16 January - 8 February 2013 - Galerija Meandar
MSUV - Museum Savremene Umetnosti Vojvodine - Serbia

Artists: Ivana Stojanović (Srbija), Daniel Kariko (SAD), Fernando Guerra (Portugal)

The exhibition displays, side by side, three specific photographic studies in which architecture is directly or indirectly present as a theme, as a reflection of certain social phenomena. The photo series touched several topics concerning the relationship of architecture and photography: from curatorial questions about what kind of dialogue can exist between these two creative disciplines, to think about all situations where architecture recognize the problems of culture, economics and environment.

Aircraft Carrier surveys the period between two crises of capitalism, 1973 and 2008, to understand the radical change in Israeli architecture. The eventful year of 1973 marks a watershed in the workings of global capitalism, in the American strategic interest in the Middle East, and in Israel’s social, economic and political structures. Together, these elements, shaped by territorial struggles and energy crises, dramatically transformed Israeli architecture. The exhibition deals with this transformative period and with the American influences through which its innovations, and tragedies, were enabled.

The exhibition is accompanied by a book, published by German publisher Hatje Cantz and edited by the curators, which contextualizes the phenomena in larger transformative processes. The book include Texts by Milton Friedman, Justin Fowler, and Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen and Visual works by participating artists and by Baltimore-based graphic designers Post Typography.

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Fernando Guerra foi convidado a criar um artigo mensal na Wallpaper* online, no qual escolhe os projetos que fotografou do ar durante cada mês. A editora da revista Ellie Stathaki fez a apresentação da colaboração, agora publicada no site da Wallpaper*:

Architecture from the Air: Part I
By Fernando Guerra

For most of us, architecture is predominantly experienced from the ground, but there is something about the aerial view that fascinates. More often than not, it remains the privilege of high-rise living or part of the fun of flying, but it also reveals a rare way of experiencing design and one that shows architecture within its surroundings from a unique angle; be it a single building, a complex or a landscape.

To bring you a new, elevated perspective, we've teamed up with portuguese photographer Fernando Guerra. He and his team have been experimenting with cameras attached to a lightweight, flying drone. For part one of a new series, we show you a selection of new and recent architecture projects in Portugal and beyond - all seen from air. Check back soon for the next instalment.

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Fernando Guerra has been behind a camera since he was 16 years old. His life has taken him on a considerable journey to document the most pivotal architecture of our generation. You might not know it, but you know his work. If you have seen the architecture of Álvaro Siza, Isay Weinfeld, Arthur Casas, or Zaha Hadid, then you have seen the photographs of Guerra. After working with Guerra for the past two years, publishing an array of his photographs on KNSTRCT, we thought it was time to hear the voice of such a monumental figure in the world of architecture.

Guerra is a humble man, passionate, talented and if you ask his brother, he’s a workaholic. Together, Fernando and his brother Sérgio, formed Ulitmas Reportagens, an image bank full of Fernando’s high quality photographs back in 2004. Fernando says Ultimas Reportagens “started based on this idea of sharing and today has become a mandatory stopping point for any architect to pass through. It will be online forever. These works will never cease being available online. And in 20 or 30 years, the children I photographed in a house will be able to see themselves in their parents’ house, when the house was new. It ends up almost being a time capsule.”

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Galaxy Soho by Zaha Hadid architects
Shoot by Fernando Guerra in Beijing last December

"Galaxy Soho constitutes a new office, retail and entertainment complex for the heart of this great Chinese city – matching its grand scale. The complex comprises five continuous flowing volumes, set apart yet fused or linked by a sequence of stretched bridges. Each volume adapts outwards, generating a panoramic architecture devoid of corners or abrupt transitions.

Galaxy Soho reinvents the great interior courts of Chinese antiquity to create an internal world of continuous open spaces. Here, architecture no longer incorporates rigid blocks, but instead comprises volumes which coalesce to achieve continuous mutual adaptation and fluid movement between buildings. Shifting plateaus impact upon each other to generate a deep sense of immersion and envelopment, allowing visitors to discover intimate spaces as they move deeper in the building.

The structure’s three lower levels contain retail and entertainment facilities, those above provide works spaces for innovative businesses of many kinds, while top levels are dedicated to bars, restaurants and cafes – many with views along the city’s great avenues".

Zaha Hadid Architects

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A dimensão que faltava…
FG+SG Fotografia aérea

Depois de mais de um ano a desenvolver e adaptar equipamento que nos permitisse explorar a dimensão que nos faltava, chegou o momento de anunciar o novo serviço da FG+SG de recolha de imagens aéreas. Uma forma complementar de ver a arquitetura na paisagem, sem os custos associados de um avião ou helicóptero. 

Neste último ano modificámos várias máquinas fotográficas até encontrar a ideal para cada tipo de vôo, tendo experimentado paralelamante várias formas de as controlar remotamente. Redesenhámos o nosso drone e fabricámos novas peças. Experimentámos diversos motores e hélices até conseguir uma máquina que, por ser em fibra de carbono, é leve, robusta e com autonomia suficiente para nos garantir as condições de vôo ideais de forma a obter as imagens que o nosso cliente pretende.

As fotografias são da autoria de Fernando Guerra que com a colaboração do nosso "piloto", o mais recente membro da nossa equipa, garantem o enquadramento e a qualidade desejáveis.

Esta nova opção, ao possibilitar o registo de imagens do projecto visto do ar, seja ele um edifício, uma parte de cidade ou um campo de golf, permite complementar uma sessão tradicional com uma nova dimensão. 

Informações sobre este novo serviço no ultimasreportagens.com a biblioteca portuguesa de projetos de arquitetura. 

Agora com mais uma dimensão.

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