Tag Expo

02-10-2015

Greencity Milan 2015, with Livegreenblog

The zero edition of the initiative Greencity Milan takes place on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th October and is an occasion to explore the city outside the EXPO context and discover a widespread active green movement.

02-10-2015

SUQ The Milan Cultural Souk

For the first time, the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan will be transformed into a large Cultural Souk for eight days thanks to the “The Factory of Dialogue” and introducing an experience like the Souk Festival in Genoa - a wonderful intercultural showcase on the theme of integration held since 1999.

25-09-2015

Andy Starflinger Signs of the Past

Andy Starflinger pursues the almost romantic beauty of abandoned places where time becomes a suggestive element - with his camera. “Signs of the past” is the title of a photographic research by Luxembourg-born photographer Andy Starflinger who immortalises abandoned places with his camera. We are not talking about the ancient ruins of some long dead civilisation but about our recent past where the division between “being on the crest of a wave” and “being obsolete”, between the world that exists and that which is no more, is even more ephemeral than ever. The photographer Starflinger, who also displayed his work in the exhibition urbEXPO “Lost Places”, with his view of the world lying behind the patina of the present, portrays places where he captures the quintessential beauty inherent in degradation, change and destruction. His photographs are proof of the swift changes in our society where so much technological progress is achieved in only ten years to make what was avant-guard yesterday already in the past today – and it is all done with a rigorous approach to composition. Because this is the secret of the visual commentary that he shares with us here. Andy Starflinger does not accuse, he does not even suggest a lesson in style “before everything was better”. Starflinger's shots catch the mood of that precise moment and are the product of a careful geometrical study, of the volumes and shapes that he sees. He pursues these abandoned sites with genuine pleasure. It seems almost like when children sneak through the door of an abandoned farmhouse or an old warehouse (with the added thrill of doing something forbidden) but his objective is letting us see a sort of beauty not too inferior to monuments belonging to the past, especially if we look at photographs of certain industrial architectures, like the abandoned electric power station. The signs of the past are here, around us, regardless of those who see the beginning of our noteworthy past in ancient times - and Andy Starflinger gives these places just the dignity they need to bring them back into our memory, as an intriguing part of recent history which should not disappear too quickly. Christiane Bürklein (@chrisbuerklein) Andy Starflinger http://www.andystarflinger.com/

02-09-2015

Natural aesthetics meets urban space, Festival n.a.t.u.r., Bochum

“Change”, is the key word in the art and culture festival n.

01-09-2015

Last days for participating in the Next Landmark Floornature International Architecture Contest

These are the last few days for participating in Next Landmark, the international competition initiated by Floornature, which gives visibility to the new generation of architects and photographers of architecture. All material must be sent in by the 12th September to participate in this free competition which takes place exclusively online.