<span style="font-style: italic;">"bend me, <span style="font-weight: bold;">twist me</span>, pull my hair"</span><br />aka<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"x marks the rot"</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6209/6156527144_7f26dd98aa_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6209/6156527144_7f26dd98aa_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 524px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6065/6156527044_b43c8ff8eb_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6065/6156527044_b43c8ff8eb_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 701px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />"bend me, <span style="font-weight: bold;">twist me</span>, pull my hair"</span><br />aka<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"x marks the rot"</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />images:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.ckr.se/">1. Claesson Koivisto Rune</a> </span></span>is a Swedish multidisciplinary design/architecture office based in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1995 by former University College of Arts classmates Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune. The office's design work spans from jewellery to toothbrushes to large buildings. Represented in Sweden, Japan, France, Germany, USA and Uruguay, their architectural language has been called<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> 'the epitome of the aesthetics of the new millennium'</span></span> (Paula Antonelli, Design Curator at MoMA)[1].<br /><br />Their furniture and product designs have been produced in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, England, Italy, USA and Japan. Claesson Koivisto Rune are the subject of five biographical publications, and their works appear in some 130 design/architecture books. They were the first Swedish achitectural office to be invited to exhibit at the international section of the Venice Biennale of architecture in 2004. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claesson_Koivisto_Rune"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">text from here</span></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. <a href="http://www.martosgallery.com/exhibitions/2011-09-08_we-begin-with-the-noise/"><span style="font-size:130%;">Martos Gallery </span></a></span>is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new works by<a href="http://davinasemo.net/"> </a><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://davinasemo.net/">Davina Semo</a>.</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> WE BEGIN WITH THE NOISE</span> presents works that repurpose the ubiquitous industrial landscape of chains, concrete and glass. The works are made by <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">etching, distressing, shattering and bending raw materials. </span>Much like heaps of scrap metal and collaged debris found on sidewalks and alleys, these works retain the forms of their own transformations.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">---------------------</span>

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