MAJOR PROTEST OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND BIKINI MODELS TOMORROW TUESDAY, JUNE 29 at 11:30 AM OUTSIDE MTA BUS TERMINAL

STATE OF NEW YORK BANS AFRICAN AMERICAN BIKINI BABE ADS OFF NYC BUSES IN RELIGIOUS PORTIONS OF NEW YORK CITY   MAJOR PROTEST OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS AND BIKINI MODELS TOMORROW TUESDAY, JUNE 29 at 11:30 AM OUTSIDE MTA BUS TERMINAL!!!     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- African American Media Network Executive Director Makakuvu Ali El Bey, Bikini Ad Model and Civil Rights Activist Monica Watkins and Star Industries Officials will join dozens of models wearing bikinis in a protest against the State of New York MTA, Tomorrow JUNE 29 at 11:30 AM.  Outside the MTA Michael J. Quill Bus Depot on 41st Street between 10th and 11th Avenue A popular Georgi Vodka ad featuring an African American woman wearing a bikini has been banned in certain Brooklyn neighborhoods after being deemed obscene by religious communities.  Community, Civil; Rights and officials from Star Industries will be holding huge protest of the MTA to speak out against the censorship.

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Caravaggio Shadows and Mystery Selections Award International Painting & Photography

Selections for the international prize in painting, photography and sculpture   "Caravaggio - Shadows and Mystery" are open. The exhibition will be held in Rome at the Galleria del Centro Internazionale O.A.D. Via del Corso, 45 (Old Town near Piazza di Spagna) from July 17 to August 1, 2010.

DESCRIPTION: Nextarte, through Proevolution S.r.l. Simona and Future Project S.r.l., promotes the exhibition "Caravaggio - Shadows and Mystery," which will be held from July 17th to August 1st 2010, at the gallery of the International Center O.A.D., situated in Via del Corso 45 (Old town / Near Spanish Square) in Rome. This exhibition isn't just a mere tribute to Michelangelo Merisi, the great master of the "light", for the 400th anniversary of his death, but it aim to propose, to all artists from all over the world, to create inspired works, exploiting the maximum color and contrasts, using their favourite painting and photography techniques. For this reason, we start from what Caravaggio said about light in his works: "light intended as...  "because we would like to encourage established and emerging artists to celebrate the great Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio in art) with a contemporary work that keeps an eye on the artists of the past who have made our country famous for its  artistic and cultural richness.

To participate send an email with photos of works in good resolution (jpg, jpeg, pdf, bmp or similar) to selezioni@nextarte.it specifying: Title, description, size and technical works Artist biography, critical notes, philosophy of the artist (optional)

Start of the show: July 17 Vernissage: July 17 h17.00 (Live Streaming) Time exhibition and awards ceremony: August 01 h17.00 (Live Streaming)

For any information: Phone +39 06 991 96 282 Fax +39 06 661 82 035 info@nextarte.it http://www.nextarte.it

Arte Video Roma Festival 2010 June 25th, 26th, 27th – Rome, Italy

C.A.R.M.A.

Centro d'Arti e Ricerche Multimediali Applicate

Applied Multimedia Art and Research Center 

presents 

"Arte Video Roma Festival"

Oltre l'apparenza 
 
 

curated by

Le Momo Electronique

Curators Group 
 

2010 June 25^th, 26^th, 27^th

Rome

- Italy - 

Casa dei Popoli - A.I.A.S.P. 

"ARTE VIDEO ROMA FESTIVAL", Rome based audiovisual research international exhibition, is ready to start. The event, organized by C.A.R.M.A. - Applied Multimedia Art and Research Center and curated by "Le Momo Electronique" Curators Group, will be held from the 25^th to the 27^th of June at Casa dei Popoli-A.I.A.S.P., Rome (Italy).

 

The Festival, from the very first edition, is intended to be a synonymous of quality in works selection and a door wide open to national and international interaction and cooperation with any person or organization involved in contemporary art and culture active spreading. 

The Festival will present 6 different sections, made up by C.A.R.M.A. curators group "Le Momo Electronique", which has already reached five years of activity in monitoring worldwide videoart scene; by eminent critics, artists, production/distribution companies and, last but not least, through a widely joined international open call.

