BIO « MARC FORNES & THEVERYMANY™

MARC FORNES & THEVERYMANY™

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BIO

MARC FORNES & THEVERYMANY™

MARC FORNES is a registered “Architecte DPLG” mixed with a fine connoisseur in computer science. Hidden under his label THEVERYMANY™ – www.theverymany.com – he is one of the leading figure in the development of computational protocols applied to the field of design and fabrication. He defines research and practice aganda as a quest for ”Explicit and Encoded”, “Precise Indetermination”, “Progressive Geometry” all seeking “Unconventional Futures”.

In 2004 he graduated with a Master of Architecture and Urbanism from the Design Research Lab of the Architectural Association in London after having previously studied in France and Sweden (KTH). Marc’s professional work experience in La Reunion, France, UK and the US includes SOM, Ross Lovegrove and ZAHA HADID Architects, where he was the project architect, from competition to tender documentation, for an experimental Mediatheque in Pau. During his three years on this project he directed the material research and geometrical development for what would have been the largest self-supported carbon fibre shell to date.

Marc – together with Francois Roche (R&Sie(n)) – started “(n)Certainties” – a graduate studio recurently hosted in Fall at Columbia University (NYC) with visiting ones at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles) and at Die Angewandte (Vienna) as its Cross Over studio. He since taught at University of Michigan and at Harvard/GSD. In parallel of academia – Marc is also teaching for McNeel numerous scripting workshops (Rhinoscript/Python) across the globe.

Under THEVERYMANY™ – Marc has designed and built a extensive body of large scale prototypical installations. He has been invited across the globe, lecturing at the MoMA (NYC), showing work at the Guggenheim (NYC), part of the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou (Paris) and the FRAC Centre in Orleans and has been exhibited while Art Basel Miami. In 2007 he designed and launched – www.scriptedbypurpose.net – the first exhibition exclusively focusing on scripted processes within design – and curated in 2008 the European section for the Architecture Biennale in Beijing.

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Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY has been awarded “New Practices New York 2012″ by the AIA NY

Marc Fornes has been awarded a TED Fellowship (link)

Marc Fornes has been awarded a summer residence at Alexander Calder Atelier (link)

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MARC FORNES | Features:

- large scale indoor pavilion while ART BASEL MIAMI / GGG – December 2011

- large scale installation at the FRAC Centre (Orleans, France) – June 2011

- Global Design NYU | Elsewhere Envisionned (from May 25th + symposium May 26th)

- large scale installation at the Centre Pompidou (Paris, 4th floor -permanent collection)

- M. F. was invited by McNeel US to display work at the AIA Convention, Miami.

- THEVERYMANY™ was invited to participate to the “Contemplating the Void” an exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, New York.

- M.F. talked at MoMA /MIND 08 Symposium “Design and the Elastic Mind Symposium”.

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MARC FORNES | PROTOTYPICAL STRUTURES/INSTALLATIONS:

2011 | ST-LOUIS, MO | August 2011 | Permanent pavilion
“Plasti(k) pavilion” | Permanent pavilion within public garden

2009 | VALPARAISO, Chile | Aug.2009-current… | Solo installation
“Anoblums” | Physical installation

2009 | CALGARY | Jan.-Jun.2009 | Solo installation
“Aperiodic Symmetries” | Large scale physical installation

2007 | PHILADELPHIA | FUEL Gallery | Sept.2007
“Tensile” | Large scale physical installation
www.Scriptedbypurpose.net

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MARC FORNES | Selected talks :

2011.07.21 | NEW YORK | ONE Lab
Invitation: Maria Aiolova

2011.05.26 | NEW YORK | NYU | Global Design Symposium | “Elsewhere Envisioned”.
Invitation: Mitchel Joachim

2011.03.24| PARIS | Musée des Arts Décoratifs | F(AA)SHION event.
Invitation : Jorge Ayala

2011.02.21 | SAN FRANCISCO | CCA (California College of the Arts)
Invitation: Jason Johnson, Andrew Kudless

2011.02.09 | PRINCETON | Princeton School of Architecture
Invitation: Axel Kilian, Stan Allen

2010.11.12 | LOS ANGELES | Woodbury School of Architecture
Invitation: Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter, Barbara Bestor and Jennifer Bonner

