
Snow Show
Lance Fung(Author)
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 14. March 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-500-23819-6 (ISBN)
Description
Seventeen collaborations in snow and ice between international architects and artists, The Snow Show took place in early 2004 in a remote area of Finnish Lapland. A short introduction by curator Lance Fung explains the history and ideas behind this exceptional event and the individual artworks. This is followed by a lavish 144-page full-colour portfolio of the finished projects, ranging from room-sized cylindrical ice-block lanterns to an 81-metre-square mosaic of frozen designer waters and an amphitheatre made from snow.The artworks are ordered by construction technique: compacted snow, cast ice, harvested ice and experimental processes. Printing on a different stock in two icy colours, the remaining 64 pages explain the techniques used to make each structure, with project descriptions written by the artists and architects themselves. With exquisite photography, detailed plans and sketches, the book is a celebration of overcoming natures harshest conditions with ingenuity, elegance and beauty.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
233 illustrations, 111 in colour
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-23819-6 (9780500238196)
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Person
Lance Fung owns his own gallery in New York City, where he has exhibited work by a number of the artists in the book.
Content
Eva Rothschild / Anamorphosis; Yoko Ono / Arata Isozaki; John Roloff / Diller & Scofidio Lawrence Wiener / Enrique Norten; Jene Highstein / Steven Holl; Robert Barry / Hollmen-Reuter-Sandman; Tatsuo Miyajima / Tadao Ando; Anish Kapoor / Future Systems; Rachel Whiteread / Juhani Pallasmaa; Kiki Smith / Lebbeus Woods; Osmo Rauhala / Asymptote Top Chantrakul / LOT-ek; Do-Ho Suh / Morphosis; Ernesto Neto / Ocean North; Lothar Hemple / Studio Granda; Carsten Holler / Williams & Tsien; Cai Guo-Qiang / Zaha Hadid