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The new Issue ‘INTERVENE | EINGREIFEN‘ – OUT NOW!

redaktion — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:48:36 +0000

Endlich! Die neue Ausgabe ist da!
We are ‘yaying’ out loud: our new issue is now available!
GENERALIST ‘Eingreifen | Intervene‘

Ausgabe/Issue 5.2012 | dt./engl. | 86 Seiten/Pages | 29,7 x 21 cm, Paperback | ISBN 978-3-89479-723-2 | direkt bestellen/order directly bei/at www.nicolai-verlag.de

Intervenieren heißt eingreifen bzw. einschreiten, dazwischen gehen. Interventionen schaffen Pufferzonen, Kampfpausen. Sie stellen Stoppschilder in den Streitverkehr. Sie wirken nachdrücklich, nicht dauerhaft, sind eher auf Effektivität, weniger auf Effizienz ausgelegt. Stadträumlich wirksame, gestalterische, zuweilen sogar künstlerische Interventionen, wie sie im vorliegenden Heft behandelt werden, sind solche im übertragenen Sinne. Hier schlagen kreative Urbanisten, die um Wohl und Weh des öffentlichen Raumes zu wissen vermeinen, aktiv etwas vor, stellen Situationen zur Diskussion oder provozieren ganz bewusst Widerspruch. Wenn es dabei gelingt, Kommunikation über den Gegenstand der Auseinandersetzung anzuregen, darf das Projekt bereits als geglückt gelten. Die stadträumlichen Interventionen bedienen sich dazu (bis auf wenige Ausnahmen) theatralischer, bildnerischer oder architektonischer Mittel. Konkrete Orte in der Stadt werden mit temporären Bauten besetzt, mit Installationen ausgestattet, werden bemalt, beleuchtet, beschallt, beduftet oder mit öffentlichkeitswirksamen Events bespielt. “Eingreifen | Intervene” beleuchtet diese urbane Praxis auf Strategie und Wirkung.

Mit Beiträgen u.a. von Markus Miessen, Klaus Ronneberger, Friedrich von Borries, Anna Lena Wenzel, sowie mit Janser Castorina Architektur & Elisabeth Koller, muf architects, Peanutz Architekten, Raumlabor und Terreform. Illustrationen von Maria Sulymenko.

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Intervening means to interrupt, interfere, or step in and take action; to come between. Interventions create buffer zones, lulls in the fighting. They are stop signs along the course of a conflict. They function emphatically but not permanently; they are conceived more for effectiveness than for efficiency. Here, creative urbanists – who believe to know about the well-being and woe of the public realm – actively propose something; they present situations for discussion, or deliberately provoke dissent. If communication about the subject of debate is encouraged in the process, that’s already enough to regard the project as successful. Urbanistically effective, creative, sometimes even artistic interventions – like those covered in this issue – are such in the figurative sense. To this end, urban spatial interventions avail themselves (with few exceptions) of theatrical, artistic, or architectural means. Specific places in the city are occupied by temporary buildings, endowed with installations, are painted, illuminated, exposed to sounds or smells, or enlivened with public events designed to make an impact. “Eingreifen | Intervene” discusses this spatial practice concerning strategy and impact.

With Markus Miessen, Klaus Ronneberger, Friedrich von Borries, Anna Lena Wenzel, Janser Castorina Architektur & Elisabeth Koller, muf architects, Peanutz Architekten, Raumlabor and Terreform. Illustrations by Maria Sulymenko.

GENERALIST at ARCHIZINES EXHIBITION

redaktion — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:14:48 +0000

VISIT!!
GENERALIST is part of the ARCHIZINES Exhibition.

Opening Event 4 November

AA Exhibitions ARCHIZINES | Front Members’ Room | 5 November – 14 December 2011 | Monday to Friday 10am–7pm | Saturday 10am–3pm

Architectural Association | 36 Bedford Square | London WC1B 3ES | www.aaschool.ac.uk

Curated by Elias Redstone, ARCHIZINES celebrates the recent resurgence of independent architectural publishing. The AA exhibition showcases 60 of these magazines, fanzines and journals from over 20 countries; from photocopied and print-on-demand newsletters to widely distributed magazines. Made by architects, artists and students, these archizines offer an important, and often radical, addition to architectural discourse. Each magazine is available to read in the exhibition along with video interviews with their creators talking about the relationship between architecture and publishing. An accompanying catalogue published by Bedford Press and featuring not only profiles of all 60 archizines but essays from a number of their editors will be launched at the opening.

ARCHIZINES LIVE
Saturday 5 November | 3pm AA Soft Room | A selection of editors of publications on view in the exhibition will discuss their work in an event hosted by curator Elias Redstone in the AA’s new Soft Room.

www.archizines.com

The Director of the AA School of Architecture
Brett Steele invites you to a
private view on Friday 4 November
2011, 6.30–8.30pm

ARCHIZINES logo by Folch Studio

GENERALIST in Archi Zine Collection

redaktion — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:03:26 +0000

GENERALIST in Archi Zines Collection

ARCHI ZINES is a showcase of new fanzines, journals and magazines from around the world that provide an alternative discourse to the established architectural press. Launched by Elias Redstone, with art direction by Folch Studio, the project celebrates and promotes publishing as an arena for architectural commentary, criticism and research, and as a creative platform for new photography, illustration and design.

Alternative and independent publishing has had a dynamic and important relationship with architecture over the years, with prolific moments in the 1960s, 1970s and 1990s. A recent resurgence has seen new titles emerging in many countries, from Argentina, Belgium and Chile to the UK and USA. ARCHI ZINES brings together this international collection of publications for the first time as an important resource for architects, designers, critics, photographers and anyone interested in discussing the buildings and spaces we inhabit.

