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THE CUPCAKE PAVILION
Please don’t rain !
Building an outdoor cardboard cupcake pavilion in Auckland’s inclement weather was always going to be a daring move. Luckily for us a mixture of prayer and “whatever” attitude, in equal parts, somehow managed to bring out the sun for our event the “Cupcake Pavilion” during Auckland Architecture Week recently.
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TANGLING WITH HIRATA
Architectural metaphor cannot often be described as delicious. However Akihisa Hirata’s recent lecture, in the University of Auckland’s Communique series, showed that a good food analogy can be surprisingly illustrative. It seems that Hirata’s entire practice can be summed up in an image of a particular type of fish roe sushi, which demonstrates his central theory of ‘tangling’.
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THEATRE FOR ACROBATICS
The distinction between audience and performance is entirely constructed, and as such is reconfigurable. This scheme proposes an intervention that exploits the verticality and richnessof the interior of St. Anna, to provide a ramped transitional space for audiences viewing aerialacrobatics.
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MARK DYTHAM INTERVIEW
In times such as these it is interesting to look back on how practitioners have survived difficult times in the past. When Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein moved to Tokyo shortly after finishing their studies at the Royal College of Art in London, the economy seemed to be soaring and Japan was seen as the epicenter of that growth. Shortly after their immigration to Tokyo the bubble burst.
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ANNA STARR
Anna Starr is a contemporary artist and photographer. She’s just added lots of new work to her site. Check out the fantastic process photos she has done for the Lomo show curated by World frontman Francis Hooper. Looking forward to seeing the exhibition at the Auckland Festival of Photography.