 

Almost a thousand works viewed and a final selection of forty-four pieces, ten of which selected among three hundred pieces received from all the world through open call (check the selected artists list at: http://carma.qblog.it). 

"It's our firm intention to express a very precise curatorial concept, to show plainly the different approaches,  the procedures and both the technical/aesthetic and conceptual trends that we consider as the most interesting ones, from a historical an artistic point of view." (Le Momo Electronique) 

4 screening stations will be arranged all around the multi-functional space of Casa dei Popoli: on the first station two sections will be shown, the "MAGMART FESTIVAL" section, curated by Enrico Tomaselli, with 10 international works selected from the 5 editions of the event; the "FISHEYE FESTIVAL" section, curated by Bruno Di Marino, with 7 Italian videoart pieces. 

The second station will host "ARTEVIDEO" section, with works selected through the international open call, and a section with artists called together by C.A.R.M.A. Both sections have been curated by Le Momo Electronique. 

A third station will show a selection of works from the catalogue of the famous international videoart distribution company "HEURE EXQUISE!", whereas the last station will be dedicated to "RICICLI CATODICI" Project, with multiple tv-screens showing simultaneously videoinstallations selected among all the works considered by the curatorial group. 

A jury panel with eminent artists and critics:

Adriana Amodei, Andrea Balzola, Robert Cahen, Valentino Catricalà, Mariagrazia Costantino, Veronica D'Auria, Bruno Di Marino, Marco Maria Gazzano, Stefano Roveda, Mario Sasso e Enrico Tomaselli

will have the authority to express from one to three preferences about the five sections "FISHEYE", "MAGMART", "C.A.R.M.A.", "HEURE EXQUISE!" and "ARTEVIDEO", as well as to give a special mention to one of the pieces included in "RICICLI CATODICI" section. The ten most voted pieces, along with the one chosen among videoinstallations, will join the collective exhibition to be held in autumn 2010. 

"An event inspired by a concept of fruition sliding through space and time, differentiated on what concerns technical/formal aspects and artists' peculiar languages, but homogeneous on some theoretical bases and approaches, whose primal origin can be found in the awareness that seeing, hearing, sensing in a different way is a necessary exercise to re-thinking, re-forming, re-founding the world, constantly."(Le Momo Electronique) 
 

Magmart Section :

Martin Feldbauer (Germany)

James Grafsgaard & P.J. Tracy (United States) 
Henry Gwiazda (United States)

David Montgomery (United States) 
Lucija Mrzljak (Croatia)

Anne Niemetz (New Zealand) 
Richard O'Sullivan (United Kingdom) 
Stephanie Rajalingam (Australia) 
Anders Weberg (Sweden) 

FishEye Section :

Acqua Micans Group (Italy)

Alessandro Amaducci (Italy)

César Meneghetti (Brazil, Italy)

Alessandra Pescetta (Italy)

Mauro Santini (Italy)

Danilo Torre (Italy)

Debora Vrizzi (Italy) 

Heure Exquise! Section :

Roxane Billamboz (France)

Laetitia Bourget (France)

Sabine Massenet (France)

Van Mc Elwee (United States)

Philippe Rouy (France) 

C.A.R.M.A. Section :

Riccardo Arena (Italy)

Nicola Bettale (Italy)

Guglielmo Emmolo (Italy)

Igor Imhoff (Italy)

Lino Strangis (Italy)

Tim White-Sobieski (Poland/United States)  

RiCicli Catodici Section :

Gian Luigi Bragio (Italy)

Sarah Buckius (United States)

Domenico Canino (Italy)

Piero Chiariello (Italy)

Salvatore Insana (Italy)

Sami Rahal (Italy) 

ArteVideo Section :

Rebecca Agnes (Italy/Germany)

Marco Balducci (Italy)

Gian Luigi Braggio (Italy)

Sarah Buckius (United States)

Russell Chartier & Paul Botelho (United States)

Nhieu Do (United States)

Gerald Habarth (United States)

Born Holmer (Italy/Germany)

Marius Leneweit & Rocìo Rodrìguez (Germany, Venezuela/Germany)

Gabriele Pesci (Italy) 
 

"Arte Video Roma Festival": 2010 June 25^th friday - 26^th saturday - 27^th sunday

Opening hour: from 5:00 to 10:30 pm 

C.A.R.M.A.

