davidclovers: Immuring
04.06.2010 - 18.07.2010
960 E. 3rd Street,SCI Arc, Los Angeles, CA 90013 , USA
This exhibition showcases the culmination of davidclovers twoyear collaboration with Los Angelesbased artist C.E.B. Reas, DuPont China Ltd., Speed Top (Hong Kong) Limited and E Grow (Shanghai) on this project.
Similar to the frescos traditional role as an illusive device / making what is two dimensional appear three dimensional / the interaction between Reas work and davidclovers centers on the vibration between dimensions. The design brings together the 2D/4D algorithmic line work of Reas Processing platform and the 3D architectural massing and tectonic of davidclovers.
Immuring, a term davidclovers borrows from Heinrich Wulfflins description of partially embedded Baroque columns, is the constant state of agitation between these dimensions and elements in heightened form.
Six full scale prototypes explore different ways in which texture, window openings, seams and illumination ride the delicate boundary between detachment and embedment. Using two innovative and unique cladding materials Corian Exterior and Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete a dense network of algorithmically generated lines pushes the material to its limit subtracting to the point of translucency or building up to the point of vaultlike webbing. As an ensemble, all six prototypes are configured in the gallery to maximize spatial interplay and give one a sense of what it is like to live in, amongst and around this new form of frescoed Lunarscape.
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July 2010
