RAIN ROOM BY RANDOM INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES AT MOMA

RAIN ROOM BY RANDOM INTERNATIONAL will launch at THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART , NEW YORK, on 12 May as part of EXPO 1: NEW YORK, a large-scale festival exploring ecological challenges.

Formerly at the Barbican centre in London, Rain room is a large-scale, immersive environment, a field of falling water that pauses whenever a human body is detected. Visitors have a chance to control the rain, in a fluid complicity between presence and movement, technology and human intuition. Visitors become performers, both together and alone in this carefully choreographed downpour.

Known for their distinctive approach to digital-based contemporary practice, Random International’s experimental, interactive projects are documented in their first monograph, produced by some/things agency in collaboration with carpenters workshop gallery. the cover of the monograph and the rain room installation is photographed by nat urazmetova for SOME/THINGS AGENCY,

The final copies of the monograph can be purchased via our online boutique

RAIN ROOM CAN BE EXPERIENCEd AT MOMA from May 12 through July 28, 2013

/ Random International book photographed by DARIO RUGGIERO

ALEXANDER CALDER EXHIBITION AT PACE GALLERY LONDON

'CALDER AFTER THE WAR' AT PACE LONDON FEATURES NEARLY FIFTY WORKS OF ART CREATED BY ALEXANDER CALDER BETWEEN THE YEARS 1945 – 1949. THE artist’s famous mobiles, stabiles and standing mobiles are installed on the gallery’s ground floor, whilst the newly renovated first floor hosts a display of Calder’s rarely-seen paintings and gouaches.

Calder’s characteristic approach to abstraction was prompted by a visit to Piet Mondrian’s studio in 1930. The famous Calder ‘mobile’, as termed by Marcel Duchamp, was first developed in 1931, merging European Abstraction, Surrealism and DadaISM with a fascination with mechanical invention and the forces of nature. the return of supplies of aluminium sheet metal at the end of WW2 unleashed a new force of innovation in Calder’s practice, with works attaining a lyrical complexity of geometrical form.

THE EXHIBITION CONTINUES UNTIL 7 June 2013.

All works by Alexander Calder © 2013, Calder Foundation, New York / DACS, London

/ photography by nat urazmetova, SOME/THINGS AGENCY

JENNY HOLZER AT THE HAYWARD GALLERY LIGHT SHOW

SOME/THINGS ISSUE002 and CHAPTER004 contributor JENNY HOLZER is one of 22 artists featured at hayward gallery's LIGHT SHOW in london. The exhibition explores our interactions with light through a series of sculptures and installations created from the 1960s to the present day. LIGHT SHOW CONTINUES UNTIL 6 MAY 2013. For more information, visit haywardlightshow.co.uk

/ photography by nat urazmetova, SOME/THINGS AGENCY

carloS cruz-diez and DAN FLAVIN AT THE HAYWARD GALLERY LIGHT SHOW

CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ




DAVID BATCHELOR




CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ




LEO VILLAREAL




DAN FLAVIN




DAN FLAVIN


the light show at the hayward gallery in london explores our interactions with light through a series of sculptures and installations, created from the 1960s to the present day. Each exhibit shapes its surrounding space through its manipulation of colour, duration, intensity and perceptual phenomena.

artists with work on show include ann veronica janssens, anthony mccall, bill culbert, brigitte kowanz, carlos cruz-diez, ceal floyer, cerith wyn evans, conrad shawcross, dan flavin, david batchelor, doug wheeler, fischli and Weiss, françois morellet, iván Navarro, james turrell, jim Campbell, katie Paterson, leo villareal, nancy holt, olafur eliasson and philippe parreno.

THE WORK OF JENNY HOLZER, SOME/THINGS CONTRIBITOR TO CHAPTER002 AND CHAPTER004, IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE SHOW.

THE EXHIBITION CONTINUES UNTIL 6 MAY 2013.

/ photography by nat urazmetova, SOME/THINGS AGENCY

AT SOMERSET HOUSE IN LONDON LAST YEAR

SOMERSET HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHED BY NAT URAZMETOVA [SOME/THINGS AGENCY] DURING LONDON FASHION WEEK, LAST YEAR. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON UPCOMING EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS, VISIT somersethouse.org.uk

GABRIEL OROZCO, HEIMO ZOBERNIG, YUKI KIMURA, & SIOBHÁN HAPASKA AT FRIEZE 2012

YUKI KIMURA 'KATSURA' installation at TAKA ISHII GALLERY




SIOBHÁN HAPASKA at KERLIN GALLERY




GABRIEL OROZCO and HEIMO ZOBERNIG at GALERIE CHANTAL CROUSEL


/ photography by nat urazmetova, SOME/THINGS AGENCY

TONY OURSLER'S 'THE INFLUENCE MACHINE' AT TATE MODERN [PART 2]

American Artist Tony Oursler's The Influence Machine is a large-scale multimedia installation, which explores the history of virtual image production and the influence of technology by experimenting with video, smoke machines, a variety of soundtracks, and several sculptural elements. Originally commissioned and produced by Artangel, and developed with the Public Art Fund, The Influence Machine was recently donated to SOME/THINGS STOCKIST TATE MODERN, along with several other works from the Artangel Collection.

