Integral Lens - IUAV Lecture by Pygmalion Karatzas

INTEGRAL DESIGN & RESEARCH   lecture series  Università Iuav di Venezia

integral lens PERSPECTIVES ON ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY Mark DeKay & Pygmalion Karatzas April 12, 2021

Introduction DeKay / Karatzas collaboration 2015-2016

DeKay / Karatzas collaboration 2017-2018

Hungary, 2018 Presentation of Integral Lens 3rd Integral European Conference

DeKay / Karatzas collaboration + Susanne Bennett 2019 - present

UTK Architecture + Landscape Photography in Greece: Capturing the Human Experience in Place Athens Santorini Crete Peloponnese

PART 1 Analysing architectural photography with the integral framework •

perspectives (quadrants)

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views (levels or stages)

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quadrants + levels

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types - contemporary examples

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levels + types

Perspectives singular–objective

Walker Evans Rural Church, South Carolina 1936 (documentary, representational)

Perspectives singular–subjective

Edward Steichen The Flatiron Building, New York 1904 (artistic, self-expressive)

Perspectives collective–subjective

Charles Sheeler Criss-Crossed Conveyors Ford Plant, Michigan 1927 (symbolic, interpretive)

Perspectives collective–objective

Bill Hedrich Edgar Kaufman House   Frank Lloyd Wright 1937 (commercial, editorial)

Perspectives 4–Quadrant framing

Photographic Eye • • • • • •

self-expression vision + intuition state of mind inner voice subjective beauty aesthetics + fine arts

Photographic Frame • the subject matter • composition elements • internal structure + rhythm • observable features • objective documentation

Photographic View

Photographic Practice

• cultural interpretations • collective symbols • historicity • reception & response • conceptualism • values + worldviews

• socio-economic contexts • media outlets • exhibitions + display • means of production • assignment briefs • business & branding

Views (levels) L1 traditional

Early Realists

Berenice Abbott Changing New York 1929 - 1937

Views (levels) L1 traditional

Early Realists Beginning to mid-20th century Eugene Atget (1857 - 1927) Berenice Abbott (1898 - 1991) Walker Evans (1903 - 1975) Dorothea Lange (1895 - 1965)

Eugene Atget Photographe de Paris 1897–1927

Views (levels) modern

Spatialism, Iconic

Ezra Stoller TWA Terminal 1962

Views (levels) modern

Design Photojournalists 1930s to present Julius Schulman Ezra Stoller Balthazar Koran Lucien Herve Hedrich & Blessing Helene Binet Paul Warchol Peter Aaron Roland Halbe Juergen Nogai Brad Feinknopf Richard Bryant Ake Eson Lindman Thomas Mayer

Julius Shulman Case Study House 22 1960

Views (levels) post–modern

New Topographists 1960s to present Robert Adams Stephen Shore Lewis Baltz Bernd & Hilla Becher Ed Ruscha Frank Gohlke Nicholas Nixon Thomas Struth Thomas Ruff Andreas Gursky

Stephen Shore La Brea Ave & Beverly Blvd 1975

Views (levels) post–modern

Alan Karchmer Steger Center University of Cincinnati 2006

Views (levels) integral

Beyond Postmodern David Burdeny Edward Burtynsky Yiorgis Yerolymbos Iwan Baan Fernando Guerra John Kosmopoulos

