P.E.A.R.: June 2012

25 June 2012

19 June 2012

For one night only P.E.A.R. will be live at The Hackney Bureau on Wednesday 27 June. This live issue will include contributions by Edwin Burdis, who will perform his sound work ‘For it is a pear’, and Matthew Butcher, who will present his conceptual architecture ‘The Filter House’. There will also be plenty of time and opportunity to quiz the contributors and the editors. The full line up will be coming soon… It will be a really interesting evening and lots of fun! We look forward to meeting you there.

P.E.A.R. 4.5

Handlung Events at The Hackney Bureau

3 Mare Street

London E8 4RP

Wednesday 27 June, 7.30pm

The event is free but seating is limited. Please rsvp to handlungevents@gmail.com

And to whet your appetite here is the feature on Matthew’s ‘Filter House’ – published in the most recent issue of the paper.

11 June 2012

Imponderabilia at Art Basel

Sean Kelly Gallery is re-presenting the seminal performance work ‘Imponderabilia’ on their booth during Art Basel (14 – 17 June). This historic piece was originally performed by Marina Abramovic and Ulay in 1977. The work consists of a nude man and woman who stand facing each other in an entrance way which the public is invited to pass through. The space between the performers is narrow and the person entering must move sideways, choosing whether to face the male or female performer. In the presentation at Basel the entrance way will be to the gallery’s booth at the art fair. The performance will bring new meaning to the idea of seeing iconic artwork in the flesh.

6 June 2012

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion

This year’s Pavilion has been designed by Herzog & de Meuron & Ai Weiwei and takes the viewer beneath the lawn of the Serpentine to explore the hidden history of its previous pavilions. A distinctive cork landscape reveals and reconstructs the traces of these former pavilions and a new structure emerges from their foundations. Eleven columns characterising each past Pavilion and a twelfth representing the current structure support a floating platform roof that sits just a few feet above ground level and draws the infinitely changing sky into its reflective pool.

Traces of previous foundations

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012

Cork landscape

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012

Pavilion roof

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012

Aerial view

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012