A PLACA DE PETRI IN-BETWEEN THE LINES REMIX!!!
Artistic License
By MAURA EGAN
Published: April 2, 2006
When César and Mima Reyes purchased a plot of land in Naguabo, P.R., 14 years ago, they saw it essentially as a blank canvas,--- just like any other real estate buyer looking for an investment. ---Rather than hiring a blue-chip architect to build them a minimalist monolith to showcase their impressive art collection ---(which would be way too expensive and turn out way too snobbish)---, they turned to Jorge Pardo, a Los Angeles-based artist known for his designlike installations, ---the result, as you'll see from the photos, looks just as expensive as a house by a blue-chip architect, just as snobbish and perhaps a little bit more tacky here and there. Thrown in the naive art pieces and well it all turns out just as tacky as any guaynabo-new-rich-we-like-DWELL MAG-couple's-apartment. ---For César Reyes, a psychiatrist who got hooked on collecting while working at Royal Bethlem Hospital in London (right on the cusp of the Y.B.A. moment), this was not a project driven by ego, but by a collaboration ---(that's what everyone says, but then again it wouldn't be on the NY Times, besides, what's wrong with ego?).---
Reyes first met Pardo at a 1997 art fair in Münster, Germany, where the artist had constructed a redwood pier, complete with a cigarette machine at the end of it, ---which the couple are now trying to re-build close to their home in Puerto Rico, just so their family can enjoy wine and cigarettes early on.--- The two forged a fast friendship at a barbecue on the pier one evening, ---using the cigarette machine as the grill, of course---. "Jorge is Cuban — he likes food and wine, ---unlike ordinary cubans who have no food and only drink rum---, we bonded immediately," says Reyes, who has played the avuncular host to many of his artist friends, like Chris Ofili, Peter Doig and Elizabeth Peyton, at his two homes in Puerto Rico. Ofili has visited occasionally, once taking a side trip to Monkey Island, a research station nearby, ---as he had decided to go looking for the legendary sea monster La Ciguapa after having just as many wine bottles as the others on that occasion— this would later inspire his famous Last Supper paintings, which feature rhesus monkeys as the Twelve Apostles ---(which where very radical, of course, as the monkeys had aids)---. Pardo christened his daughter in a boat on the sea here ---(salt got into her eyes)--- . "All great collectors collect with passion, but César brings a sense of family to it," says Chrissie Iles, a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, ---indeed a very relevant fact in the light that houses are normally built for families, hm...thanks Ms.Illes!---
Soon Reyes invited Pardo to Naguabo to survey the land, ---where they had some more cigarettes---. The artist drew up some initial plans, which Reyes recalls were beautiful but too difficult, ---as the house was suspended on used cigarettes---. Meanwhile, Reyes made a trip to California to inspect the art-piece-and-home that Pardo was building for himself for a show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Reyes liked the project, ---as there where no cigarettes there— "4166 Sea View Lane," a simple redwood box ---(of cigarettes)--- punctuated by glass and bright accents of color — and wanted something as basic for the second home that he would share with his wife; his 23-year-old son, César Alejandro; and his 8-year-old daughter, Carola. Pardo soon cobbled together a second set of drawings, and this signaled the beginning of a six-year collaboration, with Pardo as the Warholian maestro overseeing his AutoCAD vision, and Reyes acting as the quasi-contractor ---(which means budget skyrocketed and even young Cesar Alejandro ended up nailing, painting and mixing some cement).
"Jorge has an incredible sense of space," Reyes says. "Some people have a perfect ear for music; he has perfect spatial intelligence, ---just look at his signature orange grill work, it's so 3D!!!" ---This was essential, as the landscape, with its expansive views of the Caribbean, could overwhelm the design of the house, ---meaning that it'd better be downright flat and dull or it would compete with the design of the house, of course!---. Still, the goal was to take advantage of the location by making the space open to the views as well as to the much-needed breezes ---they'd better be, after they came all the way down to Naguabo just for the views---.
