Architronic Notices

Sculpture City International

The Foundation ATTILA (based in Rotterdam, Holland) is organizing an international electronic workshop. The idea is to exchange three-dimensional models which will eventually be assembled to form a "global city," sculpted by a group of international artists and designers. The emphasis for this endeavor will be on building as sculpture which people work and live. When completed in September 1994, the resulting city, SCULPTURE CITY INTERNATIONAL, will be exhibited at the Gallery RAM in Rotterdam, Holland. (Each of the artist's names will be mentioned) All participants will receive a final image of the assembled city.

Abstract:

With the increasing influence of electronic media on our physical world, the way we experience our physical environment is changing. Communication spaces are becoming more and more boundless, as a result this has great potential for influencing the design of architectural-, sculptural- and cyber-space. In the near future electronic networks might be accessible from every physical place. With this intertwining of physical and electronic space, every physical space becomes connected to virtually every other space and in itself becomes amorphous even though it is geographically fixed. What can be said about designing architectural or sculptural space in the paradoxical situation that arises when you superimpose virtual and real spaces; a situation of being in two spaces at the same time? Nowadays the schizophrenic zones between architecture, art and electronic media is approached from the separate points of view of the architect, artist or computer specialist. We would like to question this one-sided approach by confronting the different fields and thus create a dialogue between them.

The dissolving sensorial boundaries between electronic and physical space will be explored during the manifestation by connecting cyber-spatial-design to physical interfaces, such as milling-machines and VR-installations. If you are interested in participating in the 'Sculpture City International' manifestation, contact:

Sculpture City International is an initiative of Kas Oosterhuis, architect in Rotterdam and Ilona Lenard, sculptor in Rotterdam.