2008 founder daniel arsham and alex mustonen website snarkitecture.com snarkitecture or snail architecture is a brooklyn new york based collaborative practice founded by daniel arsham and alex mustonen . contents 1 about 2 projects 3 objects 4 exhibitions 5 awards 6 references 7 external links about edit snarkitecture s work is focused on designing within existing spaces or collaboration with other artists and designers . 1 they aim to reuse or misuse existing architecture to make architecture perform the unexpected . 2 arsham and mustonen met while studying at the cooper union in new york city and established snarkitecture as a formal practice in 2008 . projects edit lift 2013 an installation for the new museum gala lift is a floating landscape that is both architectural and performative . an array of forty five white inflatable spheres each controlled by an individual performer establishes a grid to engage the massive architectural scale of the room . choreographed movements unfold slowly over the course of the evening reconfiguring the field of spheres in a series of elegant yet playful exercises . as performers manipulate the suspended plane lift dramatically alters the visual and spatial qualities of the existing architecture to create unexpected moments . 3 richard chai x palladium 2012 this temporary installation uses reflection and inversion to create an uncanny sensory experience showcasing richard chai s collaboration with palladium . mirrors line the walls and ceiling of the small exhibition space and compound the images of the boots featured within . 4 odin 2012 a pop up shop for odin new york s fragrance collection this temporary retail installation created an unexpected moment embedded within an east village storefront . the entire shop was formed by a landscape of 1 500 matte white gypsum cement replicas of odin s distinctive glass fragrance bottle . 5 suspended within a white shell the matte white ghost bottles cascaded in a wave from the ceiling at the front window toward the floor at the mirrored back wall . a smaller landscape of bottles rises from the floor inhabited by the only dark objects in the space odin s fragrances and their black packaging . the dark brown glass fragrance bottles were backlit and indented into the smooth white displays that spill out from the odin boxes . appearing as soft amorphous forms the displays revealed themselves as the same hard white gypsum cement as the ghost bottle replicas . 6 why patterns 2010 2012 why patterns is a performance by choreographer jonah bokaer in collaboration with snarkitecture who designed the scenography . the work is titled after the score why patterns by the composer morton feldman . 7 the piece originates with a ping pong ball that initiates a series of choreographed games . various events flood the stage with thousands of balls which are then manipulated by the movement of the dancers . 8 originally commissioned by dance works rotterdam the world premiere was held in february 2010 at the rotterdamse schouwburg in rotterdam netherlands . 9 the u.s. premiere will be on august 3 2011 at the jacob s pillow dance festival . 10 dig 2011 dig was an installation and performance in collaboration with daniel arsham at storefront for art and architecture in new york ny during march and april 2011 . 11 as an investigation of the architecture of excavation storefront s gallery space was infilled with a solid volume of eps architectural foam that was then excavated by hand using hand tools to create a cavernous space for work and play . 12 richard chai x snarkitecture 2010 in october 2010 snarkitecture paired with fashion designer richard chai to create a temporary retail installation at 504 west 24th street in new york ny . 13 the collaboration was the fourth in a series of five installations presented by the non profit organization building fashion . 14 snarkitecture s design for the space uses a single material to fill an existing container beneath the highline . 15 white eps foam was carved by hand to create a glacial cavern for the display of richard chai s collection 16 the material was recycled back into rigid insulation at the close of the project . 17 the installation was open from october 21 31 2010 . a memorial bowing and beacons 2012 in december 2009 daniel arsham snarkitecture were commissioned to create two public art pieces at the new marlins park designed by populous in miami florida scheduled to open in april 2012 . a commemorative marker designed to honor the former miami orange bowl is based on miami raised daniel arsham s memories of the old miami orange bowl sign . the letters were reconstructed in their original ten foot height and orange color and scattered throughout the public plaza on the east side of the stadium . their positions capture an ambiguous moment between destruction and rebuilding standing vertically horizontally mid collapse or submerged in the ground and spelling various words as visitors move around them . 