Centro d'Arti e Ricerche Multimediali Applicate

Applied Multimedia Art and Research Center 

Casa dei Popoli-A.I.A.S.P. , Viale Irpinia no.50, Rome (Italy)

E-mail: ass.carma@gmail.com    http://carma.qblog.it  

Video Promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1m7Nxi-Y3M

                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0zsGJJxnr4  
 

Press Office: Veronica D'Auria: +39 349 2304021, veronica.dauria@gmail.com (italian);

Frine Beba Favaloro: +39 349 1753657, frinebeba@gmail.com (english)

Wind Directions: the European wind industry magazine

Wind Directions, June 2010:  How wind energy went global The wind energy industry originated in Europe, but last year the biggest market was China. Companies are setting up factories all around the world. What does this mean for Europe's wind power industry? Will it be overtaken by the Asian behemoth? Find out in the latest Wind Directions.   Interviews with industry and international experts: Connie Hedegaard, EU Climate Commissioner  Xabier Viteri, CEO of Iberdrola Renewables Special features:  The financial crisis: what now for wind energy? The show must go on: EWEC 2010 in Poland  Ice, wind and polar bears: Dixie Dansercoer WD readers' survey : the results  Regular articles: Brussels Briefing for the latest EU news Wind Energy Basics for the fundamentals of wind energy Wind News for an industry update The Last Word for an external point of view. ...and many more. Read Wind Directions now » Please email any questions or comments to me, Sarah Azau, at communication@ewea.org or phone me on +32 2 213 18 38. Thank you! Sarah Azau (Editor)

4HAITI: 22nd June at Le Dictateur (milan, Italy)

 

MAYA DEREN

The Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1947-1953)

LEAH GORDON

Kanaval: Vodou, Politics and Revolution on the streets of Haiti

 

22nd JUNE 2010 from 7PM to 10PM at Le Dictateur, Via Nino Bixio, 47, Milan

 

GLORIAMARIAgallery thanks Le Dictateur for its cordial hospitality and is delighted to present the film by Maya Deren "The Devine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti".  There will also be a projection of images from the English photographer and director Leah Gordon, taken from her recently published book "Kanaval: Vodou, Politics and Revolution on the Streets of Haiti."

The unique title of Maya Deren's film derives from the fact that, in Haiti's folklorist religion, Vodou, we find the trance as an important part of the ritual. It is believed that the spirit, the loa, chooses one to be possessed. The chosen one is considered a "horse" for the spirit who is called to mount him or her during the ceremony.

From the images of Leah Gordon emerge, like archetypical structures, the Conquest, Slavery and the Revolt that two centuries ago was the crowning moment of the independence from the French armed forces which had so easily subjugated other colonies, but which could not maintain its suppression of the courageous and proud Haitian people.

Maya Deren, (Kiev, 1917 – New York, 1961). In 1946 Deren won a grant at the Guggenheim Foundation and had the chance to travel to Haiti, where she deeply studied the Vodou culture. Deren visited Haiti between 1946 and 1954 and not only filmed, recorded and photographed many hours of vodou ritual, but also participated in the ceremonies. She documented her knowledge and experience of Vodou in Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (New York: Vanguard Press, 1953), edited by Joseph Campbell, which is considered a definitive source on the subject.

 

Leah Gordon, (UK, 1959 -) visited Haiti for the first time in 1991, and has continued the relationship ever since. In 1994 Gordon was the official photographer for the 1994 Amnesty International Report on Haiti. She has exhibited widely and her images feature in numerous public and private collections including that of the National Portrait Gallery, London. The book "Kanaval: Vodou, Politics and Revolution on the Streets of Haiti" has been published recently and Riflemaker gallery in London will host her solo show in July 2010.

* Special Thanks to Leah Gordon, Marco Tagliafierro, Federico Pepe and Pierpaolo Ferrari, for their help, encouraging support and precious time.

