Marcos Zotes in the Biennal di Venezia.
11/09/2012.
Biennal di Venezia. [VEN] Italy. 29/08 - 25/11/2012
metalocus, SERGIO CIDONCHA.
metalocus, SERGIO CIDONCHA.
Architect Marcos Zotes participates in the 13th International Architecture Exhibition la Biennale di Venezia, where his project “CCTV / Creative Control” is presented in the U.S. Pavilion as part of “Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good”, from August 29th to November 25th in Venice, Italy.
13th International Architecture Exhibition la Biennale di Venezia. Image courtesy of © Marcos Zotes.
CCTV / Creative Control. Image courtesy of © Marcos Zotes.
CCTV / Creative Control. Image courtesy of © Marcos Zotes.
CCTV / Creative Control. Image courtesy of © Marcos Zotes.
Spontaneous Interventions. Image courtesy of © Marcos Zotes.
Spontaneous Interventions. Image courtesy of © Marcos Zotes.
The curators of the American Pavilion, The Institute for Urban Design in New York, explain the aim of the exhibition:
Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good celebrates those who act, who take the initiative to transform problematic urban situations into new opportunities or amenities to be shared by the public, without waiting for clients or permission, and in some cases, risking fines or arrest. Rolling up one’s sleeves, personally bankrolling or finding creative sources of funding, using every tool at hand to network and form tribes, mobilizing for the sake of shared passions, and simply making things happen—these are the modi operandi of a new class of citizen activists who are changing the shape of cities.
(Txt.- Curator: Cathy Lang Ho. Curators: Ned Cramer, David van der Leer. Deputy Curators: Paola Antonelli, Anne Guiney, Zoe Ryan, Michael Sorkin)
The project “CCTV / Creative Control”, (New York, 2011) of Marcos Zotes, seeks to question the oppressive mechanisms and discourses implemented in the city through the temporary appropriation of public space. The intervention consists of a video projection displaying an over-sized eye onto the lower surface of the 10-storey-high Milton Street water tower in Brooklyn, New York. Still the highest point in the area, until it is dwarfed by new gentrification plans, the water tower exists as a relic of the neighborhood’s industrial past. The intervention temporarily transforms this iconic landmark into a discernible CCTV tower, raising questions of private control over public space in the urban context.
Date: August 29th to November 25th, 2012.
Venue: Ca' Giustinian, San Marco 1364/A, 30124 Venice, Italy.
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MARCOS ZOTES
Marcos Zotes (Madrid, 1977), currently living and working in Reykjavik, Iceland. Marcos is the Director of UNSTABLE, a design and research laboratory that explores the social and political aspects of architecture in relation to the urban context. Through the use of technology, multi-disciplinary collaboration, and citizen participation his interventions challenge the limitations of urban public space and provide opportunities for debate, autonomy, and interaction with the urban environment. Marcos received a Professional Diploma in Architecture from London Metropolitan University, and a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University. In addition, Marcos teaches design studios at Iceland Academy of the Arts in Reykjavik. More info at: www.unstablespace.com
Main awards:
2012 "Menningarnótt" Reykjavik Culture Night Grant. Reykjavik. / 1st Prize/ProcessRoom, MadridArtProcess 2012, Madrid. / 1st Prize/Reykjavik Winter Lights Festival 2012, Iceland. / Kinne Traveling Fellowship. GSAPP, Columbia University, New York. / Gatsby Charitable Foundation Fund. CU Arts Initiative, New York.
2011 Honor Award for Excellence in Design. GSAPP, Columbia University, New York. / Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize. GSAPP, Columbia University, New York. / Iceland Concrete Award (with Basalt Arkitektar), Iceland. / DV Culture Award (with Basalt Arkitektar), Iceland.
2009 La Caixa Fellowship for Post-graduate Study in USA, Spain. / 1st Prize/Master in Interior Design Scholarship. Istituto Europeo di Design, Madrid. / Shortlisted/International Award for Architecture Diploma. ACXT / IDOM, Spain.
2008 Finalist/SPACE Prize for International Students of Architecture. Jury: Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA).
