BASEL.- The automobile is the foremost cultural touchstone of the 20th century, reflecting the social and cultural development of the western world and beyond. Both technical device and instrument of locomotion, it offers the most highly developed and …
New Version of the Two-Man Orchestra Led by Wilhelm Bruck and Matthias Würsch at Museum Tinguely
BASEL.- Zwei-Mann-Orchester [Two-Man Orchestra] for two one-man orchestras (1971–73), described by its creator Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008) as an ‘unautonomous automatophone’, is surely one of the strangest yet most original pieces of contempor…
New Version of the Two-Man Orchestra at Museum Tinguely
BASEL.- Zwei-Mann-Orchester [Two-Man Orchestra] for two one-man orchestras (1971–73), described by its creator Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008) as an ‘unautonomous automatophone’, is surely one of the strangest yet most original pieces of contempor…
First Major Retrospective of the Artist Arman Presented by Museum Tinguely
BASEL.- From February 16 to May 15, 2011, Museum Tinguely is showing a comprehensive survey of the work of the artist Arman (1928-–2005). The exhibition is a cooperative project with Centre Pompidou in Paris, where it was presented last autumn to …
Museum Tinguely Displays Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in New Exhibition
BASEL.- The Museum Tinguely in Basel and Kunsthaus Graz are
co
organising an exhibition that addresses the subjects of “Artificial
Intelligence” and “Robotics”. The title Robot Dreams is borrowed from a
short
story of the same na…