In keeping with the region's vernacular, Pardo started with a concrete structure ---which means he had nothing else to build around there---. Bright orange metal screens that can swing fully open or be locked (to secure the blue-chip artworks that casually dot the walls of the house) were custom-built. ---Wait a second, did I just said blue-chip art works? I guess these come in less-egotistical varieties than architects --- These proved to be an engineering nightmare — it took five ironworkers to cut the tubes of steel---Pardo hired students from the Colegio de Mayaguez for this, hence the engineering.--- Reyes, who is a serene man by nature, was unruffled ---now he need a psychiatrist himself.
He understood that this was the vision of an artist---after some more wine and cigarettes.---
Inside the house, Pardo laid out a gradation of colored tiles for the floor, which creates a kaleidoscopic effect---being an artist you'd figure he likes applying colors by now---. "It's about moving through the house---or like your typical hatch on ACAD---," Reyes says. Indeed, as you walk from the kitchen and living areas to the outside deck, the color gradually shifts, every three feet, from blue to green to yellow---this is very, very, new and artsy---. The light boxes, which are spliced into the concrete ceilings, along with the lacy shadows of the grillwork, add to the whirling environment---and will eventually ad to the fucked up environment when the light boxes start leaking and the grillwork start corroding--- . Pardo had to make adjustments on the lap-pool tiles (he had never designed one before---of course---) when the bottom started leaking. Again, Reyes chalked it up to artistic license---which allows him to improvise over these people's roof as an artist would over canvas---. (Reyes, however, did put the brakes on the artist's proposal for a Chinese antique bed done in a modern cast. They agreed instead on a wooden four-poster style---it took a leaking pool for the breaks to come up, too late Mr. Blue-Chip Art Collector.)
The last design component was the kitchen, where Mima, an accomplished chef, spends a lot of her time entertaining the curators, collectors and artists who frequently converge at her dining table---she's the star of the house, the heart of the kitchen, the artist had no business here:----. Pardo created a red-and-orange palette for the plywood cabinets, but he let the Reyeses decide on the exact configuration. The Eamesian influence is apparent, right down to the four candy-colored rockers that sit below the island---we can trace this influence all the way down to a catalog the Reyeses gave Pardo so he could cut the crap with the chinese shit and simply order some time-proven design furniture---.
"The house is extraordinary to look at, but you don't feel like you are living in a showpiece, a museum,----which are normally designed by architects, like the Whitney, the one I work for---" Iles says. "Often a place may look fantastic, but then you have to worry about breadcrumbs on the floor or the dogs pawing at the couch." The Reyeses' three dogs pad about the space casually, ----as we hadn't told you that he specialises in Canine Psychiatry, as for the bread crumbs, well they only have pitta with humus----. This place is about living and art and friendship. "I said to Jorge that I hoped when we were finished that we would still be talking to each other," Reyes recalls---after the deal with the leaking pool and the over-the-budget ending---. "I think it's made us closer." ---after some more wine and cigarettes, indeed, like an expensive dress you are willing to loose some weigth to wear.---
Remix by J.
martes, abril 04, 2006
lunes, abril 03, 2006
Brad Pitt + Bono = Bonnitt
Brad Pitt + Bono = Bonnitt
I'm happy to announce Bonnitt, a new collaboration between myself and close friend Bono. Some of you may be familiar with Bono's socially conscious EDUN fashion label, and most of you are now familiar with my passion for sustainable architecture, design, and social consciousness. Bonnitt brings together our resources and global influence to help enlighten the world about these important issues while also providing high design to the world's poverty stricken population. For more information make sure to tune into the Charlie Rose show on Wednesday April 5th.The time is NOW to make a difference. We can't trust the fools in washington to help find solutions to our biggest problems and lack of style. Get started by vising Bonnitt.com today!
