Anish Kapoor (2011) Monumenta Paris & Ark Nova, Japan

Anish Kapoor (1954)

Is a visual artist,British sculptor.

ANISH KAPOOR

Her works..

Mountain (1995)
Her Blood (1998), Polished steel sculpture that reflects all the surrounding space
Sky Mirror (2001), concave mirror Nottingham then 2006, new version at Rockefeller Center in New York
My Red Homeland (2003), presented in Austria
Ishi’s Light (2003) resin and lacquer, 3 150 × 2 500 × 2 240 mm, Tate Modern, London
Cloud Gate (2004), au Millennium Park de Chicago
Marsyas, who created the event at the Tate Modern
Leviathan, a cubic plaster sculpture
Melancholia (2005), 36 meters long with a height of 6,80 meters, inspired by the Contemporary Arts Museum of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels on the Grand-Hornu site
Swynb (2007), a red wax block running on rails located 1,50 m above the ground in the Museum of Fine Arts in Nantes as part of Estuary
Untitled (2008)
Dismemberment, Site 1 (2009), Gibbs Farm

Leviathan (2011), red PVC inflated monumental sculpture, performed for Monumenta 2011 at the Grand Palais, PARIS

The Orbit Tower (2011), metal tower, emblem of the Summer Olympics 2012 From london Dirty Corner (2011),
Made in Milan, then exposed 2015 in the gardens of Versailles

And an inflatable concert hall. Arche Nova by Anish Kapoor and Arata Isozaki (2013)
Two years after a major earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, architect Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor completed an inflatable mobile concert hall which will tour the affected areas.

Le Site d’Anish Kapoor

Leviathan (2011), red PVC inflated monumental sculpture,
performed for Monumenta 2011

MONUMENTA 2011

Anish Kapoor at the Grand Palais

Leviathan you 11 have 23 June 2011

Every year, Monumenta invites an internationally renowned artist to transform their vision on the vast nave of the Grand Palais in Paris and create a new work specifically for this space. Monumenta is an artistic interaction on an unparalleled scale, filling 13 500 m2 and a height of 35 m. For its fourth incarnation, the French Ministry of Culture and Communication has invited Anish Kapoor, one of the greatest artists of his generation, to produce a new work for the monumental space of the Nine, of 11 have 23 June 2011. Thirty years after his first exhibition in Paris, Monumenta marks the return of Anish Kapoor in the French capital. It is considered one of the most important sculptors of our time. His work has profoundly expanded the scope of contemporary sculpture, as much by his mastery of monumental scale by the colorful sensuality and apparent simplicity emanating from his works. All this contributes to the fascination they hold for the general public, as evidenced, for example, the popular success of Cloud Gate in Chicago.

LUCERNE FESTIVAL 2013 – JAPAN

An inflatable concert hall. Arche Nova by Anish Kapoor and Arata Isozaki (2013)

Two years after a major earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, architect Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor artist completed an inflatable mobile concert hall which will tour areas touchées.Lucerne Ark Nova Festival 2013 Matsushima Two years have passed since the earthquake unforgettable land and tsunami in eastern Japan.

Gradually, as time passes and the momentum of reconstruction decreases, Lucerne Festival, a leading European music festivals, officially launched the Lucerne Festival Ark Nova in partnership with a Japanese company concerts management in order to bring hope to the music in regions afflicted by the earthquake of the Great East Japan which hit 11 mars 2011. Lucerne Festival Ark Nova 2013 Matsushima will take place this fall in Matsushima-machi, in Miyagi Prefecture.

The international architect Arata Isozaki is working with India and UK resident sculptor Anish Kapoor to develop a mobile concert hall with a capacity of 500 people. In this room and around.

