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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Pilar Aguero-Esparza and H. Dio Mendoza. Drawing of temporary home constructed out of recycled materials for ZER01 at the Mariachi Festival. "]Pilar Aguero-Esparza and H. Dio Mendoza. Drawing of temporary home constructed out of recycled materials for ZER01 at the Mariachi Festival. [/caption]

I often say that the 01SJ Biennial – I’m the artistic director – is multidisciplinary and medium agnostic. I’m not sure I ever thought that meant we would be programming at a Mariachi Festival.

This weekend, however, I’m very excited about some programming that ZER01 is presenting at the “T-Mobile San Jose Mariachi & Mexican Heritage Festival Presented by Target.”

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Containers

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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="468" caption="Freitag Recycled Shipping Container Store in Zurich. Via Treehugger."]Freitag Recycled Shipping Container Store in Zurich. Via Treehugger.[/caption]

I’ve been doing some research on shipping containers for an upcoming project. Enjoy

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Ars Electronica.3

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5 September 2009

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Ars Electronica Center on the bank of the Danube River. Photo: Courtesy City of Linz"]Ars Electronica Center on the bank of the Danube River. Photo: Courtesy City of Linz[/caption]

It rained Friday in Linz, so it was a good day to go indoors. I headed for the new Ars Electronica Center for my longest visit so far. Day 3 from Bruce Charlesworth at the Ars Electronica Festival.

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The-Bridge

The Bridge Homeless Assistance Center with public art by Gordon Huether receives an American Institute Of Architects (AIA) 2009 Housing Award.

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United Nations Mural

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Centenarian Swiss artist Hans Erni created a 60-mitre-long ceramic tile mural entitled “Tu panta rei”, which adorns the security entrance of the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Forty of the best public art works in the United States, including projects from 32 cities in 15 states, such as Nancy Ann Coyne’s Speaking of Home (above), were recognized at the 2009 Americans for the Arts annual convention held in Seattle from June 18–20. The works were chosen from more than 300 entries across the country.

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