ARCHI ZINES is an expanding archive of the best publications from 2000s to the latest releases, and is growing as new titles and issues are acquired… read more

visit www.archizines.com

Review in BaunetzWoche 213

redaktion — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:33:26 +0000

Review on our latest Issue “Saving | Sparen”
at BaunetzWoche No. 213

Florian Heilmeyer writes (sorry, in German only):

“Genau! Sehr gut! Sparen, nicht Ver- zichten, das soll unsere Reaktion auf die Krise sein. Genauer: „Sparen ist das planvolle Aufbewahren von Werten mit dem Ziel der Anhäufung“, erklärt uns die Redaktion des Genera- listen zum Thema des neuen Heftes. „Im Sinne von ‚auf etwas sparen‘ oder ‚ansparen’ ist diese Handlung nicht auf gegenwärtigen Verzicht, sondern auf zukünftigen Mehrwert oder auf Sicherheit ausgerichtet.“ (…)”

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Mehr Ausgaben des Onlinemagazins BaunetzWoche unter www.baunetz.de

GENERALIST at De Zines Exhibition

redaktion — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:57:03 +0000

Olé! GENERALIST in Spain.
We are part of the DE ZINES Exhibition!

De Zines tries to reflect what is happening in the contemporary editorial creation on the level of independent publications, how this area relates to the artistic production and social, cultural and current political environment. Around 400 international publications have been gathered from most established magazines in the market until handmade zines and a selection of experimental magazines.

The Exhibition is curated by Roberto Vidal.

Roberto Vidal works since 2008 for a wide range of international clients, most of them situated in the cultural field, as galleries, artists, publishers or architects. The main field of activity is design for all kind of printed matters and web design, giving workshops and curating exhibitions.

For more information go to www.robertovidal.com

Issue “saving | sparen”

redaktion — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:50:12 +0000

OUT NOW!

Issue No. 4 “saving | sparen”

With articles by

Nicola Braghieri: “Architecture – Don´t waste it”

Meinrad Morger: “Poetic Minimalism”

Christina Herresthal: “Creating Associative Reserves”

Frank Lang: “Saving Time”

Günter Pfeifer: “Reduction as…”

Ioanna Angelidou: “Subtle Dynamics”

Frank Metzger: “Zettel´s Traum”

A short story by Harald Gerhäußer “The Complex of the Last Groschen” and the photoseries “Pretiosen” by Claudia Weber

IN GENERAL with Karl-Heinz Petzinka

redaktion — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:00:58 +0000

IN GENERAL with Karl-Heinz Petzinka

Gemeinsam mit SICHTEN14 möchte GENERALIST herzlich zu dem live geführten Interview der Reihe InGeneral einladen: in sechzig Minuten wird eine Persönlichkeit portraitiert.

Diesmal zu Gast ist Prof. Karl-Heinz Petzinka, ehemaliger Inhaber des Lehrstuhls Entwerfen und Gebäudetechnologie am Fachbereich. Derzeit ist er Künstlerischer Direktor für das Themenfeld Stadt der Möglichkeiten im Rahmen der Europäischen Kulturhauptstadt RUHR.2010 und Vorsitzender des Immobilienunternehmens THS.

Mit seinem Architekturbüro Petzinka Pink Technologische Architektur hat er ebenso viele Preise für seine Bauten gewonnen – wie auch für kontroverse Diskussionen gesorgt. Wir möchten wissen, ob er noch immer Geweihe als Fassadendekor für richtig hält und was gerade jetzt für ihn von besonderer Relevanz bei all seinen zahlreichen Unternehmungen ist.

Die Veranstaltung findet

am 30. November um 19 Uhr

in der Centralstation Darmstadt statt.

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redaktion — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:42:33 +0000

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THE ACTUAL CALL FOR PAPER ** ABOUT SAVING

redaktion — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:52:36 +0000

Call for Papers

for Issue No. 4 “SAVING”

Entry deadline for synopses is 30. September 2010

>>Download (PDF):
generalist_cfp_saving

>>Download:
remarks about submissions (PDF)

After the 2008 real estate crisis and the 2009 financial crisis, after scores of governmental aid packages for private-sector businesses, after Greece’s quasi-bankruptcy, and beneath the Damocles sword of devaluation experienced by some EU countries as their ratings fell from triple-A to double-A, the economic developments have recently shown a political reaction: Shortly before the start of the collective World Cup frenzy, the government has gotten the so-called austerity package on its way.

Never before was the German national debt as high as it is now. That’s a statement whose significance—in light of whirling-Dervish-like spiraling debt—will likely already be outdated and replaced by the end of this sentence, but certainly by the end of this text. In its 2010/2 issue titled Saving, GENERALIST wants to deal with a constraint that now seems relevant—not only in regard to the energy industry, but also on a societal level.

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We proudly present our NEW Issue!

redaktion — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:58:59 +0000

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We proudly present our NEW Issue!

Yes we do – and we are happy!

The 4th GENERALIST is about
“USE & HABIT”

What happens to the architecture after it has left the architect’s office, when the tradesmen are gone, when the photographers have completed their task? What happens to the architecture when it is handed over to its true destiny – when, to put it quite simply, it is used? And furthermore: Wouldn’t it clarify questions about the sense and senselessness of architecture – within the time frame in which the theses put forth as part of the design are proven to be correct, incorrect, or inconsequential?

The issue GENERALIST ‘Use and Habit’ tries to approach this interdependency on a phenomenological level. We collected stories: stories about the use of spaces and the habits reflected in them; about the non-physical transformation of architecture in the utilization process.

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