shock control regression adaptation
17 July - 20 August 2010
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shock control regression adaptation,
is a laser-installation developed by Raurouw that transforms PROGRAM's
exhibition space into a place of continuously changing atmospheric
conditions. Mirrors are attached to various surfaces to interweave laser
beams through the space. Sequenced into four distinct phases that
corresponds with Theologian Yorick Spiegel's four phases of mourning,
the lasers will alternate in configuration and densities to describe
geometric interpretations of shock, control, regression and adaptation.
Activated by the movement of visitors in the space, the phase changes
suggest and anticipate the shifts in social and spatial relations both
between the visitors and the exhibition space and create certain
affects.
Rau means wild, from the germanic word roh, or the quality of being wild
or untamed. Rouw, with a germano-romanic-greek etymological background,
means to mourn, but understood through Spiegel's phasing, to mourn is
to adapt.
As a combination of these two phenomena, Raurouw—a collective recently
formed by four architects and graduates of the Städelschule in
Frankfurt—encapsulates the relationships between the logic of
adaptation, its expression within human behaviours, as well as the
untamed wild forces of nature.
about Raurouw
Arnd-Benedikt Willert-Klasing
Born in Germany, AB Willert-Klasing received his Diplom Ingenieur
(Architect) at the Brandenburgische Technische Hochschule Cottbus and
holds a Postgraduate Master of Arts in AAD from the Städelschule,
Academy of Fine Arts Frankfurt am Main. He gained experience working for
Klein Dytham Architecture (Tokyo), Kleihues und Kleihues (Berlin), and
UNStudio, van Berkel & Bos (Amsterdam). Raurouw offers a platform to
develop and realize "Gedankenkonstrukte”. AB Willert-Klasing is
currently design architect at Hadi Teherani AG (Hamburg).
Filippo Lodi
Born in Italy, Filippo holds a Master of Science in Architecture and
Civil Engineering from the the University of Bologna and the University
of Southampton, as well as a Postgraduate Master of Arts in AAD from the
Städelschule, Academy of Fine Arts Frankfurt am Main. Filippo has also
worked in the office of Juergen Mayer H. and Behnisch Architekten.
Currently, alongside experimenting with Raurouw, Filippo is design
architect at UNStudio (van Berkel & Bos), in Amsterdam.
Jörg Petri
Born in Germany, Jörg received his Diplom Ingenieur Architekt at the
Beuth Hochschule Berlin. After gaining professional experience working
for Richard Meier & Partners (New York), HPP Architects and Renzo
Piano Building Workshop (Berlin) he completed his Postgraduate Master of
Arts in AAD at the Städelschule, Academy of Fine Arts Frankfurt am
Main. Raurouw enables him to test ideas and extend his scope of work.
Jörg is design architect at UNStudio (van Berkel & Bos), in
Amsterdam.
Kyriakos Chatziparaskevas
Born in Greece, he completed his studies at the architectural department
of the Aristoteles University (Thessaloniki) and his postgraduate
studies in advanced architectural design at the Städelschule, Hochschule
für Bildende Künste in Frankfurt. He has worked as an architect at
osd—office for structural design—in Frankfurt and with artist Tomas
Saraceno in Frankfurt and in Stockholm. He has been academically active
by conducting algorithmic design workshops at TU Kaiserslautern and TU
Darmstadt.
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