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Terre Natale on Raddest Right Now

admin — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:00:52 +0000

Eleanor Weber has written up the Terre Natale exhibition on Raddest Right Now. Regarding our exhibition piece she writes “Virilio’s second part is an amazing visualization of global migration in graph- and stat- form. It’s so clever and surprisingly easy to follow [. . .] it’s one of the coolest things I’ve seen since An Inconvenient Truth, and possibly more effective. It is an astounding piece of work to experience in a gallery context.” See Terre Natale on Stewdio at http://stewdio.org/work/terrenatale/.

Terre Natale surpasses 40,000 visitors

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:00:07 +0000

The Terre Natale exhibition at the Fondation Cartier in Paris has surpassed 40,000 visitors since opening at the end of November and the show’s run is only halfway through. Those are blockbuster numbers according to Cartier. We are very proud to be included in this exhibition. Catch it before the curtains come down on March 15th.

Praise for Terre Natale

admin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:00:50 +0000

The exhibition Terre Natale at the Fondation Cartier in Paris has received praise from gallery visitors, curators, and the press. Opening night was absolutely packed. A long queue formed at the entrance to our Exits II rotunda gallery with some visitors waiting over an hour for admittance. (We sincerely thank them for their good humored patience.) We’ve received reports that queues have continued to form outside the gallery these past few weeks; visitors waiting for their turn to enter the dark rotunda, recline on the carpet floor, and absorb themselves in the surrounding data animations.

Terre Natale has recently been featured in the International Herald Tribune, France’s Le Monde, and Esquire Magazine’s “Best and Brightest” issue with the article Four Innovative Mapmakers Re-inventing the Very Idea of Maps. You may also visit the Terre Natale project on Stewdio.

Terre Natale opening tonight

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:00:16 +0000

The exhibition Terre Natale opens this evening at the Fondation Cartier in Paris. This program was curated by Hervé Chandes and features works framed by artist Raymond Depardon and cultural theorist Paul Virilio. Stewdio’s Stewart Smith has been deeply involved in the design and production of Terre Natale: Exits II in collaboration with Elizabeth Diller, Jeremy Linzee, Robert Gerard Pietrusko, Laura Kurgan, Mark Hansen, Aaron Meyers, Michael Doherty, and Hans-Christoph Steiner.

Congratulations to Ben Rubin and his Ear Studio for their work on Exits I and much gratitude for their contributions to Exits II. A very special thank-you to Bernd Lintermann for contributing his panoramic projection system and incredibly sharp eyes. And finally, we are in great debt to our Cartier counterparts Francois Gemenne, Ilana Shamoon, and Marta Niedzwiecka who assisted us above and beyond the call of duty to ensure Exits II told a cohesive and well-translated story.

See Stewdio’s Terre Natale project page at http://stewdio.org/work/terrenatale.

Terre Natale exhibition in Paris

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:00:14 +0000

Stewdio is temporarily relocating to Paris next week to conclude a five-month collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro architects. (Stewdio phone and email will be redirected to Paris; meetings to be held via Skype.) The exhibition, Terre Natale, opens at the Fondation Cartier the evening of November 20th. It will be on view from the 21st until 15 March 2009. Our collaborative work, framed by French philosopher Paul Virilio, will appear on Cartier’s lower gallery under the title Terre Natale: Exits. It is divided into two works: Exits I, the larger open gallery piece designed by DS+R and Ear Studio; Exits II, the rotunda enclosure with immersive projection video designed by a team of collaborators including Stewdio.

Diller Scofidio + Renfro

admin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:00:31 +0000

Stewdio has joined a project headed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for the Fondation Cartier in Paris. Principal collaborators include Ear Studio and L00K. The product of this collaboration will be a data visualization of contemporary human migration patterns to be exhibited at the Fondation Cartier in November; framed by renowned French philosopher Paul Virilio. Stewdio’s responsibilities will initially include assisting with content development, managing visual strategies, and programmatic sketching.