Doing! is an installation that rejects the conventional notions of architectural exhibitions. Opposing the all too common practice of �displaying� projects through the use of graphic panels and models, Openshop Studio and SLAB Architecture chose an installation as their medium to express both studios� attitude towards design and the process of spatial production. In the Gallery
The installation is an illuminated bar that is suspended in the gallery space. The bar can be entered along its sides through a blue brush curtain. Inside, a ceiling mosaic of nearly 2000 Polaroids illustrate the activities of both studios as they �do� architecture. The photographs capture the studios during intense moments of production, during site meetings, at client meetings, teaching, and socializing to name a few.
Doing! is an installation by SLAB Architecture (Jeffrey Johnson and Jill Leckner) and Openshop Studio (Adam Hayes and Mark Kroeckel) currently on view through December at Ball State University, College of Architecture and Planning.
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Is that pronounced "dew-ing" as in "What the hell is that intern doing?" or is it more of an onomatopoeia: "doeyynnng!" like "When the intern bounced his ipod off Zaha's Alpenzoo Station roof the metal totally made this doing! sound that echoed down the concrete stairs..."
Just teasin'. It looks like a very cool installation, and zoinks!! This is one I'll actually get to go see because I'll be at Ball State next week! Yay!
This related link may also be of interest: Jones Studio in Arizona set up their entire office in the Scottsdale Contemporary Museum of Art a few years ago. Another non-traditional approach to an exhibition of architectural work.
Oops - I realize now that the Alpenzoo panels are actually glass - so they likely would not make a "doing" sound.
I saw the installation yesterday and it is really fun. Much more effective than I thought it would be, as the pictures IN the exhibit are lower than the photographs OF the exhibit would lead one to believe. Still hurts my neck a bit to spend a long time looking straight up, but I am an old woman, after all.
The blue fringe is fun, the mirrored letters are fun, and the approach - showing studio energy rather than product - is fantastic. Good work.
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