See also: Danish Arts Foundation's Statement
interview with Kopenhagen (DK - in English), March 2009
mention in Wonderland Online (DK), March 2009
interview with Kunsten.nu (DK), February 2009
feature in Cover Magazine (DK), February 2009
interview with Wonderland Magazine (DK), September 2008
mention in Quarto Sala (IT), October 2008
‘A mixture of art and architecture in a model of a futuristic city depicted in sticks and dust wins the vote of the people, a financial prize and several new projects for the two young architects'
(Claire Clausen, The Copenhagen Post)
'Most successful is City of the (Re)oriented by architects Ben Clement and Sebastian de la Cour, who have built a future cityscape with sticks, dirt, and decay, thereby commenting on social, political, technological, and artistic conditions in modern society.'
(Karen Johanne Bruhn, Art21 Blog)
'Perhaps one should just forget the themes and let oneself be engrossed by the works that shine through, like Ben Clement and Sebastian de la Cour’s fantastic construction from bamboo and wooden sticks (sic), that forms a miniature city with endless details of rooms, stairs, furniture and cut-out texts.’
(Torben Sangild, iByen guide, Politiken newspaper)
‘This
is town planning of the romantic storytelling kind, and of the sort that borders
on the kitsch. But the model is both quirky and consistent within its tight
weave. A construction that one is drawn to, with its brilliantly fine physicality
and materiality – dust, sand, glue, varnish.’
(Politiken newspaper’s Talent Prize jury comment)
‘Ben Clement and Sebastian
de la Cour’s ‘City of the (Re)orientated is a fantastic and damn
detailed built paradise in miniature format. Alternative living quarters. Social
structures reorganised together with a wealth of subtle ideas. It works supremely
well because the development of the work is carried out in such a way that the
work itself is perforated or transparent (so that one can see right through
the entire structure so that its’ construction is visible). It is visually
lyrical and sumptuously crafted’
(Brian
Ravnholt Jepsen, freelance writer and journalist for MetroXpress)
Politiken , 19 April 2008
The Copenhagen Post, 12 October 2007
The Copenhagen Post, 12 October 2007
Blueprint, September 2006
