Paul Robbrecht: Drawn Closer
12 May 2020
Paul Robbrecht: Drawn Closer12 May 2020
β Paul Robbrecht
…Paul Robbrecht (1950), perspective and plan, ‘Initiatief 86’ exhibition design, 1986. Pencil on trace. DMC 2732.5. Paul Robbrecht (1950), axonometric view of exhibition, ‘Initiatief 86’ exhibition design, 1986. Pencil on…
Drawing Matter Extracts
5 February 2021
Drawing Matter Extracts5 February 2021
…with newly commissioned texts, and others previously published on www.drawingmatter.org or found in the architectural library at Shatwell Farm. The first anthology in the series, ‘Where to Begin?’, presents a…
fala: butterflies
19 December 2022
fala: butterflies19 December 2022
β fala
…are bad at sketching. In the moment we don’t pay attention to details. The outlines are gradually filled with lines, and the perimeters are separated from the inner skeletons. The first curves…
Superstudio: In Yesterdayβs Tomorrow
23 December 2018
Superstudio: In Yesterdayβs Tomorrow23 December 2018
…today’s realities with past futures of the twentieth century, and, while referring back to those fantastical – and yet eerily familiar – visions, it asks: do we live in yesterday’s tomorrow? Are…
Behind the Lines 8
4 December 2018
Behind the Lines 84 December 2018
β Philippa Lewis
…of designs for graveyard memorials and tombstones, ‘Number 9’ Moos, 1811. Pen and ink and wash, double sheets on wove paper watermarked Huber. DMC 2453.5 r. ‘Number 6’ Moos, Page…
The Iconography of Desolation
17 February 2020
The Iconography of Desolation17 February 2020
β Robert Smithson
…shapeless delirium. Dizzy icons. Dizzy. Dizzy. Dizzy. Holy-Radio-Active-System… hold it! Flash bulbs pop. Controls are giving out… Release, angelic laughter: Ha. Ha. ‘Hush. Hush,’ says Whinne-the-Pooh in the cobwebs under…
Do You Remember How Perfect Everything Was? The Work of Zoe Zenghelis (2021) β Review
26 April 2022
Do You Remember How Perfect Everything Was? The Work of Zoe Zenghelis (2021) β Review26 April 2022
β Richard Hall
…is for Lovers’, being a case in point. Zoe Zenghelis, ‘1000 Olive Trees’, aerial view, Hotel Therma, Lesbos, 1985. Oil on paper, 562 × 738 mm. DMC 3149. Other contributions…
The James Clarke Remake
20 July 2021
The James Clarke Remake20 July 2021
β Oscar Binder and Nikolaus Podlaha
…Auflage. J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen 1975. Oscar Binder and Nikolaus Podlaha are both currently studying for their Masters in Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. This text…
fala: execution drawings
7 November 2022
fala: execution drawings7 November 2022
β fala
…work. Today, ideas find their way through concrete skeletons, brick walls, pivoting doors, tiles, and wooden pavements. Mirrors, patterns, colours, and objects occupy spaces, often hiding unsolvable corners. Execution drawings give them…
Glarner Wirtschaftsarchiv
8 January 2024
Glarner Wirtschaftsarchiv8 January 2024
β Helen Thomas
…the Mühleareal (mill district) of the village of Schwanden, in which the archives are housed. The Mühleareal (mill district) of Schwanden in 1977. Photo: Creative Commons. The Blumer Factory, Wirtschaftsarchiv…
Pan Scroll Zoom 10: Studio Othenin-Girard
29 March 2021
Pan Scroll Zoom 10: Studio Othenin-Girard29 March 2021
…witness to the covid-19 pandemic, it was fundamental to respect a certain sequencing that chronicling the moment demanded: (1) to observe, (2) to understand, (3) to act. Drawing has the capacity to compress all three phases…
Nobuo Sekine: Phase of Nothingness
27 April 2021
Nobuo Sekine: Phase of Nothingness27 April 2021
β Editors
…rock in the sky.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPyucV8hUXc Nobuo Sekine (1942–2019), Phase of Nothingness, 1971 (detail). Xerox copy, ink and pencil, 730 × 1010 mm. DMC 2165. With thanks to Nicholas Olsberg for…
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