18 the installation by daniel arsham snarkitecture for the illumination of the columns at the new stadium used the simple idea of revealing and concealing the columns through the use of light . the lighting of the four super columns which support the stadium s retractable roof uses programmable led lights that fade up and down the columns in subtly shifting patterns evoking the rhythm of a human breath . 19 the beach 2015 the beach was an interactive architectural installation art designed by snarkitecture for the national building museum in july 2015 . taking cues from the familiar experience of a summer day at the beach snarkitecture abstracted both the natural and cultural elements of the beach to create a reduced monochromatic environment inside the museum s great hall . standard construction materials like scaffolding drywall and mirrors were utilized to create the enclosure that led to an ocean of 750 000 recyclable plastic balls . the beach welcomed visitors to explore play and relax in a fully immersive and unique setting . 20 objects edit 2013 felt light 21 slice 22 trunk 23 2012 bend 24 break 25 broken ornament 26 float 27 lean 28 pour 29 shelve 30 split 31 wasserman table 32 2011 cast light 33 slab table 34 slip bench 35 exhibitions edit 2013 wallpaper handmade milan italy volume gallery collective design fair new york ny grey area collective design fair new york ny 2012 36 funiture design miami miami beach fl ornamental grey area new york ny 2012 scale the standard hotel east village new york ny boffo show house miami fl funiture volume gallery chicago il 2011 dig storefront for art and architecture new york ny not the usual suspects new art in new public new places artcenter south florida miami fl 2010 total housing 01 apartments storefront for art and architecture new york ny booooooth new art dealers alliance nada miami fl the business of aura elga wimmer gallery new york ny awards edit 2011 37 goal posts marlins ballpark commissioned miami fl 2010 richard chai building fashion series commissioned new york ny stephen p. clark center lobby art in public places finalist miami fl in the public realm public art fund finalist new york ny 2009 commemorative marker marlins ballpark art in public places commissioned miami fl column illumination marlins ballpark art in public places commissioned miami fl marlins ballpark art in public places finalist miami fl references edit snarkitecture profile . snarkitecture . retrieved 2009 12 21 . gartenfeld alex young n.y. architecture showcase page 49 . pin up magazine issue 7 fall winter 09 10 . http www.architizer.com en us blog dyn 82759 snarkitecture takes over landmark wall street building with a balloon ballet . uy0kucqigbo http www.gq.com style blogs the gq eye 2012 11 pop up report richard chai for palladium holiday shop at odin new york.html vain glorious . t magazine . retrieved 2012 07 02 . odin fragrances & home fragrances pop up shop . freshness magazine . retrieved 2012 07 02 . why patterns . apt holding worldwide inc. retrieved 2009 12 21 . moreno snark buster page 102 . frame magazine issue 79 mar apr 2011 . new york choreographer at dance works rotterdam . dans server . retrieved 2011 04 12 . jonah bokaer . jacob s pillow dance . retrieved 2011 04 12 . dig daniel arsham snarkitecture . ohwow . retrieved 2011 04 12 . rachel a maggart 2011 04 06 . dig daniel arsham snarkitecture . planet mag . retrieved 2011 04 12 . bruce pask 2010 10 21 . the ice age . new york times . retrieved 2010 10 27 . building fashion at hl23 . building fashion . retrieved 2010 10 27 . fan zhong 2010 10 22 . richard chai sets up under the high line . w magazine . retrieved 2010 10 27 . jonathan shia 2010 10 26 . richard s glacial cavern . the last magazine . retrieved 2010 10 27 . jaime gross 2010 10 22 . shipping container retail design . dwell . retrieved 2010 10 27 . janie campbell . ballpark s public tribute to daytona beach approved . nbc universal inc. retrieved 2009 12 21 . artist daniel arsham snarkitecture wins two major commissions for new miami marlins ballpark . bustler . 2010 01 13 . retrieved 2010 01 20 . http www.snarkitecture.com projects the beach http www.snarkitecture.com objects felt light http www.snarkitecture.com objects slice http www.snarkitecture.com objects trunk http www.snarkitecture.com objects bend http www.snarkitecture.com objects break http www.snarkitecture.com objects broken ornament http www.snarkitecture.com objects float http www.snarkitecture.com objects lean http www.snarkitecture.com objects pour http www.snarkitecture.com objects shelve http www.snarkitecture.com objects split http www.snarkitecture.com objects wasserman table http www.snarkitecture.com objects cast light http www.snarkitecture.com objects slab table http www.snarkitecture.com objects slip bench snarkitecture exhibitions . snarkitecture . retrieved 2011 04 12 . snarkitecture awards . snarkitecture . retrieved 2011 04 12 . external links edit 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