) and Stephen Perrella
(Electronic Clothing) will be attending the workshop. They will also
give a lecture about their work at the conference in the Dutch
Architecture institute in Rotterdam. The result of the NETWORKSHOP will
be exhibited at the exhibition during september and october 1994 (on
monitors and in coloured plots, artist's names will be mentioned).
You can participate as an individual or with a group (students or
professional designers/artists), so the manifestation will become
a global workshop.
-Topic
The main topic of the manifestation will be the relationship between
Architecture, Art and Electronic media.
With the increasing influence of electronic media on our physical
world, the way we experience our physical environment changes.
The tendency of communication spaces becoming more and more a-topic
can be of great influence on the design of architectural-,
sculptural- and cyber-space. In the near future the electronic
networks might be entered from every physical place. With this
intertwining of physical and electronic space every physical space
becomes connected to virtually every other space and becomes in
itself a-topic even though it is geographically fixed.
What can be said about designing architectural or sculptural space
in the paradoxical situation that arises when you superimpose
virtual and real spaces; a situation of being in two spaces at the
same time? Nowadays the schizophrenic zones between architecture, art
and electronic media is approached from the separate points of view
of the architect, artist or computer specialist. We would like to
question this one-sided approach by confronting the different fields
and thus create a dialogue between them.
The dissolving sensorial boundaries between electronic and physical
space will be explored during the manifestation by connecting cyber-
spatial-design to physical interfaces, such as milling-machines and
VR-installations.
-Deadline
Since the exchange of files will take place during the actual
manifestation the deadline is September/October 1994.
-Submissible works
Models of your own electronic designs; designed in electronic space.
-Data formats
The data format of the NETWORKSHOP models depends on the programs
used by the participants. At least the following data formats will be
supported:
.DXF
.DWG (Autocad)
.3DS (3D-studio)
-Data exchange
Thanks to the CAD-training center of the Technical University of Delft
there is an FTP-site available.
-Subscribtion
If you and/or your organisation would like to participate in the exchange
of ideas and models during the SCULPTURE CITY INTERNATIONAL NETWORKSHOP
in september 1994 please send mail to :
--Menno Rubbens
attila@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
containing the following items:
Name,
Email address,
Organisation,
Country.
and a short note why you would like to participate, and if you will
participate as an individual or with a group.
Before the start of the NETWORKSHOP you will receive the FTP-address
with login and password.
--Menno Rubbens
attila@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
The following organisations support the SCULPTURE CITY project:
European Community (Kaleidoscope program)
Centre for the Arts Rotterdam (CBKR)
Rotterdam Art Foundation (RKS)
Rotterdam Festivals (cultural season 1994/1995)
Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi)
Autodesk (software)
DELL Computers (hardware)
Silicon Graphics Netherlands
From: rubbens@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dhr. M. Rubbens)
Subject: Call for participation
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 08:44:10 GMT
SCULPTURE CITY INTERNATIONAL NETWORKSHOP '94
July 14, 1994
General Information
September/october 1994 the Foundation ATTILA (based in Rotterdam,
The Nethetlands) is organising an international electronic workshop.
The idea is to send and to receive 3D-models for SCULPTURE-BUILDINGS.
Buildings which are sculptures, and sculptures actually being buildings.
Buildings are regarded as sculptures to work and to live in. All the
received 3D-models will be assembled together to form a virtual
"Global City", sculptured by an international group of artists and
designers.
The SCULPTURE CITY INTERNATIONAL NETWORKSHOP '94 will be part of
a manifestation in Rotterdam, The Netherlands called SCULPTURE CITY
ROTTERDAM. Next to the NETWORKSHOP there will be an exhibition, a
conference and a physical workshop.
Among others, Marcos Novak (Liquid Architecture) and Stephen Perrella
(Electronic Clothing) will be attending the workshop. They will also
give a lecture about their work at the conference in the Dutch
Architecture institute in Rotterdam. The result of the NETWORKSHOP will
be exhibited at the exhibition during september and october 1994 (on
monitors and in coloured plots, artist's names will be mentioned).
You can participate as an individual or with a group (students or
professional designers/artists), so the manifestation will become
a global workshop.
-Topic
The main topic of the manifestation will be the relationship between
Architecture, Art and Electronic media.
With the increasing influence of electronic media on our physical
world, the way we experience our physical environment changes.
The tendency of communication spaces becoming more and more a-topic
can be of great influence on the design of architectural-,
sculptural- and cyber-space. In the near future the electronic
networks might be entered from every physical place. With this
intertwining of physical and electronic space every physical space
becomes connected to virtually every other space and becomes in
itself a-topic even though it is geographically fixed.
What can be said about designing architectural or sculptural space
in the paradoxical situation that arises when you superimpose
virtual and real spaces; a situation of being in two spaces at the
same time? Nowadays the schizophrenic zones between architecture, art
and electronic media is approached from the separate points of view
of the architect, artist or computer specialist. We would like to
question this one-sided approach by confronting the different fields
and thus create a dialogue between them.
The dissolving sensorial boundaries between electronic and physical
space will be explored during the manifestation by connecting cyber-
spatial-design to physical interfaces, such as milling-machines and
VR-installations.
-Deadline
Since the exchange of files will take place during the actual
manifestation the deadline is September/October 1994.
-Submissible works
Models of your own electronic designs; designed in electronic space.
-Data formats
The data format of the NETWORKSHOP models depends on the programs
used by the participants. At least the following data formats will be
supported:
.DXF
.DWG (Autocad)
.3DS (3D-studio)
-Data exchange
Thanks to the CAD-training center of the Technical University of Delft
there is an FTP-site available.
-Subscribtion
If you and/or your organisation would like to participate in the exchange
of ideas and models during the SCULPTURE CITY INTERNATIONAL NETWORKSHOP
in september 1994 please send mail to :
--Menno Rubbens
attila@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
containing the following items:
Name,
Email address,
Organisation,
Country.
and a short note why you would like to participate, and if you will
participate as an individual or with a group.
Before the start of the NETWORKSHOP you will receive the FTP-address
with login and password.
--Menno Rubbens
attila@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
The following organisations support the SCULPTURE CITY project:
European Community (Kaleidoscope program)
Centre for the Arts Rotterdam (CBKR)
Rotterdam Art Foundation (RKS)
Rotterdam Festivals (cultural season 1994/1995)
Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi)
Autodesk (software)
DELL Computers (hardware)
Silicon Graphics Netherlands