What?
My architecture seeks to synthesise a milieu of ideas concerning the body- its tectonic surfaces, mechanics of motion and relations to space, and the performative roles of the anatomy within a larger techno-ecological framework. This coupled with a preoccupation in futurist notions of representing (or indeed the misrepresenting in the traditional sense) the anatomy/anatomical surface in ‘movement space’, delineates my current architectural agenda.
The title is a reference to the ‘tropes’ of cyber-theory. Which as a discourse on the reflexive relationship of corporeality and technology, propagate a hyperbolised, neo-cartesian idea of metaphysics that connotes the separation of body and mind - in which the body exists as a lesser mechanism (‘the meat’) distinguished from an ontologically superior mind, and experience of the world is mediated via ‘consensual hallucinations’.1
Thursday 28 January 2010
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Visceral Surfaces I
composite images recalling the material aesthetic illustrated in Ribera's painting Apollo Flaying Marsyas, (and concordantly the motif of the red veil in the work of Caravaggio see 'The Incredulity of St.Thomas' for example) Also the contemporary photography of Solve Sundsbo, and the tortuous anatomies of Francis Bacon.
.....a coalescing of skin, flesh and fabric- the dialectic nature of the forces shaping it.
.....a coalescing of skin, flesh and fabric- the dialectic nature of the forces shaping it.
Apollo's Veil & Visceral Surfaces
Apollo Flaying Marsyas, Juseppe De Ribera
Apollo's Veil, composite
Tuesday 26 January 2010
Thoughts........The Greek Myth of Marsyas
employing mythology as a potential narrative anchor or creative protagonist.......
Inspired by the re-reading of the myth as a psychoanalytical device in 'The Skin Ego' by Didier Anzieu and in 'The Return of Marysas: Creative Skin' by Stephane Dumas
According to Dumas, the myth of Marysas offers a exceedinglg rich medium for reflection 'that is at once anachronistic and of great current relevance in respect of creative visual arts.' The myth, told in Ovid's Metamorphoses, tells the story of a musical battle between Apollo and Marsyas. In the contest between Apollo and Marsyas, the terms stated that the winner could treat the defeated party any way he wanted- Marsyas naturally lost and was flayed. Marsyas' intact skin was preserved at the foot of the citadel of Celaenae: it hung in cave whence the river Marsyas, a tributary of the Meander, rises. The hide, hanging in the cave remained sensitive to the music of the river.
Inspired by the re-reading of the myth as a psychoanalytical device in 'The Skin Ego' by Didier Anzieu and in 'The Return of Marysas: Creative Skin' by Stephane Dumas
According to Dumas, the myth of Marysas offers a exceedinglg rich medium for reflection 'that is at once anachronistic and of great current relevance in respect of creative visual arts.' The myth, told in Ovid's Metamorphoses, tells the story of a musical battle between Apollo and Marsyas. In the contest between Apollo and Marsyas, the terms stated that the winner could treat the defeated party any way he wanted- Marsyas naturally lost and was flayed. Marsyas' intact skin was preserved at the foot of the citadel of Celaenae: it hung in cave whence the river Marsyas, a tributary of the Meander, rises. The hide, hanging in the cave remained sensitive to the music of the river.
Thoughts and Words....the story so far
...........What is my Architecture? Defining my own architectural intent
Vestigial Anatomies & Vicarious Prosthesis............(a working title)
".......Man, has as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God..... when he puts on all his auxiliary organs he is truly magnificent." (Freud)
To begin....
My architecture seeks to synthesise a milieu of ideas concerning the body- its tectonic surfaces, mechanics of motion and relations to space, and the performative roles of the anatomy within a larger techno-ecological framework. This coupled with a preoccupation in futurist notions of representing (or indeed the misrepresenting in the traditional sense) the anatomy/anatomical surface in ‘movement space’, delineates my current architectural agenda.
Vestigial Anatomies & Vicarious Prosthesis............(a working title)
".......Man, has as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God..... when he puts on all his auxiliary organs he is truly magnificent." (Freud)
To begin....
My architecture seeks to synthesise a milieu of ideas concerning the body- its tectonic surfaces, mechanics of motion and relations to space, and the performative roles of the anatomy within a larger techno-ecological framework. This coupled with a preoccupation in futurist notions of representing (or indeed the misrepresenting in the traditional sense) the anatomy/anatomical surface in ‘movement space’, delineates my current architectural agenda.
Thursday 21 January 2010
emergence........drawing experiments
the following drawings are a recapitulation of prior images in order to uncover/suggest meaning previously overlooked and through a coalescence of techniques, set about defining an 'aesthetic trajectory' of sorts.
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