Corpora in Si(gh)te

Gyula Július, the Curator, his crew of assitants and core members of the doubleNegatives started to work on the installation itself.

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The Corpora system arrived from the Budapest Kunsthalle to Venice at the end of the last week, and yesterday, finally the core members of doubleNegative Architecture could start working on the installation of the project.

From the Budapest Kusnthalle, the boxes containing Corpora first traveled to the main port of Venice, then they were ferried on a small boat to the actual location of the Hungarian pavilion. On the images below, you can see the  Gyula Július, the Curator, and his assistants packing for transportation, arriving to Venice, preparing the working environment and finally the arrival of the core members to the future site of the exhibition.

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Corpora in Si(gh)te modifies, enhances, evolves around the one but hundred years old building of the Hungarian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale built by the plans of Géza Maróti. If you are interested to learn more on the history of the building itself, read the rest of this entry, taken from corresponding article website of the 51. Venice Biennale project website.

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The Venice transport (most of the hardware of Corpora) from Japan is ready to sail (actually they will fly). All the stuff was packed at the YCAM by the local crew and Sota, and now ready to travel to Venice, the location of the 11th Architectural Exhibition.  The boxes first shall arrive to Budapest, to the local Kunsthalle, then they will travel to Venice by truck.

Check out the images of the packing below!

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A discussion about Corpora and the motives behind Corpora in Si(gh)te by Ákos Maróy, software artist and Enikő Marton, Architect on some of the basic concepts of corpora. What role might this project get in the field of Contemporary Architecture, and how innovative it is?

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This part of the FAQ focuses on the architectural usage and possibilities of Corpora. Ákos Maróy, software artist is answering to the question of Enikő Márton, architect. Read the rest of this entry »

In the future series of FAQ-s, we are highlighting different aspects of the Corpora project. In this session, Ákos Maróy, Software artist, member of the doubleNegatives group and Beata Oborny biologist having a discussion on the basic nature of the Corpora creature. Read the rest of this entry »

Corpora in Si(gh)te

What can architecture learn from the cities hollowed out from the Cappadocia cliffs, from a wasp’s nest, or even from the structure of an anthill? The architectural project Corpora in Si(gh)te exhibited in the Hungarian Pavilion of the 11th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia explores the possibilities of design based on unique notation systems and local time based informations.

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After long deliberations, finally we have our budget finalized for the exhibition. It’s very tight, but we still hope that we can make a good-enough exhibition from it.

The financial aspect of the project has been very tough so far, with a number of false expectations, setbacks, misunderstanding. But from now on we can concentrate on what we do good – creating the artwork and the installation itself…

Some images of the crew surveying the Hungarian Pavilion and surroundings.

Members of the crew were:

• Júlia Gáspár
• Sota Ichikawa
• Gyula Július
• Ákos Maróy
• Max Rheiner

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