Jump to content

Kunsthaus Graz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Gemchadur (talk | contribs) at 14:17, 20 December 2018 (removed templates, fixed code issues). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

View of the Kunsthaus Graz from the Schlossberg
City overview from Schlossberg with Kunsthaus in the middle

The Kunsthaus Graz, Grazer Kunsthaus, or Graz Art Museum was built as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003 and has since become an architectural landmark in Graz, Austria. Its exhibition program specializes in contemporary art from the 1960s onwards.[1]

Architecture

Kunsthaus Graz was designed by Colin Fournier as the Partner-in-Charge together with Sir Peter Cook. According to The Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London, the Kunsthaus' design sought to be deliberately provocative, innovate museum design by offering a less "institutional" approach to organising exhibition spaces and employs new materials and manufacturing techniques.[2] The building is an example of blob architecture, and has a skin made of iridescent blue acrylic panels that also double as photovoltaic panels.[3] Owing to its shape contrasting with its surroundings,[4] it is known in local vernacuar as the "Friendly Alien".[3]

Concept

Architecture, design, new media, internet art, film, and photography are united under one roof. Kunsthaus Graz was developed as an institution to stage international exhibitions of multidisciplinary, modern and contemporary art from the 1960s to the present day.[1] It does not collect art and maintains no permanent exhibitions. Its exclusive purpose is to present and procure contemporary art productions.[4]

BIX Façade

The Kunsthaus Graz at night showing the BIX media Façade

The BIX Façade of the museum represents a singular fusion from architecture and New Media and is based on a concept of the Berliner architects realities:united.[5] BIX, a name which consists of the words "Big" and "pixels", is the acrylic glass skin of the eastern side of the building, which consists of 930 fluorescent lamps whose brightness can be individually adjusted. Vaitable at 20 frames per second, the facade can be used as a large screen for films and animations in what is referred to as a “communicative display skin”.[5]

The BIX facade concept was entered into into the permanent Architecture and Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York in 2011.[6]

Literature

  • Cook, Peter & Fournier, Colin. A Friendly Alien: Ein Kunsthaus fur Graz. Hatje Cantz Publishers. September 30, 2004. ISBN 3-7757-1350-6
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kunsthaus Graz.

References

  1. ^ a b Hoover, Kristin (2013-05-06). "Kunsthaus Graz | Peter Cook and Colin Fournier". Arch2O.com. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  2. ^ UCL (2016-12-06). "Kunsthaus Graz". The Bartlett School of Architecture. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  3. ^ a b "Austria's Blob-Shaped Kunsthaus Graz Art Museum Generates its Own Solar Power". Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  4. ^ a b Spring, Martin; Spring 2003-10-10T00:00:00+01:00, Martin. "Kunsthaus Graz: You sexy thing". Building. Retrieved 2018-12-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b Arcspace. "Kunsthaus Graz". arcspace.com. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  6. ^ "https://www.archlighting.com/projects/bix-light-and-media-facade-added-to-momas-permanent-collection_o". www.archlighting.com. Retrieved 2018-12-20. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kunsthaus_Graz&oldid=874627474"