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Kunsthaus Graz: Friendly Alien

Written on December 17, 2007 by KiwiPulse - Posted in Architecture

This gigantic building called the “Friendly Alien” was built in 2003 for the European Capital of Culture Celebrations. It’s also an architectural landmark in Graz, Austria. Kunsthaus Graz is a museum for contemporary art. It’s made of 5000 square meters of steel, foam glasses and acrylics with an arbitrarily curved surface. Its unusual form differs radically from conventional exhibition contexts, many of which maintain the traditions of the modernist “White Cube”.

The BIX Facade is a permanent light and media installation for the museum. A matrix of 930 fluorescent lamps integrated into the acrylic glass facade of the biomorophic building at the east side. Brilliantly designed, the lamps’ brightness can be adjusted at an infinite variability at 20 frames per second images with films and animations being displayed. Just amazing!

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4 Responses so far
  1. Beautiful minds on December 18th, 2007 at 5:57 am

    Dear,
    this is taking a lil time to load…

    Take care..

  2. Dining Room Table on December 18th, 2007 at 9:16 am

    Fantastic! Must really be spectacular when seen personally. Great photographs.

  3. offendedblogger on December 18th, 2007 at 7:48 pm

    Thank goodness I have lightning speed internet.

    You guys are way cooler than we Americans. Our stuff is so boring compared to yours!! :oops:

  4. ¿Sabes lo que es esto y donde está? La solución: Kunsthaus Graz on March 16th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    [...] Por desgracia, ni Google Maps ni Live Search Maps tienen imágenes precisas del museo (¡ni siquiera de la ciudad!, y eso que con unos 300.000 habitantes, es la segunda ciudad más grande de Austria), pero se pueden ver más fotos en este fantástico artículo sobre el museo, o este otro [...]

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