About this Event
This presentation will describe a practice that adopts methods of Finding rather than methods of Control. These include techniques of "hallucinatory" drawing utilizing the very human capacity for pareidolia, structural form-finding utilizing yielding and flexible materials, and somehow parallel sculptural findings as well. These are examples of how a longstanding fixation on Control may be softened and dissolved by surprisingly simple methods.
The presentation will be followed by a Q & A.
Since 1981, Mark West's practice in drawing and painting has preceded and accompanied his technical inventions in fabric-formed concrete architecture. A former professor of architecture, he now lives and works in Montréal Canada at his Atelier Surviving Logic [www.survivinglogic.ca], and since 2023 as co-founder of Ceci n'est pas un musée [www.notamuseum.ca], a miniature cultural institution in Montréal.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Cooper Union, Room 315F, 7 East 7th Street, New York, United States
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