Solos space
a single-artist museum as a typology and an experimentSolos space
a single-artist museum as a typology and an experimentSamenvatting
The coronavirus crisis has forced us to rethink the demarcation between the public and private space in the city. Individual homes – stages for domestic life – have become office spaces and places for unusual social interactions. As people started working remotely en masse, they were also forced to expose their intimate environments during online sessions and use them for new functions.
The multidisciplinary studio SOLO SPACE offered an opportunity to investigate nuanced balance between the private and the public within the framework of an unusual typology: a single-artist museum. Inspired by famous examples such as The Noguchi Museum in New York or The Yayoi Kusama Museum in Tokyo, studio curators invited the students to design a small art cluster in the city of Amsterdam. The Dutch contemporary artist Berndnaut Smilde, who is currently based in Amsterdam, became a central inspirational figure to the studio. His work that borders on scientific experimentation is open to multiple interpretations. With his very engaging visuals – videos, photos or live performances – the artist investigates a broad range of themes: from climate and ecological issues to the very nature of art and the relationship between space and time. Through conversations with the artist and visits to his workshop, but also through the research into the single-artist museum typology and the interviews with professional curators, our studio team was able to construct a set of briefs for a cultural centre and a garden in Amsterdam. Focusing on various aspects of Berndnaut Smilde’s work, we have created a gallery of projects – or rather a collection of ideas about what a single-artist museum could be in the future – on a famous empty plot in the very centre of the city. Project by students of the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture: Alice Dicker, Anna Bern, Eva Kirschbaum, Krijn Nugter, Merle Soeters, Niene Laan, Sherif Azmi, Stefanie Krietemeijer.
Organisatie | Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten |
Opleiding | Architectuur |
Afdeling | Academie van Bouwkunst |
Jaar | 2020 |
Type | Boek |
Taal | Engels |