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MOVING ON UP

DANCE WITH THE WIND

	American Style - see #29
	New Times Article about Exposure 4/03
	SACC INVITATION TO ART BASEL-MIAMI EVENT

	1a) ART BULLETIN - Moving On UP at ART IN MOTION BIENNALE, Netherlands, Holland
	1b) SPREZZATURA - Moving On UP at ART IN MOTION BIENNALE, Netherlands, Holland
	1c) VRIJ NEDERLAND - Moving On UP at ART IN MOTION BIENNALE, Netherlands, Holland
	2) Moving On UP Opening Celebration in St. Petersburg, Russia (in Russian)
	3) Moving On UP Exhibition at Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg, Russia(in Russian)
	4) NEOCITY - Moving On UP Exhibition Opening Coverage (in English)
	5) RBI - Press Release, St. Petersburg, Russia (in English)
	6) RBI - Press Release, St. Petersburg, Russia (in Russian)
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Cosmopolitan Magazine	8) Cosmopolitan Magazine
	9) Public Art Review
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	FloridaWise Cover Article about Ralfonso Kinetic Art for Public Places
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1) Moving On UP at ART IN MOTION BIENNALE, Netherlands, Holland

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American Kinetic Sculpture travels to Russia
By ArtDeadline.Com
Dec 3, 2003, 18:53

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5 meter tall (15ft )
Moving On UP Kinetic Sculpture

International Kinetic Artist Ralfonso's lastest sculpture, the 5 meter tall (15ft ) 'Moving On UP Kinetic Sculpture', recently exhibited at the RT IN MOTION 3rd Biennale in Leeuwarden, Netherland - for movies and detailed information, please see website - is now sold and on its way to be placed permanently in front of the ultra modern high-rise building "New Star" in St. Petersburg, Russia - see www.rbi.ru.

This architectural kinetic sculpture was designed in the USA, hand-build in Switzerland, exhibited in the 3rd Holland Biennale, and will finally find a permanent home in St. Petersburg, Russia - just across from Russian President Putin's Dacha.

Ralfonso is a Swiss Designer of Kinetic Sculptures, working mainly in Europe and the United States.

His major passion is the design and creation of large 3 dimensional kinetic sculptures that move in the wind and water. He also designs sound-sculptures, suspended mobiles as well as fountains.

These designs are usually site-specifically created for commercial, institutional and public buildings, plazas and parks, mostly in urban environments.

Currently Ralfonso kinetic sculptures are displayed in the USA, Germany, Switzerland and shortly in St. Petersburg, Russia.

For more detailed information, movies and images of Ralfonso kinetic sculptures, please visit website, or contact:

Ralfonso
Kinetic Sculptures for Modern Architecture
www.ralfonso.com

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1b) Sprezzatura - - Moving On UP at ART IN MOTION BIENNALE, Netherlands, Holland

From http://www.sprezzatura.org/index_3.html on 3/9/02

Enkele voorbeelden van kunst die tijdens de tentoonstelling zal zijn te bewonderen.

Het gaat hier om resp. een kunstwerk dat beweging en geluid genereert door zonlicht van Hanshan Roebers, een anamorfose/perpetuum mobile van de oprichter van de KAO en een referentiebeeld van de door de Parijse galerie Denise René voorgedragen kunstenaar Soto.

Voorbeeld 3 bewegend beeld

Een ontwerp van Ralf Gschwend (1959) voor een perpetuum mobile dat tevens een anamorfose is. Het kunstwerk is als fotomontage in een vijverpartij geplaatst.

2) Moving On UP Opening Celebration in St. Petersburg, Russia

3) Moving On UP Exhibition at Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg, Russia

4) NEOCITY - Moving On UP Exhibition Opening Coverage

Architectural Website www.neocity.ru : Translation of RBI event coverage.
For Russian original see:http://neocity.ru/print.php?page=reports&id=172&print=1

Vanguard Sculpture in Petersburg

22-07-2004 | Pogodina Olga

     In 2001-02, the national developer RBI Holding commenced with the construction of the project of the new elite apartment complex "New Star", which will become one of the symbols of the new architecture of city. Besides the architectural merits (noted by the Gold Diploma X of the “2002 International Architecture Competition "), the uniqueness of the building had to be emphasized by a monumental sculpture, which was to be integrated into the architectural entirety of the complex.

The first step in this direction became the preparation of an open international competition for the creation of a monumental kinetic sculpture, which is moved by the action of natural forces - wind, solar energy, magnets.

Unfortunately, it turned out that in Russia such sculptures are extremely hard to find. Without wanting to change the concept of a Kinetic Sculpture, RBI company agreed to search for a western sculptor, who had already achieved similar large projects.

In the middle of 2003 in Holland, the 3 months international art exhibition and Biennale "ART IN MOTION", took place, which represented a number of works by the most important sculptors of this art direction. One of the most spectacular works, represented on the exhibition, proved to be "Moving On UP" by Swiss sculptor Ralf Gschwend. The Swiss artist of contemporary large to monumental sculptures negotiated with RBI Holding, until the original number one “Moving On UP” sculpture left from Holland via Switzerland for Russia, into Saint Petersburg.

From 15 July, over the course of one month, the sculpture will be on temporary exhibition in "Grand Hotel Europe-Kempinski". At the end of this year the official sculpture unveiling, together with the official opening of the elite apartment complex "New Star" will take place.

http://neocity.ru/print.php?page=reports&id=172&print=1

5) RBI Press Release, St. Petersburg, Russia

Press Release, roughly translated from Russian - below:

For original Russian text - see http://www.rbi.ru/content/news/default.asp?shmode=14

RBI revives the kinetic art in Russia

Today in the Grand-Hotel Europe (ul Mikhajlovsk, 1/7) takes place the discovery the only in Petersburg kinetic sculpture of the Swiss Master Ralfonso (Ralf Gschwend) "Moving on Up".

Despite the fact that the kinetic art was conceived in the1920-30 in THE USSR, it was hardly developed in the middle of century, most acknowledgement and development of Kinetic Art is found on the West. But in Saint Petersburg, where the concentration of sculptures downtown is among the largest in the world, until now, there is not one kinetic sculpture. With the advent of Ralfonso's sculpture "Moving on Up" kinetic art will revive on the native land.

The Sculpture "Moving on Up", which became one of the most spectacular works of the international exhibition "Art in Motion" (Holland, 2003)now belongs to the art collection of RBI Holding. In the course of the month it will be located for a temporary exposition in the Grand Hotel Europe, and at the end of this year the official installation on the grounds of the elite Apartment complex "New Star" (sandy observer, 14).

Ralfonso Moving On UP Unveiling Cocktail in Russia
Here a Panorama of the reception party with Moving on Up turning in the back