Oursler, who was born in New York, has also collaborated with DAVID BOWIE, directing his new single 'Where Are We Now?', as well as creating the background videos that played at BOWIE's 50th Birthday Party concert. For more information, visit tonyoursler.com / tate.org.uk / davidbowie.com

/ PHOTOGRAPHY BY NAT URAZMETOVA, SOME/THINGS AGENCY

A GLIMPSE INTO THE RANDOM INTERNATIONAL BOOK BY SOME/THINGS AGENCY

rAndom International's first monograph, which was officially launched on February 8th, 2013, at the Barbican Centre in London, was designed by SOME/THINGS creative director MONIKA BIELSKYTE and produced by SOME/THINGS AGENCY in collaboration with CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY. The book features photography by SOME/THINGS photographers Nat Urazmetova, MATTEO CARCELLI, and ALEXEY BLAGUTIN.

Since 2010, SOME/THINGS PROJECTS, including SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE, have served as a communication tool for ANTALIS— the largest European group in the distribution of communication support materials— illustrating the versatility of their product ranges in the context of luxury publishing.

Each issue of the publication features a variety of paper stock, using some of the most advanced printing techniques, including four-colour print in random raster and spot colour offset, achieving near-photographic image quality within the magazine. SOME/THINGS also employs advanced production methods such as screen printing, foiling, embossing/debossing, glossy and matt UV lacquer, and matt laminating.

Furthermore, an ongoing partnership with IMPRIMERIE COMELLI and COMELLINK has ensured SOME/THINGS provides clients with the highest-quality printed matter, as well as pre-press production and retouching services, for artist books and monographs, invitations, lookbooks, and catalogues. 

In addition to Random International’s monograph, SOME/THINGS AGENCY designed and produced the catalogue for Italian architect and designer ANDREA BRANZI'S exhibition TREES and a limited edition book for Nicolas Andreas Taralis’ SS2013 collection, in addition to all printing and production for renowned Paris/London design gallery, Carpenters Workshop. For more, see our AGENCY PORTFOLIO

/ Random International book photographed by DARIO RUGGIERO

TONY OURSLER'S 'THE INFLUENCE MACHINE' AT TATE MODERN

American Artist Tony Oursler's The Influence Machine is a large-scale multimedia installation, which explores the history of virtual image production and the influence of technology by experimenting with video, smoke machines, a variety of soundtracks, and several sculptural elements. Originally commissioned and produced by Artangel, and developed with the Public Art Fund, The Influence Machine was recently donated to SOME/THINGS STOCKIST TATE MODERN, along with several other works from the Artangel Collection.

Oursler, who was born in New York, has also collaborated with DAVID BOWIE, directing his new single 'Where Are We Now?', as well as creating the background videos that played at BOWIE's 50th Birthday Party concert. For more information, visit tonyoursler.com / tate.org.uk / davidbowie.com

PHOTOGRAPHY BY NAT URAZMETOVA, SOME/THINGS AGENCY

RANDOM INTERNATIONAL BOOK LAUNCH WITH HANS ULRICH OBRIST

HANNES KOCH of rAndom International




CHOREOGRAPHER WAYNE MCGREGOR AND ART CURATOR, CRITIC, AND HISTORIAN HANS ULRICH OBRIST




WAYNE MCGREGOR and HANS ULRICH OBRIST with rAndom International's HANNES KOCH, STUART WOOD, and FLORIAN ORTKRASS




HANNES KOCH and STUART WOOD


On February 8th, 2013, at the Barbican Centre in London, rAndom International discussed the critically acclaimed installation Rain Room with international curator HANS ULRICH OBRIST [Co-Director of Serpentine Gallery] and choreographer WAYNE MCGREGOR [Director of Random Dance]. The event coincided with the launch of their first monograph, which was designed and produced by SOME/THINGS AGENCY in collaboration with CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY.

SOME/THINGS has had the opportunity to work extensively with rAndom International over the last 12 months, with other projects including documentation of Rain Room and their previous show, Before the Rain, as well as a video for STUDY OF TIME 1. For more, including other work for renowned Paris/London design gallery CARPENTERS WORKSHOP, see our AGENCY PORTFOLIO.

/ photography by NAT URAZMETOVA [SOME/THINGS AGENCY], WHOSE RAIN ROOM IMAGE IS ALSO FEATURED ON THE COVER OF rAndom International'S NEW BOOK.

random-international.com / barbican.org.uk