Re-Framing Electric Dreams
2023
_COLLABORATION
with MATTHIS FRICKHŒFFER
_MATERIAL
OSB chipboard
structural timber
aluminium
rice straw on rush mat
screen, speaker, control panel, LED srips
_DIMENSIONS
210 cm (H) x 400 cm (W) x 250 cm (D)
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_ON VIEW
IMAGINING HEALTH II
ICAT, HFBK Hamburg
01.06. - 18.06.22
Lerchenfeld 2A, 22081 Hamburg, Germany
_IMAGE CREDIT
Tim Albrecht
_TYP
The installation serves as a 1:1 model of a capsule from the Nakagin Capsule Tower and embodies the progressive ideas of the Metabolists. The underlying concept is to reevaluate society by harnessing architecture as a transformative tool, speculating on how buildings can adapt, expand, and metamorphose. The Capsule was accompanied by a video work focusing on the cultural heritage of the tower. Light and sound impulses gave the installation a life of its own, from a object to a being.
Metabolism is an architectural movement founded in Japan bet- ween the late 50s and early 60s. Four young architects formed the group - Kiyonori Kikutake, Kisho Kurokawa, Fumihiko Maki, and cri- tic Noboru Kawazoe, all heavily influenced by their professor, the na- tional superstar-architect, Kenzo Tange. The main idea was to rethink society using architecture as a tool for potential change, speculating how buildings can change, grow, and evolve.
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