Quasi-neutral, visually anthropological documentary manifested at Manifesta and Documenta.

"What I do is not really art, not really furniture," chairs from the throne to the unsitable.

Nonlinear systems - an introduction.

Some principles of nonlinear creative practice are here.

A Solar Circuit collaboration project is discussed on this page.

For research into nonlinear collaboration, follow this link.

Documentation of a nonlinear work installed in Tasmania's Museum and Art Gallery.

The ongoing dna debate - Dolly the sheep has problems.

Contemporary Polynesian artist sheyne tuffery.

factor 44 in Antwerp, the number 7 modification project.

The human genome project, with links to relevant sites.

In 1513 Leonardo asked a question, 464 years later, the answer is given.

letter from milan : : matthew rose

short cut : a funny thing happened on the way to rimini

A wrong turn for a pair of Neapolitan tourists on vacation to Rimini put them square in Milan's Galeria: a jackknifed car and caravan bursting through the 200-plus year old mosaic floor, a stone's throw from The Duomo and La Scala. "Short Cut," is Ingar Dragset and Michael Elmgreen's in-site installation that has a little fun with Italian drivers.

Visitors entering into the Galeria, see, like a jogger did at 6 am the day the piece debuted, a jackknifed Fiat Uno, an early 90s everyperson's car, and a small trailer. Cut by a blowtorch by a local mechanic, it appears as if the car and trailer shot out of the earth. Dirt and precise reproductions of mosaic fragments surround the work.

The entire piece was painstakingly constructed so as not to disturb the rich architecture, said Elmgreen "We had the floor fragments reproduced locally, and Italy is the only place where you can get this kind of craftsmanship."

Organized by Fondazione Trussardi in Milan, the open air sculpture is a wink and a nod to cultural heritage. "We work with cultural stereotypes, " explained Elmgreen. "And give it a good twist."

Elmgreen grinned and noted that the key ring hanging off the ignition features a wooden Pinocchio. He then pointed to the map stashed in between the windshield and the dashboard: you can clearly see the road for Rimini, the middle class holiday destination for thousands of Italians.

Elmgreen and Dagset have exhibited a sunken contemporary art museum, an artwork freight box (marked "Handle With Care") smashed into a gallery floor, and a sleek diving board that extends out a window in Copenhagen's contemporary art museum-the sea far below. The artists will be in the Venice Bienale (mixed curated section), and thousands of visitors will see what this Berlin-based pair will concoct next.

"Short Cut is the quickest way for a Napolitano to make it to Milan--the center of the Italian mindset," laughs Elmgreen. "The Galeria is what Milanese people think is the the power point of the world."

And no one was hurt, right ?

"No, no one was hurt," said Elmgreen. "It's not really an accident."

For more information:www.fondazionenicololatrussardi.it

 

Matthew Rose is an artist and writer based in Paris.

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