upGRADE 3 Dortmund, Germany - Pecs, Hungary

"Bereits zum dritten mal laden Richard Ortmann und Karl-Heinz Blomann Künstler aus den Kulturhauptstädten 2010 zum intergalaktischen Austausch ein. Per medialem Stream wird in einer experimentellen Live-Performance die grenzenlose Kommunikation zwischen Pécs und Dortmund erlebbar. Die zeitgleiche Vernetzung beider Orte benutzt ein modernes Medium, um künstlerische Visionen zu vermitteln und dabei die Aufhebung von Räumen und Grenzen zu thematisieren. Sie schließt lokale Zuschauer über das Internet zu einem gemeinsamen europäischen und darüber hinaus zu einem globalen Publikum zusammen. Performance, Sound and Media – die Klangbrücke aus Ungarn nach Dortmund." (open-systems/upgrade)

This is the third time two artist from the ECOC 2010 Richard Ortmann and Karl-Heinz Blomann are inviting us for an intergalactic exchange. We will experience a Per-media stream in an experimental live performance of the unlimited communication between Pécs and Dortmund. The simultaneous crosslinking of both places uses a modern medium to convey artistic visions. Removing spaces and borders to connect local audiences via the Internet to form a European and, in addition a global audience of Performance, Sound and Media -.. the sound bridge from Hungary to Dortmund

links:

upGRADE official website

JAYA Koh Ker Project

Centre De Revitalisation (új élet háza)

this project is a new community and green technology center in the small village Koh Ker near the Angkor Wat area in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

project start on 2009 october. on the previous stage a detailed study have been done by Etienne Samin and other contributors at RAF. for more details about the preparation phase please visit the RAF website.

we give the main importance to the community project, the environmental development and the sustainability in the

social life

of the village and in the building technologies too.

our study in french language is available here in PDF format.

project director: János Jelen - Chairman of Board of Trustees of Royal Angkor Foundation

project manager: Mihály Rózsa

co worker: Etienne Samin - architect, researcher and community assistant

task: developing the concept based upon the studies already done by the researchers as a volunteer

related links:

RAF (Royal Angkor Foundation)

Koh Ker on Wiki

Koh Ker on Google

Csoma's room Project in Zangla Khar

Restoration of an Ancient Building in Himalayas 

This project was started in 2007 by a small group of people. Now they have a foundation and a pretty nice plan, how to preserve this building which is a very important value. Not only as a Hungarian memorial place I believe, this is one of the most important places on the globe.

"In the remote monastery of Himalayan Zangla, Alexander Csoma de Körös a pioneer in Tibetan linguistics became famous as the author of the Tibetan-English dictionary and Tibetan grammar book. His room, identified by Baktay and the neighboring shrine full of valuable relics are about to collapse. The building itself is built on a massive rock base. The lower two stories are built of stone, the third story is adobe. Since the building has been abandoned for decades, the leaking roof has split the walls and made holes on the building. The building can be saved and preserved for a longer period of time using local labor, traditional methods and materials."

project owner: János Jelen - Chairman of Board of Trustees of Royal Angkor Foundation

project leader: Balázs Irimiás - architect, researcher PhD candidate

task: leading the project on site financially and professionally coordinating the architectural work as volunteer

related links:
csomasroom.org (official project site also in english)
wikipedia: Alexander Csoma de Kőrös
korosicsoma.lap.hu

hand sketches