 

** Image Courtesy of Leah Gordon  

    

For further information please contact:  pr@gloriamariagallery.com

 

GLORIAMARIAgallery | Via Watt 32 | 20143 Milan | T +39 02 8708 8548 | www.gloriamariagallery.com 

 

 

IL COMUNICATO STAMPA by www.CorrieredelWeb.it

Wind energy industry foresees 250,000 new jobs in Europe by 2020

Press Release Paolo Berrino paolo.berrino@ewea.org +32 2 400 10 55   Wind energy industry foresees 250,000 new jobs in Europe by 2020 The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), announced today that it expects the European wind energy sector to create over 250,000 new jobs in Europe in the next decade.   The belief that the European wind energy industry can make a serious contribution to green growth was backed by politicians of the left and right and trade unionists at a high-level meeting held yesterday in Brussels. Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the Party of European Socialists (PES), Chairman of Lindoe Offshore Renewable Centre and former Prime Minister of Denmark; Maria Da Graça Carvalho, MEP in the Group of the European People's Party (Conservatives and Christian Democrats) and former Science Minister of Portugal; and Anne Panneels, Senior Advisor for the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) all emphasised the enormous potential to create new jobs in wind energy and other renewable energy technologies during a debate facilitated by the Financial Times' Environment Correspondent Fiona Harvey.   By the end of 2009, the wind energy sector employed 192,000 people in Europe. In addition, European companies employ tens of thousands of people outside of Europe.   "The European Wind Energy Association expects strong growth in wind energy employment in Europe over the coming years to 280,000 by 2015 and 450,000 by 2020. That's on average, 450 new European wind energy jobs per week over the next decade" said Christian Kjaer, Chief executive of the European Wind Energy Association.   Three key areas - offshore wind, electricity grids, and the training and education of more engineers and technical staff - were identified as critical to creating those new jobs.   "Only if we continue to install large amounts of renewable energy in the EU and support pilot projects of new technologies, will European renewable energy companies be able to compete", said Rasmussen, "Offshore wind has the largest growth potential and needs to receive stronger public support from and within the European Union".   "The Green Revolution is only the latest in a number of technological and economic revolutions in Europe's history" said Da Graça Carvalho. "The crucial factors are whether or not Europe will be able to develop top-end skills in research but also in the fields of technical maintenance. With regards to jobs, a decentralised renewable energy based economy will generate more employment than an excessively rationalised and centralised system."    "Also critical will be to satisfy the conditions for a just transition to a low carbon economy. This includes consultation bodies involving social partners at intersectoral level and in each key sector, dedicated to R&D and investment choices, to the development of skills and adapted training strategies that are well thought out and provided at the right time thanks to social dialogue and the anticipation of needs, ensuring that the jobs created will be quality jobs," said Panneels.   The coming years will see the development of a new offshore wind industry. Existing and planned European offshore wind projects would, if implemented, supply 10% of Europe's electricity. Employment in offshore is expected to exceed onshore by 2025, and by 2030, over 60% of the total employment in wind energy is expected to be in offshore wind energy. For more information contact: Paolo Berrino, EWEA paolo.berrino@ewea.org +32 2 486 277 169   EWEA is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting the utilisation of wind power in Europe and worldwide. It now has over 600 members from almost 60 countries including manufacturers with a 90% share of the world wind power market, plus component suppliers, research institutes, national wind and renewables associations, developers, electricity providers, finance and insurance companies and consultants.     ©European Wind Energy Association - EWEA asbl, 2005-2010

