Learning From Sweden: An Exhibition of Yale Urban Design Research at the House of Sweden in DC, Feb. 1-28, 2020

Learning From Sweden: An Exhibition of Yale Urban Design Research at the Embassy of Sweden, Feb. 1-28, 2020 Following a multi-year academic engagement with Gothenburg, Sweden, urban research and design proposals developed by students and faculty of the Yale School of Architecture will be on display at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington, D.C. from February 1-28, 2020 in the exhibition Learning from Sweden. Älvstranden Utveckling AB and the School of Architecture at Chalmers University have been partners in the effort.

Learning From Sweden Opening Reception Friday, February 7, 2020, 6pm House of Sweden 2900 K Street NW Washington, D.C. 20007 RSVP Link (space is limited)

Work from two graduate-level summer research programs and an advanced design studio taught by Professor Alan Plattus and Critic Andrei Harwell, along with a research and design proposal developed by the Yale Urban Design Workshop for research consortium Fusion Point, range from detailed analysis and description of Gothenburg’s distinctive urban form and architectural typologies, to proposals which address some of the most urgent issues reshaping contemporary cities, including climate change and resilience, the food production and supply chain, mobility, public health, adaptation to post- or neo-industrial economies, and social equity issues such as access to housing, jobs, recreation and education. Students in the two summer courses taught in Gothenburg, based at and in collaboration with the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at Chalmers Technological University, were asked to engage in close readings of a series of characteristic neighborhoods and areas in Gothenburg. The task was to produce a “thick description” of the urban fabric and its components, with the aim of developing a deep knowledge of Gothenburg’s structure and characteristics, and how they relate to social, ecological and economic systems.  One seminar focused on characteristic areas of expansion for specific historical periods, while the second focused on knowledge creation areas of the city. These seminars, along with seminars planned for 2020 and 2021, contribute to the ongoing development at Yale School of Architecture of an Urban Atlas of Gothenburg, a document that can serve as a model for the wider study of other northern European cities undergoing parallel transitions from a maritime and industrial economy to the local and global networks of knowledge production and culture associated with contemporary urbanism. This Urban Atlas, on display in the exhibition, can also serve as a reference for city agencies charged with guiding the redevelopment of the riverfront, including Lindholmen, a former shipyard in downtown Gothenburg.

The advanced design studio, taught by Plattus and Harwell in Fall 2019, builds on the Urban Atlas and examines Lindholmen as a central node in the city, challenging students to develop critical design proposals for multiple areas of the city, understood as components of the larger urban region as well as European and global networks. A range of these proposals will be exhibited as part of Learning from Sweden, including ideas for ocean farming, affordable housing, and new community services. The last component of the show, "DesignCase Lindholmen: From Science Park to Science City" is an initiative undertaken by the Yale Urban Design Workshop for industry-academic research group Fusion Point, with the with the goal of modeling best practices in the development of design concepts and processes for sustainable, resilient and inclusive urban design. The next phase of development of the Lindholmen area of Gothenburg is taken as a case study, although one important goal of the exercise is to consider any particular site at scales ranging from the building, to public open space and infrastructure, to the entire River City development zone, to the City and its region. Proposals for Lindholmen and South Lindholmen are included as part of the exhibition.     All of this work stands within an evolving Yale School of Architecture tradition of “learning from” less-studied aspects and sites in the built environment, going back to the famous 1972 design studio, “Learning from Las Vegas,” conducted by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott-Brown, and Steven Izenour. Like that studio, the current Yale work in Gothenburg represents an ongoing commitment to develop innovative pedagogical approaches that produce new design knowledge and expertise through an initial focus on the specificity of local place and culture, and then to communicate and apply that knowledge on the broadest global scale. The openness and generosity of institutions and people in Sweden, and importantly their shared commitment to developing sustainable, just and livable cities, has made this work possible and productive. During 2019, the Embassy of Sweden has focused on a theme called “Smart Societies—Creative & Inclusive” and this exhibition and seminar will be the final event in a series of activities around the United States.