I'm happy to announce Bonnitt, a new collaboration between myself and close friend Bono. Some of you may be familiar with Bono's socially conscious EDUN fashion label, and most of you are now familiar with my passion for sustainable architecture, design, and social consciousness. Bonnitt brings together our resources and global influence to help enlighten the world about these important issues while also providing high design to the world's poverty stricken population. For more information make sure to tune into the Charlie Rose show on Wednesday April 5th.The time is NOW to make a difference. We can't trust the fools in washington to help find solutions to our biggest problems and lack of style. Get started by vising Bonnitt.com today!
Jorge Pardo en PR
Artistic License
By MAURA EGAN
Published: April 2, 2006
When César and Mima Reyes purchased a plot of land in Naguabo, P.R., 14 years ago, they saw it essentially as a blank canvas. Rather than hiring a blue-chip architect to build them a minimalist monolith to showcase their impressive art collection, they turned to Jorge Pardo, a Los Angeles-based artist known for his designlike installations. For César Reyes, a psychiatrist who got hooked on collecting while working at Royal Bethlem Hospital in London (right on the cusp of the Y.B.A. moment), this was not a project driven by ego, but by a collaboration.
full article---NY Times,
By MAURA EGAN
Published: April 2, 2006
When César and Mima Reyes purchased a plot of land in Naguabo, P.R., 14 years ago, they saw it essentially as a blank canvas. Rather than hiring a blue-chip architect to build them a minimalist monolith to showcase their impressive art collection, they turned to Jorge Pardo, a Los Angeles-based artist known for his designlike installations. For César Reyes, a psychiatrist who got hooked on collecting while working at Royal Bethlem Hospital in London (right on the cusp of the Y.B.A. moment), this was not a project driven by ego, but by a collaboration.
full article---NY Times,
domingo, abril 02, 2006
Je ne t'aime plus
"When a Latvian needs to speak to a Lithuanian, when a Pole wants to strike up a conversation with an Estonian, the tongue they will most likely choose is that of Shakespeare, not of Moliere..."
Will the fall of French in Europe make French people even more anti-EU? Read more here.
Will the fall of French in Europe make French people even more anti-EU? Read more here.
viernes, marzo 31, 2006
Sex Offender Registry
Go to this link and enter your street address...it will show a "house".
In the middle of the map you will see a house symbol - that's your house.
All the little colored boxes are registered Sex Offenders...
Click on them and you get a, name, address & picture of the person along
with his/her crime... pretty amazing and scary...it shows you where they
live in proximity to your home and the local schools.
In the middle of the map you will see a house symbol - that's your house.
All the little colored boxes are registered Sex Offenders...
Click on them and you get a, name, address & picture of the person along
with his/her crime... pretty amazing and scary...it shows you where they
live in proximity to your home and the local schools.
miércoles, marzo 29, 2006
Vandalismo en el Capitolio
Poética incursión en la Casa de las Leyes. Mientras moradores de la Casa de las Leyes insultan a diario con sus acciones y mera presencia, acusan de vandalismo a los jóvenes que protestaban homenaje a Julito Labatut. Unidad móvil de la sensancional WAPA Radio también es vandalizada...
Lea mas aquí.
Antonio Solé
http://tinyurl.com/nrqua
Just being a proud Mommy, and sharing with everyone how much my little man has grown =). Antonio said "Hi, to all my Tia's and Tio's".
martes, marzo 28, 2006
Britney's monument to Pro-Life
"Natural aspects of Spears' pregnancy, like lactiferous breasts and protruding naval, compliment a posterior view that depicts widened hips for birthing and reveals the crowning of baby Sean's head."
Articulo aqui
viernes, marzo 24, 2006
jueves, marzo 23, 2006
1 9 8 4
usuarios de placa petri
aparentemente ahora comentarios
estan sujetos a aprobación.
W.T.F.
mi opinion:
La placa no necesita moderación
a menos que sea democratica.
[opiniones]
aparentemente ahora comentarios
estan sujetos a aprobación.
W.T.F.
mi opinion:
La placa no necesita moderación
a menos que sea democratica.
[opiniones]
miércoles, marzo 22, 2006
doloroso
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang,
but a whimper.
[haz clik]
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang,
but a whimper.
