Acconci/Holl: Storefront for Art and Architecture: 17 (Werkdokumente S.) - Softcover

Ritter, Arno; Ott, Paul

 
9783775710015: Acconci/Holl: Storefront for Art and Architecture: 17 (Werkdokumente S.)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3775710019 ISBN 13: 9783775710015
Publisher: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 2001

Synopsis

In 1993, the artist Vito Acconci and the architect Steven Holl were invited to redesign the facade of the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York. Addressing the site's urban environment and its function as an art space - the gallery is located on the ground floor of a low building on the outskirts of Soho - Acconci and Holl created a versatile facade which may be opened up in different ways depending on the season, or function as an optical screen separating the inner space from the street. These diverse functions - responding to considerations of both inner and outer space, creating links and transparencies as well as establishing borders - provide for a constant flux of local and spatial relationships for both the interested viewer and the casual passerby. This new book, part of Hatje/Cantz's "Werkdokumente" series, documents Acconci and Holl's collaborative project with photographs by Paul Ott.

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Synopsis

In 1993, the artist Vito Acconci and the architect Steven Holl were invited to redesign the facade of the Storefront Gallery in New York. As a response to its urban context and its function as an art space - the gallery is situated on the ground floor of a low building on the outskirts of Soho Acconci and Holl created a versatile facade which may be opened up in different ways according to the season, or function as an optical screen separating the inner space from the street.

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Publisher
Verlag Gerd Hatje
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3775710019
ISBN 13 
9783775710015
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
96
Editor
Bregenz Kunsthaus, Kob Edelbert