From now until February 3, Chicagoans can leap into Snarkitecture ’s The Beach Chicago, back in the states after serving its last tour of duty in Sydney, Australia. Snarkitecture's work is focused on designing within existing spaces or collaboration with other artists and designers. For those looking to catch a break from the snow, Chicago's Navy Pier has been transformed into a giant ball pit. All rights reserved. “But it will also be a fun and exciting process that will ultimately result in a truly unique experience for Chicago in the wintertime—we hope our guests are able to feel a sense of escape from the winter weather and a creative outlet through this installation.” After making its debut in Washington D.C. in 2015, as well as various national and international stops—Tampa, Sydney, Paris and Bangkok—the installation comes to Navy Pier in alignment with Besides its playful approach to public art and design that provides a fun-time activity for people of all ages—whether they choose to pretend-swim in an ocean of plastic balls, pretend-sunbathe on a lounge chair, pretend-play in the sand or simply enjoy a cold beverage while people-watching—The Beach works on multiple levels.

Snarkitecture is a New York-based collaborative design practice established to investigate the boundaries between disciplines. The design collective known as Snarkitecture headed by partners Alex Mustonen, Daniel Arsham, and Ben Porto will bring their highly instagrammable, interactive, cool kids loving experience to Chicago for two weeks, and its all for free thanks in part to The Chicago Free For All Fund at The Chicago Community Trust, the Navy Pier Associate Board and Hilton Worldwide. We look forward to bringing modern-day elements into this century-old venue!”But bringing The Beach to life didn’t come without its set of challenges: one was the one-million recyclable plastic spheres: “Boxes and boxes were loaded onto shipping containers and have traveled across oceans—all the way from Sydney!—to get here, and it will require lots of time and hands to empty them all in time for the opening,” Boone says. With its latest and largest installation, Snarkitecture combined its sharp digital and messy organic approaches into a single installation at the National Building Museum that opened earlier this month. Her writing—reviewing museum exhibitions, gallery shows, art fairs, fashion shows, and music festivals among others—has been published nationally and internationally both in print and online.

A pier extends out into the ‘sea’, allowing people to stand in the center of the space and watch others, while an island invites exploration and discovery. In 2017, she founded and now serves as editor-in-chief of Rainbowed.—an independently published website focused on the visual and performing arts, digital media, and popular culture. Another White House. Greek-born Vasia Rigou is a Chicago-based art critic and pop culture journalist, largely on the subjects of contemporary art, design, and fashion. Arsham and Mustonen met while studying at the Cooper Union in New York City and established Snarkitecture as a formal practice in 2008.

Interested visitors can find the 1.1-million-ball-beach The 18,000-square-foot space on the pier has been transformed into a full “beach,” complete with umbrellas, lifeguard stations, inflatables, lounge chairs, and the appropriate signage. One million translucent balls. in Washington DC, The Beach has traveled to Tampa, Florida; Sydney, Australia for The Sydney Festival; Paris, The Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, France; Bangkok, Thailand; Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan. Talk: Snarkitecture — The Beach Chicago. She moved to Chicago in 2013 to study Arts Journalism at the School of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC,) where she was awarded the New Artist Society Merit Scholarship. Created by Snarkitecture, one million monochromatic, antimicrobial balls have taken over the Aron Grand Ballroom alongside deck chair seating and pool toys in order to give the controlled 72-degree environment a beach day vibe.

“We felt that the contrast between the contemporary look of the installation and the historical background of the space is especially interesting as the Aon Grand Ballroom is an accredited landmark, originally designed by architect Charles Sumner Frost and constructed in 1916 as part of Navy Pier’s original structure. “As far as inspiration, we look to the actual beach experience,” says Benjamin Porto of New York-based collaborative design practice, Bringing the outside in, the installation effectively reimagines the sensation of a day at the beach while providing a very different version—partly because of Snarkitecture’s clean, bright white aesthetic. And powerful design has been a driving force in its success. (6pm) The interactive installation, The Beach Chicago, is … Poured Architecture: Sergio Prego on Miguel Fisac Opening ReceptionSergio Prego with Patxi Eguíluz, Carlos Copertone, and Iker Gil “Sure, people will document their experience inside the installation—this is especially true with a project like The Beach,” Porto says, “but we want them to have a meaningful physical experience while they’re there… Be present!”Chicago Architecture Biennial: Nick Cave and Studio Gang team up at Navy Pier with Stage Buoys and Soundsuits “Up Right Chicago” will feature ten initiates and ten practitioners, including Cave and longtime project partner, Bob Faust, anchored by the more than 200 Studio Gang-designed Stage Buoys.Design Fireworks: The Future of Navy Pier Comes with a New LogoChicago Architecture Biennial: Sweet Water Foundation Rebuilds Chicago NeighborhoodsChicago Architecture Biennial: Democratizing Archives: A Q&A with Bianca Bova of The Chicago Architectural Preservation Archive Chicago is constantly growing and changing shape. Join us for a talk by Alex Mustonen and Benjamin Porto of the New York-based collaborative design practice Snarkitecture.

She moved to Chicago in 2013 to study Arts Journalism at the School of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC,) where she was awarded the New Artist Society Merit Scholarship. Visitors ascend a ramp before entering an all-white enclosure, where the floor descends towards the highlight of the experience – an ocean of over one million recyclable, antimicrobial plastic balls. Graham Foundation | 4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL.


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