Archinect - News 2024-11-04T13:37:42-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150202638/danish-architecture-center-unveils-new-four-story-slide-by-artist-carsten-h-ller Danish Architecture Center unveils new four-story slide by artist Carsten Höller Alexander Walter 2020-06-15T14:48:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4e/4efd5328dd38ee4bc2ef0757f0d07467.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>With the reopening of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1503684/danish-architecture-center" target="_blank">Danish Architecture Center</a> last week, Copenhagen welcomed a new art attraction: a 40-meter/130-foot-long tube slide spiraling down four stories inside DAC's boxy, <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/382/oma" target="_blank">OMA</a>-designed <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150062617/oliver-wainwright-on-oma-s-new-copenhagen-blox-building-missed-opportunity-for-denmark" target="_blank">BLOX</a> home.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/94/9431facdb665f48bcd390247329ced52.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/94/9431facdb665f48bcd390247329ced52.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Kontraframe</figcaption></figure><p>Envisioned by German-Belgian artist Carsten H&ouml;ller, famous for installing similar slides at art institutions around the world, the 15-meter/50-foot-tall <em>DAC Slide</em> is part of the Center's initiative to appeal to a broader audience and extend its range beyond the professional architecture community.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b4/b45ba9ba23720c64ce095f9074c52714.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b4/b45ba9ba23720c64ce095f9074c52714.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Kontraframe</figcaption></figure><p>"Why don&rsquo;t we use slides in architecture as a supplement to stairs, elevators and escalators?" Carsten H&ouml;ller commented on this latest piece. "They are fast, safe and energy-savvy &mdash; and they produce a sensation in the user that has been described as 'a kind of voluptuous panic upon an otherwise lucid mind, somewhere between delight and madness.'"</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/debd74b6aef193dfb15d9bc38d93270c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/de/debd74b6aef193dfb15d9bc38d93270c.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Kontraframe</figcaption></figure><p>Installing the enormous 4-ton slide took 21 days and required 13 slide sections, 94 pl...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/149953636/the-most-useless-totem-pole-of-mayoral-hubris-oliver-wainwright-rides-the-arcelormittal-orbit "The most useless totem pole of mayoral hubris": Oliver Wainwright rides the ArcelorMittal Orbit Nicholas Korody 2016-06-23T18:06:00-04:00 >2016-06-23T18:47:36-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/hk/hkzxi2f15oq2q565.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Never has an attraction promised so much yet delivered so little. It was the roller coaster without a ride, the helter skelter without a slide, a &pound;20m mountain of steel leering above London&rsquo;s lean Olympic stadium as a mocking monument to the vanity of the city&rsquo;s former mayor, Boris Johnson, and its funder, the steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal [...] As Guy de Maupassant said of the Eiffel Tower, being inside the Orbit is the best place to be &ndash; because it&rsquo;s the only place you don&rsquo;t have to look at it</p></em><br /><br /><p>Ouch.</p><p>Yet, it's not all bad: "...when you&rsquo;re hurtling down through the structure&rsquo;s contorted loops on the new corkscrew slide that opens this weekend, all this can be momentarily forgiven," opines Wainwright.</p><p>In related news:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149942638/carsten-h-ller-to-unveil-his-arcelormittal-orbit-slide-in-june" target="_blank">Carsten H&ouml;ller to unveil his ArcelorMittal Orbit slide in June</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/133418255/artist-carsten-h-ller-to-wrap-world-s-longest-tunnel-slide-around-the-arcelormittal-orbit-tower-in-london" target="_blank">Artist Carsten H&ouml;ller to wrap world's longest tunnel slide around the ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower in London</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/125208041/artist-carsten-h-ller-to-install-massive-slides-on-london-s-hayward-gallery" target="_blank">Artist Carsten H&ouml;ller to install massive slides on London's Hayward Gallery</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/23066079/carsten-h-ller-is-installing-a-slide-at-new-museum" target="_blank">Carsten H&ouml;ller Is Installing a Slide at New Museum</a></li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/149942638/carsten-h-ller-to-unveil-his-arcelormittal-orbit-slide-in-june Carsten Höller to unveil his ArcelorMittal Orbit slide in June Paul Petrunia 2016-04-27T17:49:00-04:00 >2016-04-27T18:03:00-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3g/3gzwvhfsvinydg6h.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>H&ouml;ller&nbsp;wanted to&nbsp;show that you don&rsquo;t necessarily get to know a sculpture better by literally&nbsp;travelling&nbsp;through it; that once inside it begins to look like something else&nbsp;entirely... The Slide, a permanent fixture at London&rsquo;s Olympic Park, will give people a full 40 seconds to experience this and decide for themselves as they make their way down the 178m chute at an estimated 15mph.