Category: Performance

ARM: Avant Garde Architecture in Melbourne

From top: MTC facade corner at twilight; MTC foyer level, MTC Sumner Theatre, MRC & MTC facade, MRC foyer main stairs, MRC Elisabeth Murdoch Hall balcony **All photographs by John Gollings; Images courtesy of ARM Australian design consultancy ARM continues to push the envelope down-under. Their latest projects, the Melbourne Recital Centre and  neighboring MTC… Continue reading ARM: Avant Garde Architecture in Melbourne

All Hail the King

Last Thursday evening, I hit Prospect Park with friends for the Femi Kuti concert. The rain held off, we packed a huge picnic and danced for hours to contagious, Nigerian Afrobeat. Looking around at one point, I stopped to appreciate the best part of any Brooklyn event – the people. Brooklyn’s characters are eclectic to… Continue reading All Hail the King

Daniel Arsham: Master of (Creative) Manipulation

Yesterday I had the pleasure of a studio visit with sculptor Daniel Arsham. Arsham describes his work as “architectural interventions,” often playing upon existing structures to create unexpected yet organic sculptures – a knot at the corner of two walls, or a chair emerging from within a wall, and so on. I first came across Arsham… Continue reading Daniel Arsham: Master of (Creative) Manipulation