David Burdeny Floating Village, Vietnam 2011

Views (levels) integral

Iwan Baan Makoko Floating School Lagos Nigeria 2013

Views (levels) integral

Edward Burtynsky Water series 2011

Lenses Perspectives + Levels

Sixteen Lenses of Architectural Photography DeKay / Karatzas 2018

Types Beijing National Stadium

topographic / documentary

Iwan Baan

editorial / commercial

Tim Griffith

expressive / fine art

Irene Kung

Types

topographic / documentary

Michael Wolf Architecture of Density 2005

editorial / commercial

Yiorgis Yerolymbos Tower 25 2016

expressive / fine art

Shannon McGrath Guggenheim Bilbao 2011

Groups Levels + Types

DeKay / Karatzas 2018

Groups Reconstructionists Integral Level + Documentary Type

Yiorgis Yerolymbos Car Park roof Niarchos Cultural Center 2014

Groups Aperspectivists Integral Level + Editorial Type

Fernando Guerra Building on the Water China Alvaro Siza architect 2014

Groups Neo-Pictorialists Integral Level + Expressive Type

John Kosmopoulos New Olympus New York 2016

PART 2 Projects 2.1

‘Integral Lens’ project

2.2

UTK traveling workshop / academic course

Video presentation - Integral Lens digital exhibit, part 1

Integral Lens A project by Pygmalion Karatzas, sponsored by Fulbright Foundation Greece

Early Work 2013-2015

Personal + Self-initiated projects

Assignments + Commissions

Practiced architecture (1999 - 2012) Self-taught photographer

EYE VIEW

Collaborations + Photo editor

FRAME PRACTICE

Exhibitions Competitions Publications

Fulbright Artist

Fulbright Artist Scholarship 2015 Photographic project 5 months United States

Holistic / Integral models

Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory Ecovillage Design Education Course Mark DeKay’s ISD book

‘Integral Lens’ project

An integral approach to the study and representation of the built environment through the photographic medium 5 months 12 American cities

‘Integral Lens’

Itinerary: Knoxville New York Boston Chicago Los Angeles Las Vegas San Francisco Seattle Denver Miami New Orleans Knoxville

‘Integral Lens’

The daily program in each city.

Two parallel photographic disciplines

InterActive Corps HQ New York

1 Building as the client 2 Building as the artistic subject

1 Contemporary architecture /  editorial 2 Urban landscapes / expressive 1 Fast pace / Slow pace 2 Document / explore

McCormick Tribune Campus Center IIT, Chicago

Editorial aspects

Images taken: 200 Images processed + presented: 26

New World Symphony Hall, Miami

Editorial aspects

Accessibility Permissions

New World Symphony Hall, Miami

Editorial aspects

Before / after post-processing Adobe Lightroom + Photoshop RAW file to final print

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High dynamic range (HRD)

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Complementary scene lighting

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White balance

Community Rowing Boathouse, Boston, Anmahian Winton Architects

National WWII Museum, New Orleans, Voorsanger Mathes Architects

Editorial aspects

Interior

Daylight

Construction sites / in progress

Dusk / blue hour

People Movement

Gear / tripod

Unavoidable elements

Aerial views / drones Logistics / location scouting

Composition

Long exposure

Vertical lines

Shooting raw / manual mode

Formats / aspect ratio

Video

Patterns

Accessibility / permits

Brief

Editing

Decisive moment

Post-processing

Point of view

Retouching

Content / context Iconic / set piece

Product: 80 buildings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, NY Whitney Museum of American Art, NY Fulton Center, NY West Concourse, PATH Station, NY Morgan Library and Museum extension, New York New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York Pier 15, New York Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park, New York 9/11 Memorial and Museum, New York High Line public park, New York InterActiveCorp’s Head Quarters, NY, Frank Gehry Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NY Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center The Julliard School, NY 41 Cooper Square, NY The Catholic Center at NYU Pavilion at Brookfield Place, NY Zuccotti park, NY Community Rowing Boathouse, Boston The new MIT Media Lab expansion, Cambridge MFA Boston, Art of the Americas Extension MFA Boston, Contemporary Art Extension Harvard Art Museums renovation and expansion, Cambridge, Renzo Piano Building Workshop. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston JFK Library and Museum, Boston, I.M. Pei. Ray and Maria Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston MIT Chapel, Cambridge Chicago Architecture Biennial Exhibition 2015, Chicago Cultural Center Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, Univ. of Chicago McCormick Tribune Campus Center, IIT, Chicago State Street Village, IIT Dormitory, Chicago Lakefront Kiosk, Chicago Architecture Biennial Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago WMS Boathouse, Clark Park Chicago Oak Park Public Library, Chicago