European grid planning and integrated markets urgently needed

Press Release Paolo Berrino paolo.berrino@ewea.org +32 2 400 10 55   European grid planning and integrated markets urgently needed "A truly European approach to grid planning, together with the integration of wholesale markets, are crucial to the large scale deployment of renewable energy, including wind power, and improving security of energy supply", says EURELECTRIC and the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) in a joint declaration. The Joint Declaration is addressed to the European Commission, Member States, and Regulators and will be distributed tomorrow at the Electricity Regulatory Forum meeting in Florence.   The Declaration stresses the importance linking the 10 Year Network Development Plan drawn up by European grid operators (ENTSO-E) with EU Member States' roadmaps for the development of renewable energy, due to be published later this month. "The opportunity is now to use the Ten Year Network Development Plan as a key tool for any future network development at European level". The Declaration asks that "ENTSO-E includes the following elements in its revision of its Ten Year Development Plan, due in June 2010":   As soon as they are published, National Renewable Action Plans (NREAPs) must be incorporated into the current pilot TYNDP. The EU 2020 targets must not be undermined by inadequate grid enhancements projected in the TYNDP. Outline a clear set of priority projects together with a traceable timetable in order to convert the TYNDP from a mere forecast document into a concrete implementation plan. Enhance the TYNDP from being a compilation of National Plans to a Pan-European vision for planning grid infrastructure in line with long-term EU policy targets. The Declaration underlines the crucial role of an integrated market. "To meet the 2020 targets, large scale European grid investments should be accompanied by a stronger momentum in the creation of a pan-European integrated electricity market". Integration of wholesale markets, through the development of cross-border intraday and balancing markets, will contribute decisively to reducing congestion, optimising both domestic and cross-border generation capacity flexibility, improving cross-border electricity trade and integrating RES in the most economically sound way. In that respect, the market integration target models should be implemented by 2015 as it has been agreed by policy-makers and the relevant stakeholders at the last Florence Forum.   Hans ten Berge, EURELECTRIC Secretary General, said "an integrated market and investment in grid infrastructure are necessary for the successful achievement of the EU 2020 targets. But we need to act now and build the necessary steps - timely implementation of a real top-down TYNDP and integrated intra-day and balancing markets - to achieve these objectives. Policy makers must undertake urgent and coherent action to create a European market."   "We need to dramatically change the way electricity is produced, distributed, traded and consumed. It is more than 20 years ago Europe agreed on a common market the free movement of goods, services, capital and labour across borders. The EU needs a fifth freedom: the free movement of electricity within the internal market.  Developing our power infrastructure is a precondition to achieve this," said Christian Kjaer, EWEA's Chief Executive.   Read the EWEA EURELECTRIC Joint Declaration For more information contact: Paolo Berrino, EWEA paolo.berrino@ewea.org +32 2 486 277 169   EWEA is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting the utilisation of wind power in Europe and worldwide. It now has over 600 members from almost 60 countries including manufacturers with a 90% share of the world wind power market, plus component suppliers, research institutes, national wind and renewables associations, developers, electricity providers, finance and insurance companies and consultants.     ©European Wind Energy Association - EWEA asbl, 2005-2010

EWEA: Wind energy market updates 2010

Dear Journalists,

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) invites you to the press conference that will take place on Monday, 14 June, at 11:00 AM, on Rond Point Schuman, in a tent underneath the 30m turbine blade erected by EWEA to mark Global Wind Day.

 

During the press conference EWEA will reveal its estimate for wind energy installations in 2010 in Europe as well as provide information about Global Wind Day 2010, which takes place the following day on June 15.

 

The speakers will be:

• Christian Kjaer, CEO, European Wind Energy Association
• Ingmar Wilhelm, Executive Vice President, ENEL Green Power

Please reply to pb@ewea.org if you are planning to attend.

 

The press conference will take place right beside the wind turbine blade, erected from 1 to 15 June on the Schuman roundabout to celebrate Global Wind Day 2010. Weighing in at 4,100kg, this type of blade is used in 1-1.3MW turbines which can produce enough electricity to meet the annual average electricity consumption of over 760 households. Despite its size it is relatively small compared to the 60m blades used to power 6-7MW turbines today.

 

As well as being a functional piece of modern engineering it is also a thing of elegance: a statue, a monument to the urgent necessity to move from polluting fossil fuels to clean, renewable energies. As the leading and most visible source of renewable energy, wind turbines are a contemporary icon, frequently used in advertising and on television.  But placed as they are on high towers it's not often wind turbine blades can be examined close up. This mounting gives a rare opportunity to admire the curves of a wind turbine blade.

 

Find out more on www.globalwindday.org                             

                                                                                                                

                                                               

Paolo Berrino

Press Officer
EWEA - European Wind Energy Association asbl
Renewable Energy House | 63-65 Rue d'Arlon | B-1040 Brussels
tel: +32 2 400 10 55
email: paolo.berrino@ewea.org 

EWEA is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting the utilisation of wind power in Europe and worldwide. It now has over 650 members from almost 60 countries including manufacturers with a 90% share of the world wind power market, plus component suppliers, research institutes, national wind and renewables associations, developers, electricity providers, finance and insurance companies and consultants.

Click here to join EWEA - the most powerful wind energy network.

UDO NOGER "Light as a Material" 8 Giugno - Luglio 2010

Grossetti Arte Contemporanea

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UDO NOGER

"Light as a Material" 

8 Giugno – Luglio 2010 

After following and studying this German artist, now naturalised Hawaii citizen, for different years, I'm extremely pleased to present the individual exhibition of Udo Nöger.

