Kraftwerk | Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art | New York

Posted on 29/02/2012 by W&V

Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider began the Kraftwerk project in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1970, setting up the pioneering Kling Klang studio, where all of Kraftwerk’s albums were conceived and composed. By the mid-1970s the group had achieved international recognition for their revolutionary electro “sound paintings” and their musical experimentation with tapes and synthesizers. Their compositions, which feature distant melodies, multilingual vocals, robotic rhythms, and custom-made vocoders and computer-speech technology, almost single-handedly created the soundtrack for our digital future. Kraftwerk anticipated the impact of technology on art and everyday life, creating sounds and visuals that capture the human condition in the age of mobility and telecommunication. Their innovative looping techniques and computerized rhythms, which had a major influence on the early development of hip-hop and electronic dance music, remain among the most commonly sampled sounds across a wide range of music genres. Furthermore, the use of robotics and other technical innovations in their live performances illustrates Kraftwerk’s belief in the respective contributions of both people and machines in creating art.

The below video by Vive Les Robots, gives a small impression of The Robots installation recorded at Kunstbau in Munich, during the exhibition “Kraftwerk. 3-D Video-Installation” in 2011.

Over eight consecutive nights in April 2012, MoMA presents a chronological exploration of the sonic and visual experiments of Kraftwerk with a live presentation of their complete repertoire in the Museum’s Marron Atrium. Each evening consists of a live performance and 3-D visualization of one of Kraftwerk’s studio albums. Kraftwerk will follow each evening’s album performance with additional compositions from their catalog, all adapted specifically for this exhibition. This reinterpretation showcases Kraftwerk’s historical contributions to and contemporary influence on global sound and image culture.

Photos by: Kraftwerk | Kraftwerk website | Source: MoMA New York

Humans since 1982 | Collection of light

Posted on 25/02/2012 by W&V

Per and Bastian are the driving force behind Humans since 1982. Since 2009 the Studio creates fascinating works of design.
”Collection of light” is a striking example of their approach and vision. This conceptual design is basically a collection of various types of industrial produced LED’s which are “collected” and archived just like a collection of butterflies or like plants and flowers in a botanic herbarium. The LED’s are all labeled by name, size and colour temperature and carefully archived in a cabinet. They are arranged in a specific order to accomplish a harmonic light composition. The result is a piece of conceptual design which makes an interesting contradicting statement. On one hand the “collection of light” forms a functional lamp itself and exposes each LED as a worthy industrial product and on the other hand it places the LED’s in another, autonomous, context and turns them into “Ready Mades”, similar to for example Marcel Duchamp’s Bottle Rack.

Photos by: Tim Meier | Humans since 1982 website

Warmenhoven & Venderbos | Invitation | Collection Autumn | Winter 2012 | 2013

Posted on 20/02/2012 by W&V

Warmenhoven & Venderbos invite shop-owners and buyers to take a look at the autumn | winter 2012 | 2013 women’s ready to wear collection.

If you are interested in selling Warmenhoven & Venderbos you can request the A|W 12|13 collection brochure. This brochure contains an impression of the new collection and will be send to you as a .Pdf file by email or made available to you for download as a .PDF file. Please use the following email address for your request:

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Warmenhoven & Venderbos nodigen detailisten en inkopers uit om kennis te maken met de Najaar | Winter 2012 | 2013 dames mode prêt-à-porter collectie.
Mocht u interesse hebben om Warmenhoven & Venderbos in uw merkenpakket op te nemen dan kunt u de A | W 12 | 13 collectie brochure aanvragen via email. Contact informatie kunt u vinden op de W&V website.

WARMENHOVEN & VENDERBOS | Autumn | Winter 2012 | 2013 collection