39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

The Art Institute of Chicago, Modern Wing extension Millennium park plaza, Chicago S. R. Crown Hall, IIT, Chicago Bloomingdale line (trail and park), Chicago James Thompson Center, Chicago Frank Lloyd Wright Home and studio, Chicago California Science Center, Los Angeles The Broad Museum, Los Angeles Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles Getty Center, Los Angeles Santa Barbara Vedanta Temple Malibu Hindu Temple, Los Angeles Monterey Bay Aquarium Red Rock Canyon Visitor Center, Nevada California Academy of Science, San Francisco De Young Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco Stanford Department of Art & Art History, Stanford Stanford James H. Clark Center B Cellars Winery, Napa Valley Domaine Chandon, Napa Valley Seattle Public Library Experience Music Project Museum, Seattle Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Seattle Center Museum of History & Industry, Seattle University of Washington campus, Seattle Clyfford Still Museum, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver Denver Art Museum extension Denver Union Station, SOM Denver Performing Arts Complex University of Denver Campus Cadet Chapel, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado 1111 Lincoln Road Parking, Miami Beach Perez Art Museum, Miami New World Symphony, Miami Beach Faena Arts Center, Miami Beach The National WWII Museum, New Orleans Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans University of Tennessee, Knoxville Campus

Product: Book / Portfolio 500 pages 26 buildings

Web edition, April 2020: https://issuu.com/pygmalionkaratzas/docs/future_memories_v1_web

Product Monographs

Product publications

Product: Licensing

Product ‘Nortigo’ series architectonic abstractions

Cadet Chapel Air Force Academy Colorado Springs

Product ‘Nortigo’ series

Harvard Art Museum Cambridge

Product ‘Nortigo’ series

JFK Library & Museum Boston

Product ‘Nortigo’ series

Fine Arts Museum Boston

‘Nortigo’ series

Expressive / Fine Art series

Sequence / scale gradiant: Architectural details Building portraits Intimate urban scenes Cityscape panoramas

Thematic series: Boomeritis Serial Vision Aperspectival Empire State of Mind AQAL Views

“Boomeritis” series building portraits

WMS Boathouse, Chicago

St. Mary of the Assumptions Cathedral, San Francisco

“Boomeritis” series building portraits

Flat Iron, New York

Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle

“Boomeritis” series building portraits

Aqua Tower, Chicago

Lakefront Tower, Chicago

“Boomeritis” series building portraits

Trump Tower, Chicago

Marina City, Chicago

“Serial Vision” series street photography

WWII Museum New Orleans

“Serial Vision” series street photography

Cloud Gate, Chicago

EMP Museum, Seattle

Red Rocks Amphitheatre Denver

“Aperspectival” series intimate urban scenes

Bloomindale Trail , Chicago

Miami Beach, Florida

“Aperspectival” series intimate urban scenes

Aquatic Pier Bay, San Francisco

“Aperspectival” series

South Beach, Miami Florida

intimate urban scenes

‘Empire State of Mind’ series

Riverwalk Skyline, Chicago

‘Empire State of Mind’ series

Red Rock Canyon, Nevada

‘Empire State of Mind’ series

Manhattan Skyline at dusk, New York

‘Empire State of Mind’ series

Fort Point, Boston

‘AQAL Views’ series

Lower Manhattan New York

‘AQAL Views’ series

Charles River, Boston

‘AQAL Views’ series

Lo Presti Park Boston

‘AQAL Views’ series

Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York

‘AQAL Views’ series

Bay Bridge San Francisco

Product   Book I don't think I've ever seen monochrome images as good as this. Pygmalion is a complete photographer from the original photo to the final work. His pictures indicate a great artistic sense. Beyond their technical qualities, they plunge us into a real atmosphere. Aidan Sartin Conte Art Director PhotographizeMag