For the first time in Italy, the artist is coming from important exhibitions in different places around the world, such as Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles; Lowe Gallery, Atlanta; Galeria Alvaro Alcazara, Madrid; Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe; Gebert Gallery, Los Angeles.

The works presented here have been especially selected for my space; this work is indeed in perfect tune with my thinking and hence with the programme of my gallery. His way of painting bewilders the audience: space and time disclose in the painted light, which turns into material.

His work since 1997 named 'Light as a Material' incorporates translucent materials, which emphasize the artist's ongoing interest in light and its manifestations; in Nöger's art light appears to enter into the painting, illuminating the transparent forms and then returning to the ambient space that is its source.

His technique ensures the translucency of the inner life of the paintings. It is the very thing that preserves the light penetrating from outside.

The paintings from this series result from the summation of sensuous experience in the life of Udo Nöger. Accessing the world with an "armed eye", the artist arrived at a reduction of his elements  that is without parallel in contemporary art.

For the artist, existence does not consist of a rambling maze full of forms, but is the concentration of essential elements. It is evident that his decision to make picture-objects and not only paintings is placed within this context.

In Nöger's case, this transformation of an abstract entity into sensuous terms feels German in both a philosophical and a formal sense; his art turns on the paradox that something as disembodied as light can be represented physically, so that our conception of it literally has something to hold.

I would also like to inform you, that the artist has already scheduled future exhibitions in public as well as private international spaces, such as: Alvaro Alcazar Gallery, Madrid; Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami; Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, "Retrospective Works from 1980-2011", Museum of Contemporary Art Honolulu, HI ; Museum Sonderjylland, Denmark. 

Once again, "take a look to believe",

Bruno Grossetti 
 

Grossetti Arte Contemporanea 
Via di Porta Tenaglia 1/3 - 20121 Milano - Tel (+39) 02 29 06 21 28 - Fax (+39) 02 29 01 47 67 
galleria@grossettiart.it - www.grossettiart.it

Lucio Carvalho: GUGGENHEIM Winner

ART TO DESIGN:

 

 

O GUGGENHEIM acaba de anunciar o resultado do prêmio: 

"Re: Contemplating the Void"

 

 

Lúcio Carvalho é o único brasileiro entre eles.             

 

GUGGENHEIM INTERVENTION

Re: Contemplating the Void Winners Annouced

http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/press-room/news/3399

English:

Re:Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim

 

Since its opening in 1959, the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Guggenheim building has served as an inspiration for invention, challenging artists and architects to react to its eccentric, organic design. The central void of the rotunda has elicited many unique responses over the years, which have been manifested in both site-specific solo shows and memorable exhibition designs. For the building's 50th anniversary, the Guggenheim Museum invited nearly two hundred artists, architects, and designers to imagine their dream interventions in the space for the exhibition Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum. Organized by Nancy Spector, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, and David van der Leer, Assistant Curator for Architecture and Design, the exhibition will feature renderings of these visionary projects in a salon-style installation that will emphasize the rich and diverse range of the proposals received. Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum. Aristotle famously pronounced that nature abhors a vacuum, an idea that still resonates in art today. In designing the Guggenheim Museum, Wright flaunted the notion of the void, leaving the center tantalizingly (or threateningly) empty. Over the years, when creating site-specific installations or exhibition designs for the building, artists and architects have imbued the space with their presences, inspiring unforgettable works by Matthew Barney, Cai Guo- Qiang, Frank Gehry, Jenny Holzer, and Nam June Paik, among others. For the building's 50th anniversary, the Guggenheim invited scores of artists, architects, and designers to leave practicality or even reality behind in conjuring their proposals for the space. In this exhibition of ideal projects, certain themes emerge, including the return to nature in its primordial state, the desire to climb the building, the interplay of light and space, the interest in diaphanous effects as a counterpoint to the concrete structure, and the impact of sound on the environment. Conceived as both a commemoration and a self-reflexive folly, Contemplating the Void confirms how truly catalytic the architecture of the Guggenheim can be. Submissions were received from all over the world from a wide range of artists, designers, and architects, including emerging as well as established practitioners. Among the many works in the exhibition are projects by artists Alice Aycock, FAKE DESIGN (Ai Weiwei), Anish Kapoor, Sarah Morris, Wangechi Mutu, Mike Nelson, Paul Pfeiffer, Doris Salcedo, Lawrence Weiner, and Rachel Whiteread; designers such as Fernando and Humberto Campana, Martí Guixé, Joris Laarman Studio, and Studio Job; and architects such as Álvaro Siza Vieira Arquitecto, BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), Greg Lynn FORM, junya.ishigami associates, MVRDV, N55, Philippe Rahm, Snøhetta, Studio Daniel Libeskind, Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, and West 8. In addition to the exhibition in the Thannhauser and Annex Level 4 galleries, Contemplating the Void will be accompanied by a comprehensive exhibition Web site, which will document each submission and feature introductory essays texts by Nancy Spector and David van der Leer.

