OBSERVING AIR TEAM MOHAMMED ALHAMOUDI BRADEN COOPER JACOB GASPER MARY LE
CRITICS CAMERON CAMPBELL DAN NAEGELE ROMAN CHIKERINETS ULRIKE PASSE ADRIENNE GENNET FIRAT ERDIM KEVIN LAIR LEVI ROBB DEBORAH HAUPTMANN
COURTESY OF PETER P. GOCHÉ STUDIO CRITIC, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF BLACK CONTEMPORARY
ABOUT
The observed flatness of Iowa’s farmland is purely visual. In all other aspects, this landscape is a constantly shifting mass sculpted by an ever present volume of air. Rural architecture in this context does not exist as volumes of mass placed on the landscape, but instead acknowledge and wrap the encompassing atmosphere. Functionally, this invited air is what makes these passive machines operate. Observing Air: Erosion of Flatness, seeks to expose the interaction between the existing corn crib and the constantly shifting atmosphere. Layers of translucency as physical representations of air and wind movement allow interaction and discovery within the space. Sculpting as an accumulation of the air’s carving on the landscape is transformed within the layers itself. Wind accesses the boundary space through the lower openings, rising up to enforce its presence between the layers by shifting its topography. The application of the string detains the layers of paper against the wind down to the slanted ground plane. This tilt disorients the user, especially when they pass through the layers. Their relationship with a habitual ground is questioned and continuously shifted, reflecting the irregularity of the Iowa landscape and its changes over time. They will come across varying viewpoints to experience the installation from. The central passageway reveals a distorted perspective of the infinite multiplicity of the landscape and bin itself. Throughout the experience, there is no clear horizon line although, one may reveal itself at different moments.
‌imagine that the entire upper surface of its earth is being steadily blown...
..southeastwardly…
PROCESS
INITIAL ITERATIONS
INSTALLATION
Many of the skin systems, are systematically designed to allow a volume of air to pass through the buildings. While we think of them as solid, they think of themselves as...
...transparent.
EXPERIENCE
Volume in this landscape describes something contained...
...rather than the container itself.
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