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Posted: April 1, 2013
The City of Vienna commissioned Assocreation to remake their first Freedom lettering (initially installed as a piece of guerrilla art in 2005) and turn it into a permanent 3D light graffiti, which was connected to the public power grid on March 12, 2013.
The Freedom lettering, which is made out of a 50m long yellow drainage pipe, became a landmark on a basketball cage between the traffic lanes of Vienna’s city ring road at Margaretengürtel. It marks an urban non-lieu used for sport and recreation by many of Vienna’s youths and immigrants. Mounted on a chain-link fence, it is a big word with two sides to it. The Freedom lettering at this location is reminiscent of a marketing slogan for teenagers that oscillates between fantasy and everyday reality – as such a slogan the Freedom lettering was also used as the opening title in Katharina Weingartner’s movie Sneaker Stories, which featured this basketball cage and its players in the context of an “international cycle of control and commodification”.
Basketball court Stadtwildnis Gaudenzdorfer Gürtel, Vienna (AT). Photo: Assocreation.
Posted: January 20, 2013
Assocreation participates in Detroit’s 2013 North American International Anti-Auto Show, which takes place at The Contemporary Arts Institute of Detroit (CAID). The show is curated by Spread Art and has received press coverage, among others, from the Automobile section of the New York Times. The exhibition runs from January 18 – 27, 2013. The opening reception is on Friday, January 18, 9 – 11 pm.
The Contemporary Arts Institute of Detroit, Michigan (USA). Photo: Assocreation.
Posted: November 13, 2012
Assocreation will set up their interactive art installation Moon Ride in the streets of Kathmandu in Nepal. This installation will be part of the Kathmandu International Art Festival (Nov 25 – Dec 21, 2012), which is the largest international contemporary art event held in Nepal. For this event, Assocreation has created a new version of Moon Ride, which has been tested a few weeks ago in the Green Road Studios (see video below).
Street in Kathmandu, Nepal. Videostill: KIAF 2012.
Moon Test Ride - Green Road 1919, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Oct 13, 2012. Video: Assocreation.
Posted: September 9, 2012
New work by Assocreation entitled “Energy Plan for the Western Wo/man” and “A Car Show for Pedestrians” is featured in Quantified Self, the Gallery Project’s current exhibition. The exhibition runs from August 30 – October 7, 2012. The opening reception is on Friday, August 31, 6 – 9 pm.
The “Energy Plan for the Western Wo/man” is an interactive mixed media assemblage. Solar toy cars are mounted on a cnc routed xps insulation board (96x48x2 inches) forming a pixelated human shadow image. It is a piece for an art and toy collector. The little toy cars are jacked up like cars in a garage and can easily be taken down to play with it. This piece was conceived for a spot in the gallery next to a street window in order to have it activated (have all the little engines start and the tiny wheels spin) during rush hour, which is when the afternoon sun shines inside the gallery. Next to it is an iPhone showing a video of the “Car Show for Pedestrians”.
The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI (USA). Photo: Assocreation.
The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI (USA). Photo: Assocreation.
The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI (USA). Photo: Assocreation.
Posted: July 23, 2012
On July 21, 2012, Assocreation was participating with 500 miniature solar toy cars at the 1st Annual Car Cruise at Roosevelt Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Rolling Shadows - A Car Show for Pedestrians (1:29min). Video: Assocreation.
Roosevelt Park, Detroit, Michigan (USA) July 21, 2012. Video still: Assocreation.
Posted: May 20, 2012
7014 Agnes Street, March 10, 2012. Detroit, Michigan, USA. Video: Assocreation.
Detroit Pleasure Society Featuring Laura Finley on Vocals, April 25, 2012. PJ's Lager House, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Video: Assocreation.