ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE ANNOUNCES
ART AND ARCHITECTURE LECTURES

The Architectural League is proud to present an exciting series of events
for those interested in art, technology, and the built-environment.

Media contact:
Gregory Wessner, Special Projects Manager, at wessner@archleague.org

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October 31, 2005/New York-The Architectural League is proud to present an
exciting series of events for those interested in art, technology, and the built-
environment. In celebration of its 125th anniversary, the Architectural League
examines the intersection between architecture and other creative disciplines
with an ongoing series of lectures and symposia titled “Architecture and…”
Two upcoming discussions will look critically at ways in which sound and
installation art are working in concert with architectural design.


ARCHITECTURE AND SOUND

Erik Carlson, Alvin Lucier, Joel Sanders, Ben Rubin, Karen Van Lengen,
and Meejin Yoon

Thursday, November 10
The Urban Center
457 Madison Avenue
6:30 p.m.

A presentation and discussion of several new projects that explore the use of
sound in architectural space. Among the projects that will be discussed are
“Hearways,” a collaboration between Joel Sanders/JSA, Ben Rubin/Ear Studio,
and Karen Van Lengen; a project for a Washington, D.C. sidewalk by Erik
Carlson and Meejin Yoon; and several sound pieces by sound artist Alvin Lucier.

Admission is free for League members, $10 for non-members.
League members only may make reservations by calling 212-980-3767, or
emailing info@archleague.org


ARCHITECTURE AND ART: ARCHITECTURE AS PLATFORM

Peter Zumthor in conversation with Olafur Eliasson

Monday, November 21
The Great Hall, Cooper Union
7 East 7th Street
6:30 p.m.

Peter Zumthor's design for the Kunsthaus Bregrenz embodies its artistic mission
to provide “an open platform for the artwork as well as for the audience.” Over the
past four years, the Kunsthaus Bregrenz has held exhibitions by over two dozen
artists including Olafur Eliasson, Louise Bourgeois, Pierre Huyghe, Mariko Mori,
Anish Kapoor, Jenny Holzer, Thomas Demand, and Rachel Whiteread.

Artist Olafur Eliasson, born and educated in Copenhagen, and currently based
in Berlin, has used water, light, temperature and pressure as means of exploring
perception. His 2001 installation “ The Mediated Motion” at the Kunsthaus Bregenz
was comprised of a series of spaces filled with water, fog, earth, wood, fungus and
duckweed, creating a multi sensory gallery experience.

Organized by Kunsthaus Bregenz and the Austrian Cultural Forum for KUB in NYC.
Co-sponsored by the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union.

Admission is free. No reservations. First-come, first-served.