Go BackExhibition “Die Zeitlose Art der Dinge” / “The Timeless Way of Things” for Forum Design
27/06/1980 to 05/10/1980“The Timeless Way of Things” was exhibited in the Linz Café during the Forum Design exhibition. It was prepared by C.E.S. and illustrated the basic principles of geometry, in particular the “mirror of self” criterion and 14 geometric principles present in spiritually powerful works of art. The exhibit consisted of photographs and text mounted on boards organized in eleven sections: 1) Mirror of the Self, 2) Different Cultures – Different Eras, 3) Past and Present, 4) Our Era, 5) Geometric Properties, 6) Feeling, 7) Processes from the Past, 8) Industrial Process, 9) Satisfaction – Happiness, 10) New Process – Mexicali, and 11) Conclusion
The purpose of the exhibit was to present to a wider public the “timeless quality” embedded in buildings and works of art and to demostrate the geometric properties in positive and negative examples.
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Zeitlose Art der Dinge / The Timeless Way of Things Exhibition: Notification of inability to work for some time, along with initial proposal for the exhibition material, the production of photographs and text, and estimated exhibit cost
10/01/1980
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Zeitlose Art der Dinge / The Timeless Way of Things Exhibition: Request to prepare an exhibition on the topic of "The Timeless Quality of Things" to be held in the Linz Café building; reference to the associated fees and fee schedule
10/04/1980
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Zeitlose Art der Dinge / The Timeless Way of Things Exhibition: Notification of the payment made and the forthcoming one regarding the exhibition
18/04/1980
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Zeitlose Art der Dinge / The Timeless Way of Things: List of the Geometric Properties to be presented in the exhibit
01/04/1980
Two pages of handwritten notes.
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Zeitlose Art der Dinge / The Timeless Way of Things: List of photos for the different sections of the exhibition, noted as "Pairs", "Cultures", "Properties", "Feeling", etc., followed by a summary
01/04/1980
Handwritten notes with reference to size and characteristics of photos.
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Zeitlose Art der Dinge / The Timeless Way of Things: Certificate of registration for air transport to Austria of 135 photos, on exhibit for a period of three months
17/06/1980
Certificate by Lufthansa on the number of items, their value, packaging; includes invoice and Air Consignment note.
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Zeitlose Art der Dinge / The Timeless Way of Things: Photographs of the exhibit mock-up boards
01/01/1980
Photographs depicting thirty-six draft boards prepared in the C.E.S. office for the exhibit; they basically include the final selection of the photographs to be exhibit along with the text, which provides the narrative of the exhibit theme. The sequence of ...
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Zeitlose Art der Dinge / The Timeless Way of Things: Photographs of the exhibit
01/01/1980
Twenty-four photographs depicting the exhibit areas in the Linz Café and the various exhibit boards presented.
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Zeitlose Art der Dinge / The Timeless Way of Things: Sample photographs of the exhibit boards
01/09/1980
Six sample photographs of the exhibit boards, sent to Christopher Alexander for his review along with a note from Wolf; two from boards with text, three from the boards with photographs and one from the board devoted to Christopher Alexander.
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