Daniel Steegmans Mangrané / Steel Curtains / New York/
Brazil-based catalan artist Daniel Steegmann Mangrané works with aluminum and steel to create these poetic gestures in which engages with the imagination of the spectator. His installations develops thematically, with geometric shapes and human interaction playing important roles. The cutouts are painted in a contrasting neon shades against the primary colours of the mesh. Some of the openings are sufficiently large for the viewer to pass silently through. In other instances, the cutouts are positioned at eye level, in which case the viewer must walk straight through the mesh, causing a metallic clinking sound that offers a full sensory experience.
The curtains are subtle, although a closer look reveals its industrial nature.What draws me to this work is its use of space in transition and movement, providing an enriching experience which inspires the imagination and senses.
Also thinking about in relation to our site, the disruption of shapes. As block 10 is an old building, it has a lot of straight lines, what would it look like with odd geometrical shapes?
Source: http://www.yellowtrace.com.au/daniel-steegmann-mangrane-steel-curtain-installations/
Do Ho Suh / Passage/s/ Victoria Miro / London
“Inspired by his peripatetic life, Do Ho Suh has long ruminated on the idea of home as both a physical structure and a lived experience, the boundaries of identity and the connection between the individual and the group across global cultures. Meticulously replicating the architecture of the places in which he has lived and worked, such as his childhood home in South Korea and Western apartments and studios, Suh’s one-to-one scale translucent fabric structures give form to ideas about migration, transience and shifting identities.”
This example presents a physical portrayal of boundary, using color, transparency, and form. I was first drawn to this work by the colors and softness of form, but now knowing the cultural implications of the boundaries and identities created through them, i find myself looking past the aesthetics and into more personal notions of experience and identity.
http://www.domusweb.it/en/news/2017/02/14/do_ho_suh_passage_s.html
-Sammy
French architect Emmanulle Moureaux has been living in Tokyo since 1996, where she is inspired by the layers and colours of Tokyo streets. She has created the concept of ‘shikiri’, which literally means ‘dividing (creating) space with colours’. This artist enjoys bringing three-dimensional elements, like layers, in order to create spaces and her aim is to give emotion through colours with her creations.
This installation series titled “100 Colours” expresses the emotions from the experience of colours and layers of Tokyo. I love how this installation is very subtle and by walking underneath the colours emotions are created.
Libby White.
DISRUPTIVE SPACE 