Under the theme “Seeking Silicon Valley” the ZERO1 Biennial brings together creatives of contemporary art and technology during the next 12 weeks. Throughout the Silicon Valley and the greater Bay Area, you will find more than 100 exhibitions, performances, public art projects and speaker events. Teaming up with many partners such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Berkeley Art Museum, UC Berkeley’s Center for New Media, and Stanford’s Center for Creativity and the Arts, leading showcases include:

- Jer Thorp (digital designer and artist)
- Lynn Hershman Leeson, Shu Lea Cheang and Stephanie Syjuco (multimedia installation artists)
- Nelly Ben Hayoun (director and designer)
- Michael Najjar (photographer)
- Manifest.AR (artists’ collective)
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (media artist)

12th September – 8th December

Nelly Ben Hayoun – Super K Sonic Booum Gold

The Museum of Tomorrow is part of the major gentrification project upon the Pier Maua for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. Designed by Santiago Calatrava who was already responsible for the Milwaukee Art Museum, the museum features a sustainable and eco-friendly architecture. The transforming façade allows the museum to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Surrounded by pools of rainwater and gardens, the building will generate its own electricity through photovoltaic panels on the roof. Due to open in 2014, visitor will experience modern technology through audiovisual environments and interactive installations and games, simulating future scenarios.

The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, invited Mark Jacobs to design an exclusive afternoon tea inspired by the designer’s Lindy bag from the fall/winter 2012 collection. The tea will be offered during September, weekly for $25-30. It includes a three-tier tea set, a cake buffet and a choice of Jing tea or coffee.

1st – 30th September

Niche media founder and former CEO Jason Binn published last week the multi platform publication DuJour. It comes in two forms – a glossy quarterly printed and online edition. Aiming to reach three million affluent consumers, the publication is targeted to an exclusive audience. Readers have to meet five of seven criteria of Binn, such as an average net worth of $5 million, an average home value in excess of $1.5 million, and an average income in excess of $250,000. The 300-page inaugural issue includes about 100 pages of high-end ads and features Christy Turlington on the cover.

The print edition is limited to 250,000 copies and distributed by direct mail. But no worries if you don’t meet the exclusive subscription criteria, you can still grab one of the additional 15,000 print copies on newsstands.

Last weekend we visited the latest project of Olafur Eliasson: an interactive exhibition at the Tate Modern. It introduces the ‘Little Sun‘, a portable solar-powered lamp which the artist created together with the engineer Frederick Ottesen. Instead of presenting the lamp passively the Tate Modern turns dark and invites visitors to light their way through the surrealist galleries of the former power station. Background for the development of the little lamp is that there are 1.6 billion people without access to electricity. Customized for a hot environment, the lamp charges by lying in the sun and features a special cooling system. It can provide up to five hours of light.

Until the 23rd September
Every Saturday
10pm -12am

The Huffington Post launched its digital channel HuffPost Live this week. Broadcasting 12 hours on weekdays viewers are highly encouraged to leave comments and tweets during and after shows.

At a vending machine in South Africa you can pay your ice tea by tweeting about. Tag your tweet with #BOSTWEET4T and you will get your ice tea for free. The machine is called BEV and was placed at Cape Town’s Wembley Square by BOS Iced Tea.

ArtSpotter and Eyeout are apps which help to find exhibtions around you and provide relevant information for your visit.

The latter – Eyeout – was launched for the Berlin gallery weekend earlier this year and provides information on more than 170 galleries, museums and other exhibition spaces in Berlin and Zurich.

The app Artspotter adds another layer to the search map: You can create a list with your favorite exhibition spots and connect with other users. Further you can share your visits and recommendations on social media.

The British traveller’s guide Herb Lester publishes great folding maps. Alongside the fantastic designs and illustrations we are fans of the thematic guides: ‘Writing London’ let’s you discover the roots of the city’s literature scene and ‘An Uncle’s Guide to London’ helps visitors with children to find great leisure activities.

Photo: Stephanie Lynn / Herb Lester Associates

The Californian artist Skullphone just opened his first London exhibition at the gallery Ivory & Black Soho. The street artist is now exploring digital arts with a special LED printing technique. Making a living off his art he isn’t afraid to commercialize his works with t-shirts, socks and prints. In the past he made a name by hacking into a digital billboard and displayed his skulls instead of the adverts.

‘London XX12’
Until 21st August

Ivory & Black Soho
94 Berwick Street
W1F 0QF London

Cultural travellers will be delighted to depart from Terminal 1 in Changi Airport, Singpore. The installation is made of 1,216 bronze drops which hang from the ceiling and can form patterns and shapes. As part of a bigger renovation Changi Airport Group commissioned ART+COM to create a contemplative moment.

Photo: AP, Then Chih Wey / Xinhua

Constantly and heavily promoted, Louis Vuitton finally launched the long expected collection with the artist Yayoi Kusama. At the same time a new exhibition of the 83 year old artist was opened at Whitney Museum in NYC. Previously her works were exhibited at the Tate Modern in London. Louis Vuitton acts as official sponsor for these exhibtions. To celebrate their collabaration the brand launched a micro-website earlier this year
The massive promotion of this collaboration is accompanied by the redesign of the flagship store in 5th Avenue and by pop up shops in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and Paris. The pop up shop in London will open on the 24th August at Selfridges. Eventually the collection will be available in 453 stores worldwide soon.