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August Issue 2009
Hodges Taylor
Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Features Works by Kristen Booth, Liz
Richardson, and Dave Charpentier
Hodges Taylor Gallery
in Charlotte, NC, will present the exhibit, The Architect of
an Education, featuring an exhibition of selected work from
the Graduate Architecture Thesis of the School of Architecture,
UNC Charlotte, including works by Kristen Booth, Liz Richardson,
and Dave Charpentier, on view from Aug. 28 through Sept. 12, 2009.
The UNC Charlotte School of Architecture and Hodges Taylor Gallery
announce an exhibition of architecture graduate thesis work. The
graduate thesis is a research and design based project undertaken
by Master of Architecture students as the culmination of their
education.
The goal of the thesis is not to replicate architectural practice, but rather to provide an opportunity to carefully and systematically investigate an idea that can form the basis of a revised and individuated practice. Our educational objective is to allow students to form a position that will guide their commitment to a professional life for 5, 10, 20 years.
The three projects in this exhibition represent exemplary and diverse work.
Kristen Booth investigated the ways in which hidden spaces live in ordinary life, through representation and analysis of architectural experience. She used examples of Jews hiding from the Nazi's, the underground railroad and modern day sex trafficking as the sites for her study of both the history and representation of space. The book that is result of her research questions both the neutrality of architectural production as well as the limits of architecture and human use. As a pervading undertone she sought to understand the private intersections between architecture and modern social injustices, exploring hidden space, hidden occupations, and hidden agendas.
Liz Richardson
Liz Richardson explored the role of sound in architectural design, not just as a technical issue but also as a method of reinvigorating and expanding the role of architecture to include all the senses. The soundspace that she constructed was designed specifically based on the sound sources observed in the courtyard at 400 North Tryon, and is installed there adjacent to the Gallery. This soundspace has a dual life as a visual artifact as well as an object of sonic presence.
Dave Charpentier
Dave Charpentier built on a long fascination by architects with cinema as a source of inspiration. His work, rather than look at the scenographic or procedural aspects of film, instead focuses on the unique possibilities that moving images offer to capture and analyze space and urban context. His work comprises a video representation of the city of Albemarle that transcends and augments normative process.
For further info
check our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at
704/334-3799 or visit (www.hodgestaylor.com).
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