No More Surprises, an exhibition about Content


organised by Marte Eknæs and Cookies


List of Exhibits:

Shelf 1:
—Illegal Chinese remake of Content
—Dummy of “Sacrificed due to cost” (not in the final version of Content)
—Dummy of “Hyperbuilding”

Shelf 2:
—Annotated dummy of promotional booklet

Shelf 3:
—Dummy page for “Kill the Skyscraper”
—Fax from Rem Koolhaas to the editor Brendan McGetrick and the art director Simon Brown regarding the layout “Kill the Skyscraper”
—Layout pages for “CCTV” with annotations by Rem Koolhaas

Shelf 4:
—Layout pages of “€—conography” with annotations by Rem Koolhaas
—Dummy page of “Old Europe” annotated by Rem Koolhaas and Reinier de Graaf (director of AMO) (not in the final version of Content)
—Dummy of “Hollocore”

Shelf 5:
—Layout page of “Beijing Preservation” with annotations by Rem Koolhaas

Shelf 6:
—Layout page of “Haus Flick I & II” with annotations by Rem Koolhaas
—Layout page “Spiegelein Spiegelein an der Wand” with annotations by Rem Koolhaas
—Dummy of “LACMA”
—Layout page of “OMA—AMO Exhibition”

Shelf 7:
—Layout page of “Europe” and “Ikea advertisement” (not in the final version of Content)
—Dummy of “Box vs. Blob”
—Dummy of “Second Empire/New World Order”
—Dummy of “No more surprises”

Alcove:
—Reprint of “Angry Building” sticker, Astor Place Hotel, USA, by Simon Brown, &&&.

Shelf 8:
—Magazine research material

Shelf 9:
—Dummy of “Details” (not in the final version of Content)
—Dummy of “Material Fetish”
—Fax from Rem Koolhaas to Brendan McGetrick
—Layout page “Casa da Musica”
—Layout page “CCTV”

Shelf 10:
—Layout page “Kill the Skyscraper” with annotated post-it notes
—Layout page of “CCTV Team”
—Book production process diagram

Shelf 11:
—Layout pages “_____ is History” with annotations by Rem Koolhaas
—“Angry Buildings” Whitney Tower
—List of potential advertisers, with annotations by Rem Koolhaas
—A5 promotional strategies booklet

Left Wall:
—Rejected covers

Shelf 12:
—Rejected covers