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Mark Wigley ist Professor und Dean emeritus der Columbia GSAPP. Mit Beatriz Colomina kuratierte er die Istanbul Design Biennial 2016. Er forscht seit vielen Jahren zu Gordon Matta-Clark. In einer forensischen Spurensuche analysiert er Anarchitecture, das Œuvre von Gordon Matta-Clark und das Wesen der Architektur.
Dieses Features findet in englischer Sprache statt. Es ist eine Kooperation mit dem ZKR – Zentrum für Kunst und öffentlichen Raum im Rahmen der Ausstellung Zwischen Räumen statt. Sie konfrontiert die Praxis von Gordon Matta-Clark mit künstlerischen Sichten auf Ost-Berlin und zeitgenössischen Positionen.
ARCH+ features 65
16. July at ZKR Schloss Biesdorf, 3:00 pm
BETWEEN SPACES
In early 1974, the New York architect and artist Gordon Matta-Clark took a chainsaw and cut a single-family home in two. As if performing a clinical autopsy, he exposed the building’s innards, transforming how the once-cozy home was perceived in an unsettling way. The artist Laurie Anderson described this intervention as “anarchitecture.” Anderson and Matta-Clark, together with other artists and architects, formed a group of the same name: Anarchitecture. They attained mythic status with their exhibition in 1974. Yet all that remains are an invitation and a few photos that show destroyed houses, crossroads, a derailed train, a house on a boat. The work of Gordon Matta-Clark takes a programmatic approach to deconstructing the boundaries of architecture and public space.
Mark Wigley has dedicated many years to studying the work of Gordon Matta-Clark. Undertaking a forensic quest for the remaining traces, he will analyze Anarchitecture and the oeuvre of Gordon Matta-Clark. Mark Wigley is a professor and dean emeritus of Columbia GSAPP. Together with Beatriz Colomina, he curated the Istanbul Design Biennial in 2016.
The event will be held in english. It is a cooperation with ZKR, Center for Art and Public Space, as part of its exhibition Between Spaces. The exhibition places work by Gordon Matta-Clark and perspectives on East Berlin into a dialogue with current artistic positions.
At 4.30 pm, the ARCH+ features will be followed by our summer reception, opening with a performance by rap artist Jan Kage!