Man bekommt nicht jeden Tag eine Einladung vom anderen Ende der Welt. Es gibt gute Gründe nicht hinzufliegen, aber man lud uns ein, um ein herunterkommenes Gebäude zwischen Golden Gate Bridge und Pazifik neues Leben zu geben. Ausserdem bat man uns die Aufgabe mit Studenten und jungen Entwerfern zu erledigen.
In Juni werden wir in einem 7-tägigen Workshop versuchen ein verrückte Balance zwischen Wildniss, Denkmalschutz und Kunst herzustellen. Im Archiv fanden wir diese Bilder, die einem zeigen, wie es war als die Chaparrel Landschaft gerade in ein Fort verwandelt worden war. Der nächste Bericht zeigt die Gegenwart.
Headlands Center for the Arts
Located in the beautiful Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Headlands Center for the Arts is perfectly situated for exploring both natural and urban environments. The Marin Headlands is a stunning coastal wilderness, just minutes north of San Francisco, a series of hills, cliffs, coves, and beaches, virtually free of development, and rich in source material.
Originally inhabited by the native Miwok, the area was used for military installations for more than a century before the army withdrew in 1972 and turned over the land to the National Park Service. This combination of wilderness and urban environments is a fulcrum for Headland's creative investigations into the relationship between human and natural systems.
Headlands is housed in a cluster of nine historic, 1907-era military buildings at Fort Barry. Residency studios, offices and public rooms are located in two four-story former army barracks.
Since 1985, Headlands has renovated these remarkable historic structures through granting commissions to artists. Major American artists, including Ann Hamilton, David Ireland, Bruce Tomb and John Randolph, have designed and supervised the renovation of the public rooms in our main building. Artist Leonard Hunter and architect Mark Cavagnero rehabilitated a nearby 1907 Army storage depot, which now houses the Affiliate Artist program studios.
2011 Observatorium is invited for a residency.
1. To allow members of Observatorium to interact with other Headlands Center Artists in Residence in order to exchange ideas, techniques, and perspectives on creative practices.
2. To share the perspective of Observatorium's practice while leading a creative-solutions architectural workshop for interested California participants at the Headlands.
3. To generate ideas for buildable designs to renovate and re-purpose the Headlands Center for the Arts' Gymnasium building for long-term future use.
4. Through public events and online sharing, to showcase and generate feedback for those designs among a wider community interested in issues of socially-engaged land use, and public resource planning and development.
