SO-AD / BLOG http://so-ad.com/blog Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:19:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 New website and blog. http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=191 http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=191#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:19:36 +0000 admin http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=191 As mentioned in a previous note, I am in the process of phasing out the name SO-AD. A few people have asked “why now?” and have offered excellent advice. The primary reason is that SO-AD was a group of people. Through its 9 year (wow!) life, SO-AD grew and shrank, shed and added people, and transitioned from a big idea to a solid small studio. Today, SO-AD is essentially just me. Jason Morris continues to work on exciting projects in Pittsburgh, including the final project that we began together, a single family house crafted out of a building that originally housed a trolley car depot. Jason is also teaching a variety of classes at Carnegie Mellon, while also assembling an army of adorable blond-haired, blue-eyed sons. Jason and I remain great friends and I look forward to working on projects with him again in the future.

So, let the shift occur. The SO-AD URL will remain, but it will soon redirect to my new website: http://burnsdavid.com. And this blog will now live here: http://burnsdavid.com/blog. I hope you will all follow me there….

All the best,
David

]]> http://so-ad.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=191 0 CO-ISOLATED Update http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=184 http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=184#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:51:48 +0000 admin http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=184 Co-isolated_Logo2

At the risk of over-exposure, I’d like to remind you about CO-ISOLATED. The show is a one-night (plus symposium) affair, so we’ll see you on Friday April 16th, no? For a detailed map, click here.

We’ve just confirmed that renowned Australian sculptor Ken Unsworth will open the show Friday. Also, the symposium panel for Saturday now includes Andrew Benjamin, Adam Geczy, Adam Jasper along with Adrian Lahoud and Tarsha Finney.

For full details, please visit: http://so-ad.com/co-isolated

See you Friday!

]]> http://so-ad.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=184 0 CO-ISOLATED exhibition: 16 April 2010 http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=179 http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=179#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:14:51 +0000 admin http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=179 Co-isolated_Logo1

CO-ISOLATED, an exhibition of new work by Richard Goodwin, Michael Snape and David Burns, will take place the weekend of 16 April 2010 in a 3000 square meter (30,000 s.f. from my American brothers and sisters) warehouse in the Alexandria suburb of Sydney.

I’m very excited about this show. I’ll be exhibiting a new piece that follows Triptych 01 of 2009, but at a significantly larger scale. Richard is planning a new performative piece that should not be missed and Michael is working with large foam plinths. Oh yes.

If you’re on this side of the planet, please stop by on Friday 16 April. It’s going to be huge.

Full details here: http://so-ad.com/co-isolated.  And on Facebook.

See you there!

]]> http://so-ad.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=179 0 MAS Context “University Works” out now http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=175 http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=175#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:50:24 +0000 admin http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=175 MAS Context, an architectural journal from Chicago, has recently released its new issue titled, University Works.

Their words:

University Works relates some of the most promising architecture work developed in universities around the world during the recent academic years. This work has been selected by curators directly involved at each of the universities. University Works wants to know and share what is produced in different contexts, establish parallels, understand challenges, and discover opportunities.
Discuss, Enjoy, Participate.

Last October I was in Chicago giving a talk at UIC and Iker invited me to curate some projects from my current home, the University of Technology, Sydney. I picked a few projects from the M.Arch Encapsulations studio I ran last year with Adam Jasper, a couple of projects from Adrian Lahoud and Sam Spurr’s Post-Traumatic Urbanism studio, and a couple of undergraduate projects as well. The students were stoked to be involved and we owe Iker a huge high five.

Download or order your copy of MAS Context University Works here.

]]> http://so-ad.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=175 0 UPDATE http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=171 http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=171#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:20:31 +0000 admin http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=171 It’s time for a change. Over the next few weeks (or months), I’ll be slowly phasing out SO-AD. It’s bittersweet.

In the meantime, there is a lot happening. I am now directing a new program at UTS, the Bachelor of Design in Photography and Situated Media. My exhibition with Richard Goodwin and Michael Snape, Co-isolated, is back on schedule and opening on April 16th. And finally, I was recently invited to be on the advisory panel for Open Agenda, a new competition for young Australian architects.

Apologies for the radio silence. I’m back.

-David

]]> http://so-ad.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=171 0 AGENDA WINS ONE http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=165 http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=165#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:18:42 +0000 admin http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=165 Pleased to hear this week that AGENDA won a bronze medal from the NSW State Awards for Excellence in Print. Nice one!

]]> http://so-ad.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=165 0 “AGENDA” UPDATE: SECOND EDITION AND STOCKIST LIST http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=161 http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=161#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:49:17 +0000 admin http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=161 On a slightly more upbeat note, the first print run of AGENDA is now sold out and a second printing has just arrived. We’re pretty excited about that and are humbled by the response.

For those looking to buy one, copies of the book are on their way to bookstores across Australia as we speak. Our distributor tells us they should be available at the following stores:

Sydney
Architext
Published Art
Gleebooks
UNSW bookshop
Kinokuniya
Museum of Sydney Bookshop

Melbourne
Architext
Metropolis Books
Readings Carlton
Avenue Bookstore
Melbourne Co-op Bookshop, RMIT

Adelaide
Unibooks Citywest campus

Brisbane
Folio Books

Perth
Boffins Bookshop

We’re hoping for international distribution very soon, we’ll keep you posted…

]]> http://so-ad.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=161 0 NO ONE LIKES A CHEAT http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=157 http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=157#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:00:49 +0000 admin http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=157 No one likes a cheat, so we officially despise this loser: http://users.skynet.be/fa103028/

Look familiar? Best part: he’s done this before. Yep. Last year he did the same thing, I called him out, he pretended he didn’t have any idea that he copied my website verbatim and he modified the code slightly. Now, he’s back. I didn’t make too much of a stink last time, but this time I think I will. It seems he is a fairly respected artist, so perhaps it’s time to embarrass him.

Oh, and feel free to send him an email and tell him how much plagiarism sucks: robertdragot@gmail.com

(Update: he took the site down and replaced it with a new one. Pretty funny that he copyrights it at the bottom.)

]]> http://so-ad.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=157 0 EXHIBITION: AAA ANNUAL EXHIBITION http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=151 http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=151#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:06:08 +0000 admin http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=151 We’ve been invited by Gerard Reinmuth of Terroir and Marcus Trimble of Super Colossal to participate in the upcoming Australian Architecture Association’s annual exhibition at the Sydney Customs House. We’re in good company, the show also includes Adrian Lahoud, Offshore Studio (Anthony Burke and Ben Hewett) and lots of others.

Specs:
AAA Annual Exhibition
Sydney Customs House
30 September – 29 November 2009

See you there!

]]> http://so-ad.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=151 0 BURNS LECTURE: UIC 30 SEPTEMBER http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=141 http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=141#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:12:50 +0000 BURNS http://so-ad.com/blog/?p=141 Hello Chicago!

I’ll be delivering a talk at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Wednesday 30 September as part of their Wednesday|Episodes. Looking forward to being Stateside and catching up with my old friend Paul Preissner.

Specs:
Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 2pm
Gallery 1100
University of Illinois at Chicago

As always, if you’re in the area stop by, say hello and heckle.

-David

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