*Liking the atemporal aspects of a self-declared "transitory object."
http://www.tba21.org/program/exhibitions/75?category=exhibitions
Transitory Objects
Displaying architectural objects within the framework of selected artworks from T-B A21's collection introduces the problem of contextuality. A parallel reading of artistic and architectural production today opens up the question of what kind of impact this transfer has on the status of the architectural object as well as on the nature of the “aesthetic realm” itself.
Setting aside an idealistic understanding of the aesthetic realm as an autonomous field, we would instead characterize it as a privileged site of sign and value production within the context of today’s knowledge industries. (((I want the T-shirt.)))
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The specific architectural objects are derived from design practices—exemplified by the work of Alisa Andraschek biothing, Hernan Diaz Alonso Xefirotarch, Greg Lynn FORM, Neri Oxman MATERIALECOLOGY, Aranda\Lasch and R&Sie(n)—that utilize the performative powers of algorithms and advanced geometry.
They are products of a realization/materialization of information by generating, modulating, and executing sets of rules and protocols. Their formal languages show an affinity for exuberance, flexibility, and efficiency—the productivity of life in general—which links them to the notion of potentiality. It is a question not only of how design as concept is radically changed through the impact of tools known as "generative algorithms" (((who can't like that?))) but also of how to investigate the conceptual foundations of these practices....