About the Yale School of Architecture The mission of the Yale School of Architecture is to educate architects, scholars, teachers, and leaders who will shape the future through design. Located in New Haven, Connecticut the School offers professional and post-professional architecture degrees as well as the interdisciplinary Master of Environmental Design; it also supports an undergraduate architecture major and a Ph.D. program. The Yale School of Architecture is home to the Jim Vlock First Year Building Project, the first design-build program at an American school of architecture, and Perspecta, the oldest student-edited architectural journal in the United States.  https://www.architecture.yale.edu/ About the Yale Urban Design Workshop The Yale Urban Design Workshop and Center for Urban Design Research (YUDW) provides a forum for faculty and students from the School of Architecture and other professional schools at Yale to engage in the study of issues, ideas, and practical problems in the field of urban design. Since its founding in 1992, the YUDW has worked with communities across the state of Connecticut and around the world, providing planning and design assistance on projects ranging from comprehensive plans, economic development strategies, and community visions to the design of public spaces, streetscapes, and individual community facilities. https://udw.architecture.yale.edu/ About House of Sweden: House of Sweden is home to the Embassy of Sweden´s public diplomacy theme programs. Inaugurated in 2006 and designed by award-winning architects Tomas Hansen and Gert Wingårdh, House of Sweden is a testament to transparency, accountability, and openness—key values in Swedish society. https://www.houseofsweden.com/

Montclair Art Museum, Opening Feb. 8th featuring FEDERICO URIBE: ANIMALIA UNCAGED: ANIMALS IN THE COLLECTION PERSONAL LANDSCAPES

