'Hansel and Gretel Arenas' by Andrés Jaque
05/03/2013.
[VIDEO] Hänsel y Gretel. Casa Encendida [MAD] Spain
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A small performance in the temporary “Hansel & Gretel Tales” pavilion, designed by Andrés Jaque and the Office for Political Innovation, mounted on the roof of La Casa Encendida, in Madrid.
'Hansel and Gretel Arenas' by Andrés Jaque. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal
'Hansel and Gretel Arenas' by Andrés Jaque. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal
'Hansel and Gretel Arenas' by Andrés Jaque. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal
'Hansel and Gretel Arenas' by Andrés Jaque. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal por Andrés Jaque. Fotografía por Imagen Subliminal
'Hansel and Gretel Arenas' by Andrés Jaque. Photograph by Imagen Subliminal
'Hansel and Gretel Arenas' by Andrés Jaque. Photograph by Imagen Subliminaletel» por Andrés Jaque. Fotografía por Imagen Subliminal
The full story was published in METALOCUS [Opening 'Las arenas de Hänsel y Gretel]
‘Hänsel & Gretel’s Arenas’ is a temporary pavilion to hold a number of discussions in which children and adults, with the assistance of marionettes, will debate the ethics contained in the tale ‘Hänsel & Gretel’. It is constructed on the roof of La Casa Encendida, the most active cultural centre in Madrid.
The structure is composed of more than 6.000 hanging decorative objects and toys. A cloud of colourful light plastic elements, all of them designed originally to awaken desires in people of different ages and massively produced by dislocated industrial networks. The construction offers a post-marketing version of the witch’s children trap of ginger cookies.
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Design and Production Team
Paloma Villarmea. Santiago Benenati. Roberto González. William Mondejar. Diego Penche. Daia Stéeová.
Children Interaction
María Jaque.
Marionettes
Carmen Ovejero, Silvia Talacková.
Discussion Board
Elena Casado, Andrés Fernández Rubio, Miguel Mesa, Ruth Toledano.
Photographs and video
Miguel de Guzmán. Imagen Subliminal.
Music
Oskar Schuster
ANDRÉS JAQUE
Andrés Jaque, holds a Ph.D. in architecture. He is the founder of the Office for Political Innovation and the Dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, New York.
In 2014 he received the Silver Lion at the 14th Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, Biennale di Venezia.
He is the author of award-winning projects such as Plasencia Clergy House (Dionisio Hernández Gil Prize), House in Never Never Land (Mies Van der Rohe European Union Award's finalist), TUPPER HOME (X Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo), or ESCARAVOX (COAM Award 2013). He has also developed architectural performances as well as installations that question political frameworks through architectural practice; including IKEA Disobedients (MoMA Collection, 2011); PHANTOM. Mies as Rendered Society (Mies Barcelona Pavilion, 2012) or Superpowers of Ten (Lisbon Triennale, 2014).
Andrés Jaque is a Professor of Advanced Design at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) and Visiting Professor at Princeton University's School of Architecture.
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