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KEVIN VAN BRAAK
LA FACCIATA
BOOKS FOR BURNING? / / KNYGOS SUDEGINIMUI?
BOOKS FOR BURNING? / BOOK BURNING
BOOKS FOR BURNING? /DECEMBER 2008
AFTER FOUR ROTATIONS OF A, B WILL MAKE ONE REVOLUTION
BUL GEUN EOL GUL / RED HEADS
STAIRCASE
THE GOOD LIFE
STAIRCASE
UNTITLED (BUS)
GRID ROOM
CITIES OF CONTINUOUS LINES
SCALA (MARINA DI MASSA)
CAMPINGFLAT
CARAVAN 01
CARAVAN 02
NATURE AND INGENIOUSNESS
MENTAL ARCHIVE
XY
CASTLE
NEW CROSSROADS
WINTER LANDSCAPE
SUBLIMATION A SUBSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS SUBLIMATION
BOXING BALLS
BREATHING ROOM
SEARCHING
BATHROOM
UNTITLED INSTALLATION
UNTITLED INSTALLATION
BOOKS FOR BURNING? / / KNYGOS SUDEGINIMUI?
BOOKS FOR BURNING? / BOOK BURNING
BOOKS FOR BURNING? /DECEMBER 2008
AFTER FOUR ROTATIONS OF A, B WILL MAKE ONE REVOLUTION
BUL GEUN EOL GUL / RED HEADS
STAIRCASE
THE GOOD LIFE
STAIRCASE
UNTITLED (BUS)
GRID ROOM
CITIES OF CONTINUOUS LINES
SCALA (MARINA DI MASSA)
CAMPINGFLAT
CARAVAN 01
CARAVAN 02
NATURE AND INGENIOUSNESS
MENTAL ARCHIVE
XY
CASTLE
NEW CROSSROADS
WINTER LANDSCAPE
SUBLIMATION A SUBSTITUTE FOR RELIGIOUS SUBLIMATION
BOXING BALLS
BREATHING ROOM
SEARCHING
BATHROOM
UNTITLED INSTALLATION
UNTITLED INSTALLATION
SCALA (MARINA DI MASSA)
Wood, diameter 2.5 x 5.7 meter, 2006.
The Colonia Torino, designed by Ettore Sottsass senior in 1938, was abandoned for sixty years. Part of the structure had been destroyed by the local community, which were planning to demolish it altogether. Eventually it has been bought by a private investor and is now being converted into a youth hostel. I reconstructed a prominent feature of the architecture, a spiral staircase. Being the only staircase in the building, it is essential to a complete experience of the complex. In my studio in Amsterdam I made a wooden replica of the staircase in accordance with the original drawings. The choice of a different material reveals the fragility and temporary nature of the staircase, in contrast to the concrete of the rest of the complex of buildings, which is in keeping with the fascist desire to last forever.
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Wood, diameter 2.5 x 5.7 meter, 2006.
The Colonia Torino, designed by Ettore Sottsass senior in 1938, was abandoned for sixty years. Part of the structure had been destroyed by the local community, which were planning to demolish it altogether. Eventually it has been bought by a private investor and is now being converted into a youth hostel. I reconstructed a prominent feature of the architecture, a spiral staircase. Being the only staircase in the building, it is essential to a complete experience of the complex. In my studio in Amsterdam I made a wooden replica of the staircase in accordance with the original drawings. The choice of a different material reveals the fragility and temporary nature of the staircase, in contrast to the concrete of the rest of the complex of buildings, which is in keeping with the fascist desire to last forever.
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