Uittreksels van brieven van Constant aan de Internationale Situationniste in de maand september 1958 (Summaries of letters from Constant to the Situationist International in the month September 1958), Paris, Bibliothèque d’Alexandrie, 1959, in cat. of the exhibition Constant: expositie van constructies en maquettes, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, June 1959.
Documentation
Une autre ville pour une autre vie
Une autre ville pour une autre vie (Another City for Another Life) in Internationale Situationniste, nº 3, December 1959 p. 37-41. Republished in Internationale Situationniste 1958-1969, Amsterdam, van Gennep, 1970 and in internationale situationniste 1958-69, Paris, Éditions Champ Libre, 1975.
Constant at his desk in his studio, ca 1959
Constant in his studio, ca 1959. F.l.t.r. Compositie met 158 blokjes, Vertical City, Two Towers and Nébulose Mécanique hanging.
Constant in front of construction
Constant in front of Eivormige constructie, 1958 and Nébulose mécanique, 1957.
Constant playing guitar with Pepe Cordoba
ca 1958
NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.
Constant playing guitar, circa 1958
ca 1958
NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.
Constant playing guitar, circa 1958
ca 1958
NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.
Constructie geel en wit voor het Nederlands Paviljoen Expo Brussel
Construction Yellow and White in front of the Dutch Pavilion at the Expo 58 in Brussels.
Eva Nieuwenhuys with sheep
Constant his Daughter Eva with a sheep at Artis, Amsterdam.
ca 1958
NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.
Gyromorphosis
In Gyromorphosis, film maker Hy Hirsch strives to display the kinetic qualities of the New Babylon structures of Constant Nieuwenhuys. One by one he puts parts of the structures in motion and films the details with colored lighting having them overlap each other, appear and disappear. He creates a sensation of acceleration and suspence suggested by the work itself, 07 min, 1958.
The film can be found on the website of the British Film Institute.
La déclaration d’Amsterdam
La déclaration d’Amsterdam (The Amsterdam Declaration) in Internationale Situationniste, nº 2, décembre 1958, p. 31-32. Republished in Internationale Situationniste 1958-1969, Amsterdam, van Gennep, 1970 and in Internationale Situationniste 1958-69, Paris, Éditions Champ Libre, 1975.
Nébulose Mécanique at the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam, 1958
Nébulose Mécanique at the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam, circa 1958
Ons streven ligt in de leefsfeer
This is the most far-reaching of Constant’s writings about urban design as an art form.
Photo of Ambiance d'une ville future by Jan Versnel
Ambiance d'une ville future (1958), photographed by Jan Versnel in 1958.
One of the first models of Constant which is transformed in the model "Construction in orange", 1958.