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Archetypes features a recent series by Canadian artist David K.
Ross, who works at the interface of photography, film, and installation.
His images of architectural mock-ups, staged at night with dramatic lighting that isolates structures from their surroundings, demonstrate how these objects have become a charged form of proto-architecture.
They also change how we view the practice of architecture by documenting and framing unseen aspects of its emergence.
Built at full scale, these architectural fragments - to be removed from construction sites as buildings near completion - ensure that a project can be executed exactly to design, and they provide clients with a simulation of a building that leaves little space for speculation.
The task of mock-up documentation is usually left to architects and contractors, who take quick snapshots for their reference during site visits. Archetypes is the first-ever photographic compilation of this type, reaching beyond a mere artistic record of building technologies and typologies.
Instead, the book offers an effective platform to consider what it means to pre-construct fragments of buildings in all their complexity.
Published alongside Ross's images are four essays framing the historical, technological, and civic significance of the mock-up.
Archetypes offers an intellectual and aesthetic reference for a wide range of audiences from professionals in architecture to anyone interested in photography and art, or fascinated by arcane aspects of building construction.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:120 pages, 51 Illustrations, black and white; 39 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Park Books
- Publication Date:21/05/2021
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- ISBN:9783038602217
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:120 pages, 51 Illustrations, black and white; 39 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Park Books
- Publication Date:21/05/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9783038602217
