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March 5 - April 6, 2001
This exhibition is designed to be experiential through its harnessing of physical space, materials, exploration and celebration of intense effects of immateriality, and speculation about the coming era of ultramaterials. Four groups focused on the themes of “Surface”, “Edge”, “Phenomena”, and “Substance”. All installations in the exhibition are full size; these are specific prototypes, tests, and mock-ups representing ongoing research. The four groups have focused on materials such as Homosote, thin plywood, rubber, foam, felt, and aerogel. In addition, sensory components such as light, sound, and smell have become recognized as materials. Team “Surface” focuses on the anonymous quality of Homasote to rework it in ways unperceived so far, while team “Edge” borrows techniques from textiles such as darting, pleating, and tabbing, to focus on themes such as edges, junctions, and corners, and to extend the materials’ spatial, and tactile, and experiential quality. Team “Phenomena” uses foam for its capability to respond to weight and body position, felt, for its absorptive and tactile quality, and fiber optic lighting to project shadows of hidden structures. Team “Substance” uses the thickness and massing of areogel, to challenge the “window” “wall” distinction, and vacillate between opacity and translucency.
This exhibition was organized and curated by Toshiko Mori, Professor in Practice of Architecture; in collaboration with Marco Steinberg, Assistant Professor of Architecture; Nader Tehrani, Assistant Professor of Architecture; and Ron Witte, Assistant Professor of Architecture.
Collaborators: Steven Jones, Materials Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Kurt Stallman, Assistant Professor, Department of Music, Harvard University; Shozo Toyohisa, Lighting Designer, Kilt Planning Office, Inc; and Ean White, Studio Manager, Harvard Studio for Electroacoustic Composition.
Donors: Asahi Glass Building Wall Co., Optical Divison; Boston Felt Company; Boulter Plywood Corporation; Department of Music, Harvard University; Dow Chemical Company; Dynamic Systems Inc.; Eckart America LP; Foam Products Corporation; Homosote Company; Kilt Planning Office Inc,; Osram Sylvania Inc,; Phifer Wire Products; Quam-Nichols Company; SGF Associates Inc.; Smooth-On Inc.; Synair Corporation; Synthetic Industries; and Thermagraphic Measurements Inc.
