Disclosure of ‘Pivotting Construction'(destroyed), made for the municipal housing company in Amsterdam, 1956
Documentation
Ettore Sottsas, Gil Wolman, Elena Verona, Asger Jorn and Constant, 1956
Fltr: Ettore Sottsas, Gil Wolman, Elena Verona, Asger Jorn and Constant at restaurant Bruno during the congress Mouvement pour un Bauhaus imaginiste in Alba 1956.
Het technicisme
This hitherto unpublished text by Constant probably dates from 1956. Thematically it has a strong affinity with ‘Tomorrow Life Will Reside in Poetry’ from the same year.
Photo of Space Circus [I] by Bram Wisman
Ruimtecircus [I] (1956-1961), photographed by Bram Wisman in 1956.
For some models—including this one—the year of production is a period, either because it is an estimation or because adjustments were made to the model later on.
Pinot Gallizio with the gypsies in Alba, 1956
Pinot Gallizio with the gypsies at their camp on the river banks of river Tanaro in Alba, 1956.
NB: Not available in high res!
Ruimtecircus projected on Museumplein, 1961
Photomontage by Jan Versnel, Amsterdam. Circa 1961. Constant's Ruimtecircus projected on Museumplein with the Rijksmuseum in the background, circa 1961
Walter Olmo, Piero Simondo, Guy Debord, Pinot Gallizio and Constant, Alba, 1956
F.l.t.r. Walter Olmo, Piero Simondo, Guy Debord, Pinot Gallizio and Constant in Alba.
Constant playing guitar, ca 1955
Circa 1955
NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.
Constant playing guitar, circa 1955
ca 1955.
NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.
Eva Nieuwenhuys with baby buggy
Constant his daughter Eva Nieuwenhuys with baby buggy walking in the Henry Polaklaan.
ca 1955
NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.
Kunst en leefruimte
This text has its origin in a declaration of principles for the journal Art et Habitat, which Constant and Stephen Gilbert intended to devote to the ‘synthesis of the arts’ (1953). The journal was never published, however, and Constant revised and developed the text in 1955
Model voor speelplastiek, 1955-2
Model voor speelplastiek, 1955
Photo of play object "De Spin" ("The Spider"), which was commissioned by the Amsterdam Municipality and placed at several locations in the city, being Sarphatipark, Vondelpark, Woestduinstraat, Gijsbrecht van Aemstelpark and Martin Luther Kingpark. Photographed by Victor Nieuwenhuys in 1955.
Monument voor de wederopbouw E55 R'dam [II], 1955
Photomontage of Monument for the Reconstruction E55 Rotterdam, 1955
Monument voor de wederopbouw E55 R'dam [I], 1955
Monument for the Reconstruction E55 Rotterdam, 1955