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Shimon Edenburg ¨ Via Fractalis ¨

michagross — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 07:01:00 +0000

Shimon Edenburg ¨ Via Fractalis ¨Photo exhibition curated by Professor Giuseppe Scaglione architect from Trento University, Italia Architectures Suspended Between Heaven and Fractals It is said that architects, a bit like artists, always have their heads in the clouds!In the case of Shimon Edenburg, architect, urban planner, artist, photographer, and visionary, this is undoubtedly true because he has had and continues to have a gaze suspended between earth and sky, to which recently, in the "in between," he has added observation, study, and a passion for fractals. Shimon spoke to me about this during a meeting in preparation for his exhibition, with a fascinating description that transcended the boundaries of mathematics, algebra, numbers, and calculus, to reach the conclusion that, ultimately, all of our lives are more or less "fractalized." It was a revelation that did not take me by surprise because, following some artistic trajectories, starting with the splendid drawings of Maurits Cornelis Escher imbued with fractals and algebraic references, I have always been intrigued by this type of expression of intelligence in which the balance between form and rule, invention and calculation, have yielded extraordinary results. As a simple introduction, for the reader and myself, I write here that the name "fractal" may be related to a less striking property than self-similarity, a property that is nonetheless very interesting when viewed from a mathematical perspective, since those who study this type of phenomenon say that "fractals have a fractional dimension, that is, not an integral one." Consequently, Shimon Edenburg's creative work is based on the consideration that fractal images are graphics that are also the result of calculations, and consequently, the fractal animations of his dreamlike and evocative images are sequences of these graphics. But let's move on to the images and content. Shimon is an expert architect and urban planner; he has traveled, worked, designed, and written, and thus explored different expressive worlds. At a certain point in his career, his famous zenithal gaze began to soar over rooftops, over attics, over the suggestive and sometimes elusive relationship between sky and earth, architecture and the liquid horizon; Parisian attics seem to have captured him. In particular, I would say of Northern European cities, these particular, almost parasitic micro-architectures, located at the end of the sequence of different building floors that add up and form the "upper" part of our cities. The transitions between building and sky have thus become the privileged starting point for an experimentation that Edenburg has been carrying out for several years and which he is constantly refining, both technically and expressively, to the point of giving it a title that has become a true ongoing investigation: "Via Fractalis Project," through which he explores cities and architecture, urban interiors and inhabited spaces, dreams, visions, possible projects, and parallel universes. What strikes me most about this work are a few things that particularly catch my attention, and I believe they have the same effect on any observer, even inexperienced ones. These are: the playful dimension, yet with great formal and spatial control, of the different figures and the references, even complex ones, to different currents of modern art, including video art and NET art, which may be the next frontier Shimon will be able to reach, because these "liquid" works of his are also and above all effective on our screens. The work exhibited in this exhibition in Tel Aviv, at the Bauhaus Center space, is heavily influenced by those fugues that move between the figure and the abstract, between exploding color and controlled color, between the suggestion of a different form of "smart city" and the houses that grow in Shimon's mind and in our daily augmented reality.So I wonder what kind of city we live in, inhabit, and frequent: the one we see only with our eyes, or the one the works on display offer us? And since we're talking about fractals, that is, "fractalized" images, but also recomposed, refracted images, we can decide to see everything that fascinates and intrigues us in these works, even beyond the images themselves. Puzzles that compose revisited real landscapes, changing moons, blue, turquoise, green, and red skies, Warhol and Vitruvius, the beautiful deconstruction of the barcelonian Agbar Tower, the multiplication of mansard roofs in Paris, the black and white from which the red signs emerge, domes that expand—in short, the works of this original artist who entertains and intrigues us, taking us to other universes to discover, like a trip to the Moon or even further afield to Mars. They are complex architectures, suspended between the sky and fractals and the "wise game." The result is so balanced between the artist and us that it almost makes us want to come and live in this suggestive reality that Edenburg offers us. His diverse cultural backgrounds span Argentina, Israel, and Spain, and arrive in the fertile Barcelona, first as an architect and urban planner, then as a theorist, and then as an artist, without leaving any of the contemporary expressive possibilities outside his field of action. What does this research hold for us in the future? We don't know, perhaps not even its author knows, but we are sure that it will undoubtedly continue to surprise us even beyond the modes of art and representation.

