Ep. 90: Artist Daniel Arsham

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Written By Amy Devers

Fine artist and designer, Daniel Asham, grew up in Miami in the mirror image of the house across the street. After graduating from the Cooper Union, back in Miami he co-founded the artist-run gallery space ‘The House’. An invitation to collaborate with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company led to global adventures in stage design, and in 2007, in order to expand his explorations of spatial manipulation, he formed Snarkitecture, a multidisciplinary design practice with partner Alex Mustonen.

Follow Daniel’s work at danielarsham.com or @danielarsham on Instagram, and visit snarkitecture.com to learn more about their projects and installations. Check out snarkpark.com for more interactive adventures.

Eroded Delorean, 2018, Daniel Arsham \\\ Photo by Guillaume Ziccarelli. Courtesy of Perrotin.

Snarkitecture: Alex Mustonen, Daniel Arsham, Ben Porto

Office / Photo by Noah Kalina, via Design Milk

Photo by James Law, via Design Milk

Snarkitecture Altered States installation in Milan, Photo by David Zanardi.

Clever is produced by 2VDE Media. Thanks to Rich Stroffolino for editing this episode.
Music in this episode courtesy of El Ten Eleven—hear more on Bandcamp.
Shoutout to Jenny Rask for designing the Clever logo.

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