SPACE, SKIN, AND SURFACE

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This history and theory-based seminar examines the operational principles of displaying objects and actions through architecture, with a focus on the framework of space, skin, and surface. Mechanisms of display are not only relevant for sharing cultural production (exhibiting artwork, housing performances, and installations), but are essential for commerce (displaying goods and services), marketing, and politics. The seminar analyzes the tensions between all three elements (space, skin, and surface), concentrating on displaying actions, objects, meaning, and the elements' real and virtual conditions. It also explores changing characteristics of “the architecture of display” through relevant texts, projects, and sites, examining and expanding contemporary discourse. (4 credits) spring