Idea by
Harm van der Laan and Maartje Bonarius
Tall Tales Company
Call for ideas 2020
Square Two
Square Two
- Site-specific cases
Square Two is an artistic experiment at the intersection of circus and visual arts. Square Two focuses on the paradigms of social aesthetics and substitutes formal criteria of spatiality with the concept of architecture as a process. Spaces are transformed by the contextualisation of the actors. The spaces they inhabit become hybrid spaces. Actors function as avatars of the audience. By juggling, they are following codes, or algorithms. The dehumanisation of the artist within this concept is part of the performance’s strategy; it stresses the formal aesthetics and concepts of the space. The transformation of the space by the playful juggling act of carrying the reference of spectacle and circus challenges the concept of imposed functionality. We see a future where reshaping architecture in itself will create a future of architecture. Let’s start by re-contextualizing the context; the radicalism of this act will create new horizons.
Square Two
Square Two
- Site-specific cases
Square Two is an artistic experiment at the intersection of circus and visual arts. Square Two focuses on the paradigms of social aesthetics and substitutes formal criteria of spatiality with the concept of architecture as a process. Spaces are transformed by the contextualisation of the actors. The spaces they inhabit become hybrid spaces. Actors function as avatars of the audience. By juggling, they are following codes, or algorithms. The dehumanisation of the artist within this concept is part of the performance’s strategy; it stresses the formal aesthetics and concepts of the space. The transformation of the space by the playful juggling act of carrying the reference of spectacle and circus challenges the concept of imposed functionality. We see a future where reshaping architecture in itself will create a future of architecture. Let’s start by re-contextualizing the context; the radicalism of this act will create new horizons.