Media Contacts Nancy Klein, 973-960-2349 Asif Iqbal, 973-259-5134 THINGS TO DO!  MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM'S THREE NEW SPRING EXHIBITIONS OPEN FEBRUARY 8 FEDERICO URIBE: ANIMALIA UNCAGED: ANIMALS IN THE COLLECTION PERSONAL LANDSCAPES MONTCLAIR, NJ January 21, 2020 -- Montclair Art Museum (MAM) unveils three new exhibitions in February, two focusing on animal-themed work and the third highlighting Essex County artists.   Federico Uribe: Animalia MAM is proud to showcase a major collection of paintings and sculptures created by famed Colombian-American artist, Federico Uribe.  Animal-themed pieces embody multilayered meaning in their haunting and provocative use of materials, their gestures and poses, and the sense of introspection and social critique. By layering mundane objects such as colored pencils, shoes and shoelaces, plastic waste and recycled bullet shells, the artist fashions creatures that reflect his alchemical, intuitive and imaginative process. For viewers, the bullet animals evoke hunting, a reminder of the horrors of war or the epidemic of gun violence in the U.S, and, for environmentally conscious individuals, they may appear to be statements about defending endangered species.  Federico Uribe, Coral Reef Installation, 2019, plastic and mixed media Audiences will experience the breadth and depth of recent Uribe work, such as the massive Coral Reef Installation (2019), 13 panels each measuring more than eight feet made from hundreds of pieces of plastic waste, carefully cut and arranged to raise awareness of the effects of pollution on marine ecosystems worldwide. The Uribe show will include his monumental 8'x16' mural Zebras (2011) made from tire treads and bicycle parts; Panda Bear (2018) made from bullet shells; and Tree (2015) made from old books.  With more than 60 pieces on display at MAM, Uribe's colorful, larger-than-life works will delight the young and not so young alike, inspiring many "Instagram Moments" for museum goers. The exhibition is curated by Gail Stravitsky and is located in the Weston Gallery and Elevator Lobby. Uncaged: Animals in the Collection The galleries continue to roar to life as MAM unleashes a cache of animal-themed works spanning generations of artists and a variety of mediums from its permanent collection. With more than 80 paintings, photographs, sculptures, and a treasure trove of curiosities drawn from MAM's extensive American and Native collections, the exhibition will explore the variety of ways artists engage with animal imagery in their work.   The exhibition includes works by well-known artists such as George Inness, Jr., Jeff Koons, Lilly Martin Spencer and Will Barnet. 19th century artist John James Audubon’s hand-colored lithographs will give viewers an encyclopedic look at the richness of America’s wildlife. Jumping fish, lovingly beaded on a Northwest Coast baby carrier, offer visual prayers for the child held inside. Brightly colored tigers serve as totemic stand-ins for the artist Thornton Dial, Sr. The exhibition also includes intriguing photographs such as George Diebold’s White Trash Elk, Red Wood Forest, California (2008) and William Wegman’s Bird Dog Suite (1990) as well as works from Robert Rauschenberg created using photo serigraph and string.  Melchior DiGiacomo, Man With Dog on Car, Jersey City, NJ, photograph,1980 Curated by Alison Van Denend, Uncaged: Animals in the Collection will be located in the Roberts Gallery, McMullen Gallery and Constable Rotunda. Personal Landscapes: Highlighting Local Artists Artists from Essex County, NJ will be the focus of a small, juried exhibition exploring the theme of Personal Landscapes.  Since its founding, MAM has been nourished by its connection to the artists of the region, and the the success of last season's Fiber Arts exhibition, sponsored by the NJ State Council on the Arts, brought home the positive spirit and energy of local artists. “MAM cares deeply about supporting our local working artists.” says museum Director Lora Urbanelli, who adds “Our museum wouldn’t exist if not for the work of the renowned local artist George Inness in the late 1800s who attracted other well-known artists, helping to establish Montclair’s reputation as an art community.” For Personal Landscapes, artists were encouraged to consider their personal environment, external or internal, and use a wide range of materials and methods. The exhibition will be located in Lehman Court.  The three exhibitions run through June 21, 2020.  For more information on the exhibits or high res images contact Nancy Klein at nklein@montclairartmuseum.org or Asif Iqbal at aiqbal@montclairartmuseum.org. # # # RELATED PROGRAMS The Vance Wall Art Education Center at MAM will present a series of programs and art classes for all ages in conjunction with the special spring 2020 exhibitions.    Educator Guides: MAM Educator Guides are designed to provide teachers with questions, ideas, and materials for facilitating inquiry-based, open-ended dialogues with students of all ages. Taking artworks as their points of departure, they encourage conversations reaching into other subject areas, such as science and ELA.  Curriculum Guides will be available online. TOURS Insider Highlights: Wild at Art Themed Tours 3rd Sunday of the month, 2 p.m. FREE with admission Discover the best of the Museum’s collection and special exhibitions on a tour with a knowledgeable and engaging docent. Advance online RSVP requested at www.montclairartmuseum.org/calendar Private Tours: Wild at Art Themed Tours Bring your college class to see world-class art, celebrate a family milestone, entertain out-of-town guests, or reconnect with alumni groups and community members by booking a Museum tour. Tours are offered for groups of six or more guests. Contact us at tours@montclairartmuseum.org to design your tour. School Tours: Wild at Art Themed Tours Led by MAM docents and educators, gallery tours and hands-on workshops in the art studio are available for visitors from preschool to high school. Gallery conversations promote literacy and evidential reasoning, content knowledge and critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.  Contact us at tours@montclairartmuseum.org to design your tour. Family Learning Lab Open during gallery hours FREE with admission Take a walk on the wild side and make art, play games, and read books about animals inspired by spring 2020 exhibitions. Learn what you can do to help endangered species! Kids Class Studio Explorers: Art Safari Tuesdays, 4–5 p.m. Wednesdays, 5–6 p.m. Thursdays, 4–5 p.m. Saturdays, 10-11 a.m. $245 members $275 nonmembers Studio Explorers provides an encouraging and supportive atmosphere for budding artists to develop creative thinking skills and experiment with a variety of art-making materials and techniques including painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, and sculpture. Inspired by the exhibition spring 2020 exhibitions, students will explore animals and their habitats. Drop-In Studio Sundays, 1-4 p.m. FREE with admission Get creative in our Drop-In Studio! Each week features a new art-making activity and gallery talk inspired by current exhibitions. Reservations not required and visitors of all ages are welcome! Adult Class Pet Portraiture 5-week course, 1/14-2/11 Tuesdays, 7-9:30 p.m. Capture your pet’s personality! Create a tribute to your furry or no furry friend. Anyone can create a pet portrait regardless of art experience. No guess work and no pressure. Bring an 8.5” x 11” photo print of your pet to the first day of class. $130 members $150 nonmembers Creative Aging Art in the Afternoon  2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month 2-3:30 p.m. Animal themes will be the topic of select Winter/Spring 2020 Art in the Afternoon sessions. Learn about art through tours, conversation, and related art projects. This studio-based program is designed for older adults. Advance online RSVP requested at montclairartmuseum.org Refreshments served. All levels of experience welcome. About the Montclair Art Museum (MAM) The Montclair Art Museum (MAM) boasts a renowned collection of American and Native American art that uniquely highlights art making in the United States over the last 300 years. The Vance Wall Art Education Center encompasses all the Museum’s educational efforts, including award-winning Yard School of Art studio classes, lectures and talks, family events, tours, and the mobile MAM Art Truck. MAM exhibitions and programs serve a wide public of all ages, from families and seniors to artists, educators, and scholars. Address: 3 South Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042 Website: montclairartmuseum.org Phone: 973-746-5555 Gallery & The Store at MAM Hours: Wednesdays through Sundays, 12–5 p.m. Free First Thursday Nights: 1st Thursday of the month (October–December, February- June), 5–9 p.m. Student & Senior Fridays: 1st Friday of the month, 12–5 p.m. Free admission for students and seniors with valid ID Admission: FREE members $12 nonmember adults $10 veterans, seniors, and students with valid ID FREE children under 12 All Museum programs are made possible, in part, by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, Carol and Terry Wall / The Vance Wall Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and Museum members.