MOISEI GINZBURG | Soviet Architecture and Dwelling

michagross — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 22:38:49 +0000

MOISEI GINZBURG | Soviet Architecture and DwellingMoisei Yakovlevich Ginzburg (Minsk 1892 – Moscow 1944) was one of the most important and versatile modern architects of the twentieth century and the foremost theoretician and practitioner of Russian Constructivism in the 1920s. He earned his architectural and engineering degrees in Milan and Moscow during WWI and worked as an architect in Crimea during the Russian Revolution. This exhibition celebrates 100 years since the publication of "Style and Epoch" and sheds new light on Ginzburg’s prolific career. Opening reception with Curator Bennett Tucker (English) When: 10 November 2024, 18:00 Where: Dizengoff 77 Tel-Aviv See you there! 🤗 * מויסי גינזבורג | אדריכלות ודיור סובייטיםמויסי יעקובלביץ' גינזבורג (מינסק 1892 - מוסקבה 1944) היה אחד האדריכלים המודרניים החשובים והרבגוניים של המאה ה-20. גינזבורג היה התיאורטיקן והיוצר המוביל של הקונסטרוקטיביזם הרוסי בשנות ה-20. לאחר שזכה בתארים באדריכלות ובהנדסה מאוניברסיטאות מילאנו ומוסקבה במהלך מלחמת העולם הראשונה, הוא עבד כאדריכל בחצי האי קרים בתקופת המהפכה הרוסית. תערוכה זו חוגגת 100 שנים לפרסום ספרו "סגנון ועידן" ומאירה באור חדש את הקריירה הפורייה של גינזבורג. קבלת פנים ופתיחה עם האוצר בנט טאקר (אנגלית) מתי: 10 בנובמבר 2024, 18:00 איפה: דיזנגוף 77 תל אביב נתראה! 🤗 *Моисей Гинзбург | Советская архитектура и жилье Моисей Яковлевич Гинзбург (Минск 1892 Москва 1944) был одним из самых значительных и разносторонних современных архитекторов ХХ века, ведущим теоретиком и практиком русского конструктивизма 1920-х годов. Во время Первой мировой войны он получил архитектурное и инженерное образование в Милане и Москве, а во время Русской революции работал архитектором в Крыму. Эта выставка отмечает 100-летие со дня выхода в свет "Стиля и эпохи" и проливает новый свет на плодотворную карьеру Гинзбурга. Прием по случаю открытия с куратором Беннетом Такером (Английский) Когда: 10 ноября 2024, 18:00 Где: Дизенгоф 77 Тель-Авив

Konstantin Melnikov: Genius, Fame, Hatred and Oblivion

michagross — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 13:37:07 +0000

Konstantin Melnikov: Genius Fame Hatred and OblivionJournalist TV presenter and author of programs on television and radio about history and culture Vladimir Raevskiy will give an author's lecture about the outstanding architect of the Russian avant-garde included in all world textbooks Konstantin Melnikov:- How did a peasant boy become the most sophisticated architect of the era?- How to understand his architecture?- What you need to know: what is Lenin's sarcophagus made of?- "Shameless trickery" and "total confusion" - why did they hate Melnikov?- How can an architect survive with a ban on his profession?______________________________________________________________________________________On July 27 at the Bauhaus Center Vladimir Raevsky @vipsauna will give a lecture on Konstantin Melnikov.Владимир Раевский — журналист телеведущий автор программ на телевидении и радио об истории и культуре — прочтёт авторскую лекцию о выдающемся архитекторе русского авангарда вошедшем во все мировые учебники — Константине Мельникове:- Как крестьянский мальчик стал самым утончённым архитектором эпохи?- Как смотреть и понимать его архитектуру?- Что нужно знать: из чего сделан саркофаг Ленина?- «Беззастенчивое трюкачество» и «сплошной сумбур» — за что возненавидели Мельникова?- Как выжить архитектору с запретом на профессию?Когда: 27 июля в 18:00Где: Дизенгоф 77Стоимость: 80 шекелейЯзык: русскийЧтобы зарегистрироваться пишите на почту: events@bauhaus-center.com