Product: Cityspace Videography

Product: Exhibitions / Display

Fulbright ‘Polymorphia’ exhibition, Athens Greece

Product: Collaborations

ESO ARCHITECTURE CONFERENCE, GREECE / archisearch.gr

Product: Interviews & photo walks

Interviews in 4 quadrants

Photographic Eye

Photographic Frame

• vision + approach • awareness + perpection • transformative experiences • biography • typological expressions • intetions + concepts

• key projects • assignments + personal work • people + built environment interaction • workflow • craftsmanship

Photographic View

Photographic Practice

• background + influences • architect + photographer relationship • movements + styles • workshops + teaching • apprenticeship • architecture + photography collaboration

• film + digital • print + online media • production + distribution • editing + post-processing • gear + technology • agencies • business aspects

Trip Stats

15,450 km flying  6760 km driving  2100 km public commuting 750,000 steps  12,000 images  65,000 time-lapse images 20 meetings + interviews  142 travel days

end of part 2

photography

as self-expression

as exploration

photography as a broader cultural asset

photography as communication and education

photography as vocation

Integral Next video interlude

student’s exhibition

Video presentation - ‘Capturing the Human Experience in Place’

PART 3 Integral Photography Themes 3.1

Developmental lines

3.2

States of consciousness

3.3

Typological fluidity

3.4

Cross-quadrant transmission (the 4 Art Holons)

3.5

Multi-level communication

3.6

Built environment as a dynamic phenomenon

Developmental Lines Integral Transformative Practice

The 5 elements of the Integral Model: Quadrants Levels Types Lines States

Integral Transformative Practice

Integral Photographic Practice Modules 01. Vital / energetic 02. Technical 03. Critical / mental 04. Psychological 05. Public / social 06. Ethical 07. Contemplative 08. Holistic

Vital (energetic) How much can I enter into a raw photographic flow?

Technical (physical) How skilful can I be with the techniques and craft of photography?

Ansel Adams Zone System

Monemvasia, Greece

Critical (mental) How accessible can I be to the larger forces and systems of the photographic world?

Architecture Guide - Doha in collaboration with mimoa.eu and the Qatar Foundation

Psychological (shadow) How well can I surpass my creative barriers?

Mitsis Hotels, Rhodes island Greece

Oceanus project, Anfeh Lebanon

Public (social) Do my presentations entertain, educate and enlighten?

Ethical (interpersonal) How much can I give back to my community?

Fundraising auction Rome, Italy

Exhibition ‘Lagoons’ Nafplio, Greece

Contemplative (spiritual/transpersonal) Does my work touch upon or reflect or express a unifying consciousness?

Self-portrait

Lake Varese, Italy

Holistic How aware can I be of my entire photographic practice and process?

States

The 5 elements of the Integral Model: Quadrants Levels Types Lines States

States

The 5 elements of the Integral Model: Quadrants Levels Types Lines States

States 01 The “still point”

Lake Hotel Ioannina

States 02 Experience without identifying

EXPO 2015 Milano Pavilions

States 03 Mindfulness

Mitsis Rodos Village Hotel, Rhodes island

States 04 Loving-sight

Mitsis Hotels

States 05 Intimacy

‘Holarchies’ - architectural abstracts from EXPO 2015 Milano

States 06 Express things for what else they are

“Heart beat” Riverside Museum, Glasgow Scotland

“Glass symphony” EUR district, Rome Italy

Typological fluidity

https://www.pygmalionkaratzas.com/integrallenscompetitiontypes

Typological fluidity

The 4 Art Holons Expressivist Approach

Expressivist Approach Primal Art Holon

Matt Rentschler Introducing Integral Art, 2006 Adapted from Ken Wilber’s “Integral Art and Literary Theory”