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CCA – Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv Announces its 2020 Exhibition Programme. See below for the listings.!!!

CCA – Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv Announces its 2020 Exhibition Programme

Dear friends, CCA Tel Aviv is pleased to announce its 2020 exhibition programme. Situated in the heart of the city, CCA Tel Aviv is Israel’s foremost contemporary art institution, leading the forefront of the Israeli art scene for over 20 years, housing and commissioning works of major and emerging artists both locally and internationally. This coming year, CCA will collaborate with major art institutions locally and internationally to showcase 9 exhibitions, 8 solo and 1 major group exhibition, bringing together artists from around the globe. Among the 8 solo exhibitions, 4 will be devoted to the work of Sharif Waked, Nicholas Hlobo, Irma Blank, Enrique Ramírez, spanning from installation to drawing, from video to sculpture. 2020 will also bring one major group exhibition to CCA Tel Aviv, NOT IN MY NAME (working title), presenting works by artists do not work along and do not work under their own name. “NOT IN MY NAME (working title)” includes time-based art and site-specific installations and it will be accompanied by a rich educational program including artists talks, curator tours, panel discussions and kids’ workshops. We wish you a happy and prosperous year and hope to see you in 2020! Best, The team at CCA Tel Aviv

CCA Tel Aviv’s 2020 Highlights

Sharif Waked: Balagan February 18 – April 4, 2020 Through sustained reflection on aesthetics and politics, Sharif Waked (*1964, Nazareth; lives and works in Nazareth and Santa Barbara, California) has consistently pierced the absurdities of reality with playful and estranged encounters between various temporalities and cultural-historical products, and political events. On the occasion of his exhibition at CCA Tel Aviv, the artist adopted the word “Balagan,” as its title. This word, which means chaos, disarray and confusion, originally comes from the Persian word balachan, and it traveled across borders to other languages such as Russian, Yiddish, Lithuanian and Hebrew. For the exhibition Waked will present existing works alongside new works through a display specially conceived for the center ground and first floor gallery. The exhibition will include works from series – such as “Dot-Txt,” “Just A Moment,” and “Arabesque” – never presented before in Israel, as well as his iconic videos Chic Point (2003), To Be Continued (2009), and Bath Time (2012). The exhibition is curated by CCA Tel Aviv director Nicola Trezzi and it will be accompanied by a printed matter in English, Hebrew and Arabic.                                                                           Image: Sharif Waked, "Just a Moment No. 21 (Shit)", 2018. Video, 00:00:06 min (loop), 16:9, color, silent.  , 2012, still from video, 00:02:12 min, 16:9, color, silent.

Nicholas Hlobo: Nehushtan April 23 – June 20, 2020 Nicholas Hlobo (*1975, Cape Town; lives and works in Johannesburg) creates large sculptural structures and works on paper that explore ethnicity, masculinity, and sexual identity. His desire to ‘deconstruct’ pillars of civilization is often directed toward the relationship between image and language, which he questions through the conceptual employment of Islamic calligraphy and arabesques, and the opposition between abstraction and figuration, which he dismantles via the creation and appropriation of mosaiced and pixelized images. On the occasion of his exhibition at CCA Tel Aviv, Waked will present existing works alongside new works through a display specially conceived for the center ground and first floor gallery. The exhibition will include works from series – such as “Dot-Txt,” “Just A Moment,” and “Arabesque” – never presented before in Israel, as well as his iconic videos Chic Point (2003), To Be Continued (2009), and Bath Time (2012). The exhibition is curated by CCA Tel Aviv director Nicola Trezzi and it will be accompanied by a printed matter in English, Hebrew and Arabic.

Irma Blank: BLANK July 2 – August 29, 2020 The works of Irma Blank (*1934, Celle, Germany; lives and works in Milan) — whether on paper or canvas, large or small — assert themselves in this Apollonian space invaded by light. While at first glance one might consider Blank’s art as visual poetry, closer examination reveals how her path is a solitary and existential journey that reflects a private quest, resulting in a complete identification between writing, artwork, and life. Her calligraphy completely loses legibility through an exhausting ritual dictated either by the physical space of her arm’s movement, from left to right, or by the time articulated by the rhythm of her breath.                                                                                              Part of a large project presented in several institutions, the presentation in Tel Aviv will take place at CCA Tel Aviv, where she will present the large scale installation hdjt ljr, sound works and new works, but also at The Bauhaus Foundation in Tel Aviv, where she will insert works within the foundation permanent display of utilitarian design, and around the city, where she will recreate actions originally presented in Milan in the 1970s.                                                                                                The exhibition is guest curated by Johana Carrier and Joana Neves. It will be accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue in English, summarizing her exhibitions at Culturgest in Lisbon, Mamco in Geneva, CAPC in Bordeaux, CCA Tel Aviv, Museo Villa dei Cedri in Bellinzona, ICA Milano and Centre d’Art - Bombas Gens in Valencia. A booklet in English Hebrew and Arabic will accompany the presentation in Tel Aviv.

