Arts & Culture Editor
Parker Liu
A TIDEZINE editorial byline covering exhibitions, artists, design and cultural institutions.
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To Hide a Few Pillars, ROAR Accidentally Designed an Entire Showroom's Architectural Language
In the old Empire Mills warehouse in Mumbai, ROAR set out simply to conceal some structural columns, only to see a set of cubic volumes grow into a fractal system running through the whole space, framing the display of Jaipur Rugs' hand-woven carpets.
From Posters to Cardboard Chains: Nasher Museum Unpacks America's History of Dissent in Five Languages
Duke University's Nasher Museum of Art's new exhibition "Turn the volume up!" brings together photography, prints, and sculpture—from the Civil Rights Movement to anti-war posters—showing how artists have used different materials to make their voices heard. The show opens August 27.
How an Invisible House Won Over a Council: Inside Lumion Pro's Role in a London Firm's 3-Year Planning Battle
Agora Architects' fully subterranean home The Wilderness spent three years stuck in planning purgatory. What finally turned the tide was Lumion Pro's seasonal lighting and terrain simulation—a tool that ended up quietly reshaping the studio's entire design workflow.
OODA's DUAS Towers: One Round, One Square, Same Stone Logic
OODA has designed a pair of 98-meter towers for Vlorë, the coastal city in southern Albania, drawing on local Tomorri white marble and traditional carpet patterns — one round, one square, both built from the same structural grammar.
A Danger Sign Shaped Like a Pyramid: Andy Medina's Cultural Hijack
Mexican artist Andy Medina's solo show "MEX I CAN" at John Doe Gallery in Los Angeles takes apart traffic signs, the Supreme logo, and F1 racing symbols one by one, then reassembles them—asking who really gets to define "Mexican-ness."
Sable Elyse Smith Turns Prison Waiting-Room Chairs Into Children's Toys, Dismantling Institutional Violence One Object at a Time
Sable Elyse Smith's solo show "Clockwork" lands at The FLAG Art Foundation in New York, using neon, video, and sculpture to examine how incarceration and surveillance seep into everyday language and objects.