[haz clik]
Architect's Duel 2
EXCLUSIVE: Watch exclusive video of Matthew Grzywinski /Amador Pons (Grzywinski Pons Architects) versus Eric Hofmann /Daniel Colvard (Arquitectonica) during their performance on stage at the Architect's Duel 2.
"ROUND 1 : 30 MINUTES
The Brief // Both architects will take the stage to receive their brief. The time will be used to plan and sketch their design. A short intermission will follow this round. Materials will be available if they choose to work..."
Grzywinski Pons Architects vs. Arquitectonica
Arquitectonica Team on stage
Grzywinski Pons Team on stage
Meet Grzywinski Pons Team here.
Meet Arquitectonica Team here.
"ROUND 1 : 30 MINUTES
The Brief // Both architects will take the stage to receive their brief. The time will be used to plan and sketch their design. A short intermission will follow this round. Materials will be available if they choose to work..."
Grzywinski Pons Architects vs. Arquitectonica
Arquitectonica Team on stage
Grzywinski Pons Team on stage
Read everything about LVHRD Architect's Duel.
Meet Grzywinski Pons Team here.
Meet Arquitectonica Team here.
lunes, marzo 20, 2006
Holographic presentations?
Zebra Imaging produces holographic images from 3D data sets created with popular software such as Maya, 3D MAX, 3DS, Alias, Catia, and more.They claim that the technology to produce holograms, as seen in Star Wars, is 10 years away...but in the meantime this is what they are producing:
Zebra Imaging - movies
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Heliodisplay, invented by architecture graduate who worked for Frank Gehry
produces a 2d mid air image projection that is interactive. And can be bought for 18,000 dollars.
Heliodisplay movies
Niegan voto presidencial...
Supremo no da paso a caso de voto presidencial para puertorriqueños.Lea aquí.
domingo, marzo 19, 2006
From Tangier to Jakarta...
"The truth is that today racism, intolerance, xenophobia, and hatred of the other hide behind the sublime façade of free speech, the defence of “our” values and protection of “our” society from “foreign” aggression..."
Soumaya Ghannoushi presents: Islamophobia acting like free speech
viernes, marzo 17, 2006
Cyber-insect Army
The Pentagon- defence scientists want to create an army of cyber-insects that can be remotely controlled to check out explosives and send transmissions.Cyber-insect Army
jueves, marzo 16, 2006
Google en Marte
Google llega a Marte Google Mars es el nuevo lanzamiento del gigante Google. Tras el éxito de la aplicación Google Earth –un mapa virtual del mundo en imágenes satelitales– ahora se puede explorar con lujo de detalles el planeta rojo.
La página permite viajar por Marte a través de sus montañas, de sus extensos valles o de su sistema de cañones o de sus distintas regiones. Hay planos detallados de sus cráteres más importantes y pueden observarse los lugares donde aterrizaron los exploradores Spirit y Opportunity.
El programa ofrece tres tipos de imágenes de Marte. La primera (elevation) permite saber la elevación del terreno por el color: mientras más oscuro, menos elevado. Se puede ver clarísimo que las montañas del planeta vecino alcanzan alturas de más de 20km. Estas imágenes proceden del Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), instalado en la nave Mars Global Surveyor.
Desde el pasado fin de semana, el buscador más grande de Internet se lanzó a la carrera espacial. Su primera conquista: el planeta rojo.
Por Rodrigo Restrepo*
La página permite viajar por Marte a través de sus montañas, de sus extensos valles o de su sistema de cañones o de sus distintas regiones. Hay planos detallados de sus cráteres más importantes y pueden observarse los lugares donde aterrizaron los exploradores Spirit y Opportunity.
El programa ofrece tres tipos de imágenes de Marte. La primera (elevation) permite saber la elevación del terreno por el color: mientras más oscuro, menos elevado. Se puede ver clarísimo que las montañas del planeta vecino alcanzan alturas de más de 20km. Estas imágenes proceden del Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), instalado en la nave Mars Global Surveyor.