NOT IN MY NAME (working title) September 10 – November 11, 2020 The annual group exhibition at the center investigates the practice of artists who make art not under their own name – using different kind of pseudonyms agencies and conceptual umbrellas – and not alone – following different formats, working under communality, collectivity, and multiplicity. Bringing together artists either coming from or working in Italy, United States, Greece, Georgia, Japan, Russia, Lithuania, Sweden, Belgium, France, Hungary, Cuba, Spain, Israel, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Mexico, and Vietnam, the exhibition will be presented in four different cities and each city will have a different focus, from instruction-based works to videos, from site-specific commissions to curating exhibitions-within-the-exhibition, as these positions are all part of the participants’ multifaceted practices. At CCA Tel Aviv, “NOT IN MY NAME (working title)” will focus on instruction-based and ephemeral works and on works that have a strong community-based, metropolitan and political tone.      The exhibition, sprawling over the entire building and beyond, is curated by Nicola Trezzi, together with Christelle Havránek, Irena Popiashvili, and Ūla Tornau and it will be accompanied by an exhibition guide in English, Hebrew and Arabic. It is part of a collaboration between CCA Tel Aviv, Kunsthalle Tbilisi, Kunsthalle Praha, and CAC Vilnius. Image: Public Movement

Enrique Ramírez: What will we do… November 19, 2020 – January 16, 2021 Enrique Ramírez (*1979, Santiago de Chile; lives and works in Paris, Brussels, and Berlin) appreciates stories within stories, fictions straddling countries and epochs, the mirages between dream and reality. The artist often uses image and sound to construct a profusion of intrigues and to occupy the equilibrium between the poetic and the political.     His imaginary worlds are attached to one obsessional element – his thinking starts with the sea, a space for memory in perpetual movement.  For his exhibition at CCA Tel Aviv, the artist spent time in Tel Aviv and Jaffa in order to create works with different media that are inspired by specific sites in the city, to be presented at the center’s ground floor gallery. In addition, he will travel to Patagonia and research the so-called “Andinia Plan.” The result of his research will become a video, to be presented at the center’s multipurpose gallery.  The exhibition is guest curated by Marie Gautier and it will be accompanied by a printed matter in English, Hebrew and Arabic.

# # # Notes to Editor For press inquiries or high-resolution images of the exhibitions and CCA Tel Aviv, please contact Jacob Peres Office: Omer Shachar, omer@jpoglobal.com About CCA Tel Aviv CCA – Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv is housed in a municipal building that contains three galleries – ground floor, first floor and multipurpose galleries – in its approximately 300 square meter facilities. These spaces often come to life through solo exhibitions, 6 to 9 yearly, and have housed the work of major international artists who have not shown in Israel before, including Marina Abramović, Sharon Lockhart, Gary Hill, Rebecca Horn, and Christian Jankowski. Many important Israeli artists have had their first institutional solo exhibitions at CCA Tel Aviv, including Yael Bartana, Guy Ben Ner, Roee Rosen, Nir Evron, Michal Helfman, and Nira Pereg.  @ccatelaviv ​www.cca.org.il HISTORY CCA Tel Aviv was founded in 1998 to promote time-based contemporary artistic practices in Israel. Operating from a small room at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, CCA Tel Aviv revolutionized the art world in Israel by presenting the most cutting-edge local and international artwork. In addition to a series of video and experimental cinema screened from 1998 to 2005 at the Cinematheques throughout the country (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Rosh Pina, and Sderot), CCA Tel Aviv initiated and curated Blurrr – International Performance Art Biennial (2007-2009) and VideoZone – International Video Art Biennial (2002-2008); established the Fund for Video-Art and Experimental Cinema to support Israeli video art and experimental film; produced Artattack, a television program dedicated entirely to video art, broadcast from 2001 to 2004 on community television channels throughout the country; and founded the Video Archive that contains over 5000 video works from the 1960s to the present by Israeli and international artists. In November 2005, the Tel Aviv Municipality granted CCA Tel Aviv with its own building at the Rachel and Israel Pollak Gallery, where the center presents its exhibitions, projects, screenings, lectures, and performances. CCA Tel Aviv is an essential component of the cultural landscape in Israel and is committed to continuing to engage its public with groundbreaking contemporary art.