Carlos Bunga por entre as utopias, Nagakin Capsule Tower e Arcosanti

The third episode of #TelaHabitada is on air. Carlos Bunga uses common and unpretentious materials to produce site-specific installations, oriented towards process, agglutination, “doing and undoing”, perception and embodied space. Without ever distancing himself from concepts such as ephemerality and impermanence, Carlos talks about metabolism and Japanese culture, the Nagakin Capsule Tower* and Arcosanti by opposition.
* The episode was recorded and we were not yet aware of its demolition.

Architects and works mentioned:
Nagakin Capsule Tower, Kishō Kurokawa (1970-72)
Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri (1970)
other references:
Os Parangolés (1965), Hélio Oiticica
Os Castells (traditional cultural practice from Catalonia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwh8NSdGc9c
references to animal architecture
Gutai Group
Tadao Ando
“Contra la extravagancia del deseo” (2022), Carlos Bunga
exhibition at Parque del Retiro, Palacio de Cristal, Museo Reina Sofía

Credits:
Lluís Tudela
Museo Reina Sofía
The Cosanti Foundation
Noritaka Minami

Tela Habitada will be the place to see art through architecture. Or, perhaps, to discover architecture in a work of art. We want to get to know the art that “moves” architects, understand the vehicles of thought or even discover contaminations in the fields of action. The nature of these paths will certainly depend on each guest.