 

Ewea: green jobs debate. 9 June Brussell

The European Wind Energy Association is pleased to invite you to a public debate:   "Green jobs and a green economy: more than a pink elephant?"   Wednesday 9 June 2010 16:00 – 17:30 followed by a reception   Venue: Bouche à Oreille, 11 rue Félix Hap, 1040 Brussels   If you would like to attend please register online in advance Attendance is free of charge.   This is the first in a series of policy debates held in Brussels throughout 2010. The Financial Times' environment correspondent, Fiona Harvey, will moderate the discussion with: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the Party of European Socialists, PES; Maria Da Graça Carvalho MEP, Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats); Anne Panneels, Senior Advisor, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC); representative of the wind industry. Register now as places are limited.   For more information please contact Paolo Berrino at pb@ewea.org   With regards, Julian Scola Communication Director EWEA - European Wind Energy Association asbl/vzw Renewable Energy House | 63-65 Rue d'Arlon | B-1040 Brussels tel: +32 2 546 1981 | fax: +32 2 546 19 44 email: julian.scola@ewea.org | web: http://www.ewea.org   EWEA is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting the utilisation of wind power in Europe and worldwide. It now has over 600 members from almost 60 countries including manufacturers with a 90% share of the world wind power market, plus component suppliers, research institutes, national wind and renewables associations, developers, electricity providers, finance and insurance companies and consultants. Join EWEA - the most powerful wind energy network.     © European Wind Energy Association - EWEA asbl/vzw, 2005-2010

European Wind Initiative: Europe launches 10 year research and development plan for wind energy

Press Release Paolo Berrino paolo.berrino@ewea.org +32 2 400 10 55   European Wind Initiative: Europe launches ten year research and development plan for wind energy As the Spanish EU Presidency launched the 'European Wind Initiative (EWI) – a €6 billion ten year research and development roadmap for the wind energy sector – the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) said that, if properly funded, it would give European companies a competitive boost.   "The European Wind Initiative is a big step forward in our efforts to maintain and strengthen Europe's global leadership in wind energy technology," said Christian Kjaer, Chief Executive of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), today in Madrid at the SET-Plan Conference organised by the Spanish EU Presidency. "The industry is ready to invest in accelerated R&D but the challenge is for the European Commission to come up with a plan to ensure its contribution. Other regions of the world are investing significantly more in public research than the EU and its Member States and it remains to be seen how the EU will make its contribution."   The EWI is the result of several years of joint effort by the European wind energy sector, the European Commission and EU Member States working towards four common goals to: Maintain Europe's technology leadership in both onshore and offshore wind power; make onshore wind power the most competitive energy source by 2020, with offshore wind power following by 2030; enable wind energy to supply 20% of Europe's electricity in 2020, 33% in 2030, and 50% in 2050; create 250,000 new skilled jobs in the EU in the wind energy sector by 2020. The EWI focuses on four main technology areas: new turbines and components, offshore technology, grid integration, resource assessment and spatial planning.   For more information read the EWEA briefing. For more information contact: Paolo Berrino, EWEA paolo.berrino@ewea.org +32 2 486 277 169   EWEA is the voice of the wind industry, actively promoting the utilisation of wind power in Europe and worldwide. It now has over 600 members from almost 60 countries including manufacturers with a 90% share of the world wind power market, plus component suppliers, research institutes, national wind and renewables associations, developers, electricity providers, finance and insurance companies and consultants.     ©European Wind Energy Association - EWEA asbl, 2005-2010