Exhibition: Exquisite Corpse, Episode 2 at INMO-Gallery

INMO-Gallery in Downtown LA was the place for a second group exhibition of the MAK-Schindler scholarship recipients. For Sandra and myself it was a rather unusual and exiting experience to prepare two exhibitions of our work at once. We tried to use the space the gallery provided as effective as possible. In comparition to the Schindler House, with its refinement in material and space economics, the INMO-Gallery featured something completely contrary to it: very high ceilings, about 20ft. We desided to break our installation in two elements.
One part of the setup consisted in the projection of Animations of our work, based on various ideas that are also reflected in the work on show in the "Exquisite Corpse" in the MAK-Center. Some of those animations show growing branching structures, forming vaults and canopys controlled by the algorithmic behaviour of organic growth. This Algorithms, rule based systems, can be observed for example in L-Systems, as described by Aristid Lindenmayer. Other animations depict repetitive cell systems, that organize themselves along paths, following aims and constraints dictated, again, by specific organic modeling algorithms.

All this animations are prototypic explorations in natural growth behaviour. This simulations can help us to understand the constraints and orders of biological growth, in order to achieve effectiveness in constructions. Ultimatly this investigations will help us create an understanding for this form of structures, leading to architecture designs with highly performative qualities, and novel emergent esthetics. In other words: Beautiful Architecture.
The second section of our exhibition consisted of a series of panels we created in order to explore the selforganization qualities of material. Gypsum flowing along steel meshes, accumulating on certain points and by doing so creating very specific nonrepetitive patterns. This approach can be described as analog computing. Variables such as viscosity, friction, gravity & mass form together a system of orders that create highly intricate, nonrepetitive results. We will continue to explore this approach with two different means: digital tools, and analog models.