Contacts:
Carole Schaffer, Parsons School of Design
212-229-5314
[email protected]
Gloria Gottschalk, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 239
[email protected]
Lauren Erlichman, New School University
212-229-5667, ext. 206
[email protected]
"LIGHT LANDSCAPES"
KIDI, PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN'S AFFILIATE IN JAPAN, TO EXHIBIT AT THE
ISAMU NOGUCHI SCULPTURE GARDEN MUSEUM
SEPTEMBER 16 - OCTOBER 31, 2001
(New York, NY – July 3, 2001) In celebration of their 10th
Anniversary, Parsons School of Design's Japan affiliate, Kanazawa International
Design Institute (KIDI), will be holding an exhibition from September 16 through
October 31, 2001 at the Isamu Noguchi Sculpture Garden Museum in Long Island
City, New York. Also commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Akari Light Sculpture,
the exhibition will include lamps and lighting prototypes along with large scale,
collapsible structures that refer to designer Isamu Noguchi's examination of
nature and geometric form.
KIDI students were asked to reconsider Noguchi's work and develop
a new generation of lighting systems, in many cases utilizing traditional materials
of rice paper and bamboo. Also included in this exhibition will be a selection
of graphic images (posters) that draw their inspiration from the language of
Japanese light and lighting as well as a photo documentation of Noguchi working
on early lighting concepts
KIDI, established in 1991, is an affiliate of the Parsons School of Design,
a division of New School University. KIDI offers a two-year undergraduate degree
in Architecture, Product, and Graphic Design. The school of approximately 100
students has established itself as a major center for progressive international
design with recent graduates working throughout the world. With an international,
multi-lingual faculty, the school provides students with a rich combination
of traditional Japanese and international design education.
The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum is located at 33rd and Vernon
Boulevard in Long Island City, Queens. Museum hours are Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday from 10AM - 5PM and Saturday and Sunday from 11AM - 6 PM. Admission
is $4 for adults and $2 for students and seniors. For more information, call
the Noguchi Museum at 718-721-1932 or log on to www.noguchi.org.
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Parsons School of Design is one of the largest degree-granting
colleges of art and design in the nation. Currently enrolled are 2,400 undergraduate
students, 380 graduate students, and 2,500 non-degree students from all 50 of
the United States and from 60 countries. Parsons' main campuses are in New York
City's Greenwich Village and Midtown Manhattan. In addition, Parsons has affiliate
schools in France, Japan, South Korea and the Dominican Republic. Undergraduate
degrees are offered in Architectural Design, Communication Design, Design Marketing,
Fashion Design, Fine Arts, Illustration, Integrated Design Curriculum, Interior
Design, Photography, Product Design. Graduate degrees are granted in Architecture,
Design and Technology, Lighting Design, Painting, Sculpture, and the History
of Decorative Arts. For more information on Parsons, call 212-229-8910.
New School University, with 7,000 matriculated students
and 25,000 continuing education students, is comprised of seven academic divisions:
The New School, the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, Parsons
School of Design, Eugene Lang College, Mannes College of Music, the Robert J.
Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, and the Actors Studio
Drama School, as well as the University's B.F.A. in Jazz and Contemporary Music.
New School Online University offers one of the largest selections of online
courses in the nation. For further information about admission to New School
University, call 877-528-3321 or go to the Web site at www.newschool.edu.