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html> https://archinect.com/news/article/133418255/artist-carsten-h-ller-to-wrap-world-s-longest-tunnel-slide-around-the-arcelormittal-orbit-tower-in-london Artist Carsten Höller to wrap world's longest tunnel slide around the ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower in London Alexander Walter 2015-08-03T15:03:00-04:00 >2015-08-03T15:19:52-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f1b12f9f11c61741b2a3822c447dee8a?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>This week, the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London&nbsp;announced that &ldquo;the world&rsquo;s longest and tallest tunnel slide&rdquo; will wrap around Anish Kapoor&rsquo;s &ldquo;ArcelorMittal Orbit.&rdquo; When the sculpture went up in 2009 after winning a design challenge, it proceeded to receive mostly scathing reviews &mdash; and&nbsp;a spot on the shortlist of the 2012 Carbuncle Cup [...].&nbsp;Today, Kapoor revealed that the slide is actually a work of art, designed by none other than Carsten H&ouml;ller at Kapoor&rsquo;s own invitation.</p></em><br /><br /><p>In other artsy-slide-related news on Archinect:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/125208041/artist-carsten-h-ller-to-install-massive-slides-on-london-s-hayward-gallery" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Artist Carsten H&ouml;ller to install massive slides on London's Hayward Gallery</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/23066079/carsten-h-ller-is-installing-a-slide-at-new-museum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carsten H&ouml;ller Is Installing a Slide at New Museum</a></li></ul> https://archinect.com/news/article/125208041/artist-carsten-h-ller-to-install-massive-slides-on-london-s-hayward-gallery Artist Carsten Höller to install massive slides on London's Hayward Gallery Nicholas Korody 2015-04-13T15:32:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/31/315k5bqkoj33u541.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Now visitors will be able to descend from the Hayward gallery&rsquo;s glass pyramid ceiling to its entrance level on one of two 15-metre slides commissioned for an exhibition opening later this year. Built into the gallery&rsquo;s exterior wall, the slides will &ldquo;constitute a graceful sculptural installation&rdquo; while also being a device for &ldquo;experiencing an emotional state that is a unique condition somewhere between delight and madness&rdquo;, [Carsten H&ouml;ller] said.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Previously, H&ouml;ller had created a similar installation for the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall in 2006. The slides were very popular with the public, although also responsible for several injuries.</p><p>For his upcoming exhibit at the Hayward Gallery, H&ouml;ller has also created "Flying Machines," which are intended to give visitors the sensation of flying over Waterloo Bridge. Additionally, the exhibit, entitled "Carsten H&ouml;ller: Decision," will include two robotic beds that &ldquo;mirror each other&rsquo;s movements as they roam the galleries."</p><p>H&ouml;ller is known for provocative, often-interactive installations. His piece "Pill Clock" comprises a ceiling-mounted clock that drops more than 1 million white pills while the exhibit is up, with visitors allowed to take and consume the pills. H&ouml;ller came to prominence concurrently with artists like Philippe Parreno, Pierre Huyghe, Andrea Zittel and Rirkrit Tiravanija, whose&nbsp;work displays a shared interest in provoking unexpected and novel interactions between the art w...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/23066079/carsten-h-ller-is-installing-a-slide-at-new-museum Carsten Höller Is Installing a Slide at New Museum anthony dong 2011-10-07T12:28:13-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3i/3iccz533cjmiwxwm.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>If all goes as planned, the New Museum&rsquo;s five-year-old building on the Bowery will become something of an amusement park beginning Oct. 26, with visitors hurtling through a giant plastic tube from the fourth floor to the second</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html> https://archinect.com/news/article/45589/the-slippery-slope-at-tate-modern The Slippery Slope at Tate Modern Orhan Ayyüce 2006-10-08T21:39:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/q4/q4asektqymspz7o3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> Making a piece that works in Tate Modern's vast turbine hall is far from child's play - Carsten Holler has responded to the challenge by turning the space into a giant playground. The artist tells Lynn Barber why riding his huge, curving, steel slides will change our perceptions and set us free. <a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1889942,00.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Observer</a>, installation <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/carstenholler/photos.shtm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pics.</a><br></p>