About Lucerne Festival Ark Nova

The Lucerne Festival Ark Nova was launched immediately after the great earthquake of the Lucerne Festival, Swiss International Music Festival. “ARK” as in “Noah’s Ark”, et NOVA, meaning “new”. In the famous legend of the Old Testament / Genesis, Noah bathes his family and animals on an ark, and after drainage, a rainbow sky form. In a nod to this story, we named the project "New Ark" Ark Nova with the hope that it will become a symbol of recovery immediately after the great earthquake disaster.

Ark Nova obviously cannot transport people and animals to escape the disaster, but we designed the ark to travel packed with music and various arts, from the point of view of long-term reconstruction of the culture and spirit. We also recalled a key concept that the Japanese folklorist Shinobu Orikuchi coined as "Marebito (sacred guests)». This is the concept that “marebito” foreign lands brought religions and festivals and has revitalized the company accordingly.

This could also be considered as the basis of existence of the arts. Ark Nova will visit all disaster areas as a "marebito" and generate activities focusing on each location, as it interacts with the locals. Although the project was born after the earthquake, we aim to develop a structure that can extend beyond reconstruction to create “ARK NOVA”, meaning “new arts”. Foreign lands brought religions and festivals and revitalized the company accordingly. This could also be considered as the basis of existence of the arts.

Although the project was born after the earthquake, we aim to develop a structure that can extend beyond reconstruction to create “ARK NOVA”, meaning “new arts”. Foreign lands brought religions and festivals and revitalized the company accordingly. This could also be considered as the basis of existence of the arts. Ark Nova will visit all disaster areas as a "marebito" and generate activities focusing on each location, as it interacts with the locals. Although the project was born after the earthquake, we aim to develop a structure that can extend beyond reconstruction to create “ARS NOVA”, meaning “new arts”.

Overview of the concert hall

The concert hall Ark Nova created by Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor is an inflated membrane structure that is equipped with sound equipment and its equipment. The membrane can be folded and disassembled equipment and loaded onto a truck, in order to be taken at each site. The interior is a single, uninterrupted space, depending on the arrangement of the equipment, is a multi-story format that can accommodate various events orchestras to chamber music, jazz, the arts or exhibitions. It is expected to attend 500 during an orchestra performance, and it is expected to have a width of 30m, a length of 36m and a maximum height of 18m.

This bright bubble of a building is an inflatable concert hall called Ark Nova outcome of a collaborative effort between the architect Arata Isozaki and internationally acclaimed artist Anish Kapoor and financial support of UBS. This is a refreshing idea that was conceived by the Lucerne Festival and the Japanese agency Kajimoto to provide the impetus and inspiration to tsunami survivors in the Japanese region of Higashi-Nihon. The hall will host 500-700 spectators for a jazz program, of dance, classical music and multimedia art projects by well-known artists worldwide.
Amorphous and entertaining form of the concert hall develops from a long entrance tunnel, whose red elastic skin widens outwardly and upwardly. The interior is designed as a single open space with the scene of the orchestra at one end that opposes the seats and the lobby to the other. The shape folds on itself in two places, creating interesting columnar structures that punctuate space, which gives it dynamism and energy. Shell, which is essentially the building, can be inflated and deflated quickly and can be folded for easy transport to and from numerous locations planned.

Nicknamed Arc Nova, designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki and British sculptor of Indian origin Anish Kapoola, the mobile structure will traverse areas devastated by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, hoping to offer some hope and encouragement to the disaster victims.
A tour is planned. The inaugural performance will take place on 12 October 2013 Matsushima, a coastal town in northeastern Japan devastated by the earthquake and tsunami 2011.
The project is a fascinating symbiosis between different arts and cultures, architecture, design, and that teaching music. Ark Nova was created with the support of the Lucerne Festival, and will host musical performances by international orchestras, and from traditional and Japanese folk concerts.
The inflatable architecture consists of a large purple membrane that can be rapidly inflated and deflated for easy transport. It takes 2 hours to inflate Arc Nova is able to accommodate up 700 people. The wooden benches were made during a workshop last August by volunteers who used the cedar wood from Zuiganji Temple of Matsushima damaged during the tsunami.