| MTÜ (NGO) KAOS | Tallinn2011 – European Capital of Culture |
"A Path in the Forest"
The LIFT11 festival of urban installations tries out different forms of urban art specific to their location. The idea is to shine the spotlight on everyday urban space and its use, from areas that are charged with layers of meaning to places people tend not to take much notice of as part of their daily routine. The city is a much more diverse place than the picture-postcard view suggests, enriched by the different ways in which it is used, the different identities it takes on, the different habits it has and the different stories it tells of its past. The festival installations, somewhere on the border between art and architecture, are one-off, temporary actions designed to make people more aware of the space they inhabit. The designers of the pieces, chosen through a public competition, are artists residing in Estonia, and there is an additional programme for international partnership projects. The preparation programme running from autumn 2010 to spring 2011, which will be open to all, will involve reading groups, lectures, debates and smaller actions related to themes of public art.
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Tetsuo Kondo was born in Ehime prefecture in 1975.
After graduating from Nagoya institute of technology in 1999, worked for Kazuyo Sejima and associates and SANAA from 1999 to 2006. He established Tetsuo Kondo Architects in 2006.
He has received the residential architecture award in 2008, Chair design competition "Landscape with chair" grand prix in 2009, AR House awards runners up in 2011.
His works include "House with Gardens" (2007), "Surutokoro" (2009), "Cloudscapes at 12th international architecture exhibition (collaborate with Transsolor)" (2010), "A Path in The Forest" (2011).
He is currently a lecturer at Tama art university, Japan women's university, Nagoya institute of technology.
Architect. Born in Toyama, Japan in 1971. Lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia.
Graduated from Yokohama National University in 1994 and received Master of Architecture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1999. Worked at Rafael Viñoly Architects, New York prior to leaving for Estonia. In Tallinn founded Head Arhitektid in 2001. Since 2004 has been a partner in HGA (Hayashi-Grossschmidt Arhitektuur).
