Idea by
Luis Araújo, Brenda Guesnet, Giulia Pistone
ANGL
http://anglcollective.tumblr.com/
Call for ideas 2016
Ceci n’est pas architecture
Ceci n’est pas architecture
In a society obsessed with the visual, there is an increasing tendency to mistake good images with good architecture. Non-existent spaces are discussed as if they were real buildings, and it is often impossible to determine which designs are built or not. Even real buildings tend to imitate the aesthetics of digital architecture, leading to a hyperreal experience of physical spaces. However, the reproduction of an object is not equivalent to it - ceci n’est pas architecture.
Is it possible to find an antidote to this retinal architecture?
As a curatorial collective, we see in contemporary art the possibility to open up new perspectives regarding architectural production and representation. Consequently, we propose an exhibition - taking place in both real and virtual space - looking at artistic practices that conceive spaces capable of highlighting and uncovering contradictions between digital and real, between hyperreal and physical, between algorithmic and analog.
Ceci n’est pas architecture
Ceci n’est pas architecture
In a society obsessed with the visual, there is an increasing tendency to mistake good images with good architecture. Non-existent spaces are discussed as if they were real buildings, and it is often impossible to determine which designs are built or not. Even real buildings tend to imitate the aesthetics of digital architecture, leading to a hyperreal experience of physical spaces. However, the reproduction of an object is not equivalent to it - ceci n’est pas architecture.
Is it possible to find an antidote to this retinal architecture?
As a curatorial collective, we see in contemporary art the possibility to open up new perspectives regarding architectural production and representation. Consequently, we propose an exhibition - taking place in both real and virtual space - looking at artistic practices that conceive spaces capable of highlighting and uncovering contradictions between digital and real, between hyperreal and physical, between algorithmic and analog.