2010.11.10 | LOS ANGELES | SCI-ARC

2010.10.24/25 | ANN ARBOR | Michigan Taubman College | ”Future of Technology”
Invitation: Monica Ponce de Leon

2010.04.01 | CHICAGO | Extension Gallery
Invitation: Paula Palombo

2010.03.24 | PARIS | Ecole d’Architecture de Paris Malaquais
Invitation: Philippe Morel

2010.02.17 | MIAMI| MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art)
Invitation: Lourdes Sanchez

2009.12.12 | LOS ANGELES | USC (University of Southern California) | “Intensive Fields” conference
Invitation: Neil Leach

2009.11.19 | TROY | RPI, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Invitation: Evan Douglis

2009.10.05 | BERLIN | key speaker at the “Design Modeling Symposium“

2009.09.25 | TORONTO | UT, University of Toronto

2009.08.14 | VALPARAISO, Chile | UTFSM, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

2009.08.10 | VALPARAISO, Chile | UDLA, Universidad de Las Américas

2009.07.31 | NEW YORK | Storefront

2009.05.06 | MILAN, Italy | Id&Ct | “Innovative Design and Construction Technologies”

2009.02.18 | ANN ARBOR | Michigan Taubman College

2009.01.09 | CALGARY | UC (University of Calgary)
Invitation: Jason Johnson

2008.10.24 | BEIJING | Architecture Biennale
Invitation: Neil Leach

2008.09.20 | TORINO | C-STEM2008

2008.09.18 | BARCELONA | McNeel Europe developpers meeting

2008.06.19 | PARIS | McNeel user meeting

2008.05.29 | PHILADELPHIA | La Salle University / Computer Science department
National Science Foundation Workshop / CPATH Grant | “Algorithms, Scripting and Programming for Visual Arts”
Invitation: Conrad Gleber (www.conradgleber.com)

2008.05.09-12 | LOPUD ISLAND, Croatia | “let’s go MENTAL”
Thyssen – Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA 21)
Invitation: Francesca Von Habsburg
www.tba21.org/

2008.04.11 | BARCELONA | SIMAE | “Contemporary Techniques, New Strategies”
www.simae.net/en/simposi.php

2008.04.08 | FRANKFURT | NODE 08, VVVV | “Forum For Digital Arts”
Moderated by: Eno Henze (www.enohenze.de)
www.node08.www.org

2008.04.04 | NEW YORK | MoMA | MIND 08 Symposium | “Design and the Elastic Mind Symposium”
Invitation by MoMA & SEED Magazine – New York, NY, US
http://www.mind08.com/contentSpeakers.html

2007.04.25 | MUNCIE, Indiana | Ball State University
Invitation: Jason Johnson / BSU

2007.04.09 | NEW YORK | Columbia GSAPP
Lecture on “transfer of technology” & fabrication of composite structure
Invitation: Ken Tracy / Associated Fabrication

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MARC FORNES | Publications (to be updated)

2011 | INTERIOR DESIGN MAGAZINE | …/…

2011 | METROPOLIS MAGAZINE | …/…

2011 | PIN-UP | …/…

2011 | PIN-UP | Issue #10 | 10 New York Architects by Felix Burrichter

2010 | MARK | Issue #28 | Oct/Nov 2010 | Featured by Terri Peters (6 pages)

2010 | Visual Catalogue: Greg’s Lynn studio |
Edited by Kristy Balliet and Brennan Buck | Springer Wien New York.

2010 | FORM+CODE in Design, Art, Architecture.
Casey Reas, Chandler Mc Williams and LUST | Princeton Architectural Press

2008 | DRAWING, the motive of architecture
Author: Peter Cook – Publisher: Wiley-Academy – Collection: AD Primers [Pages: 157-160]

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MARC FORNES | Selected competition jury:

- eVolo 2012: Skyscraper Competition (link)

- TexFaB 2011 (link)

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Selected website :

2007 | www.scriptedbypurpose.net

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MARC FORNES & THEVERYMANY™ is kindly supported by:

- McNeel & Associates: Rhino3D, Rhinoscript, RhinoPython / Rhinocommon (link)

- TDM Solutions: RhinoNest (link)

- VRay

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