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Andrew Kudless' P_Wall
The San Francisco MoMA is exhibiting the work of several emerging architects and artists in their current architecture and design show entitled Sensate: Bodies and Design. The show, which runs from August 7 to November 8, is based on rethinking the definition of bodies, not as an anthropomorphic design strategy, but one that takes into account the vast complexity of biological bodies.
There is a particular focus on organizational rigor and mathematical codification, as evidenced by Andrew Kudless’ P_Wall – a wall that uses parametric design, which uses algorithms that respond to different inputs to create form, that produces bulbous plaster forms. Kudless, an associate professor at California College of the Arts, also runs the studio MatSys, which explores the intersection of architecture, engineering, biology and computation to create speculative design projects and installations. At 6:30 on the 27th of August, assistant curator of architecture and design, Joseph Becker will lead a gallery talk on the installation. The talk is free with museum admission and will meet in the Haas Auditorium before moving on to the galleries.
Another aspect of the exhibit is shown through Alex Schweder’s A Sac of Rooms All Day Long, which consists of two inflatable bags of clear vinyl. Over the course of the day, the houses turn from unintelligible mess into two distinct houses, one inside the other. Schweder’s work explores the dialectical nature of habitat and inhabitant, specifically the ways that physical space can effect a person in it, and how that person can in turn, alter the space they are in. Henry Urbach, the Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design, will lead a discussion on the installation at 6:30 on September 17 and will also meet in the Haas Auditorium.
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