Alice Theobald and Atomik Architecture. It’s not who you are, it’s how you are (2016)
BALTIC Ryder Commission
IT'S NOT WHO YOU ARE IT'S HOW YOU ARE: The Project
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead and Ryder Architecture present the second in a series of new commissions exploring the relationship between art and architecture.
IT'S NOT WHO YOU ARE IT'S HOW YOU ARE: The Commission
BALTIC and Ryder, in collaboration with Blueprint Magazine, commissioned artist Alice Theobald and Atomik Architecture.Theobald and Atomik’s co-authored work has evolved through a process of studio visits, workshops, model-making and drawing.
IT'S NOT WHO YOU ARE IT'S HOW YOU ARE: The Exhibition
It takes the form of an ambitious site-specific installation comprising sound, video and live performance.
IT'S NOT WHO YOU ARE IT'S HOW YOU ARE: Influences
Interested in the interiors of Austrian-Czech architect Adolf Loos (1870-1933) and the idea of accessing a space through multiple viewpoints, Theobald and Atomik will construct a series of circular rooms which will provide a route through the architecture, pacing the visitors’ experience. Drawing on Anthony Vidler’s book The Architecture of the Uncanny (1992), they created a series of familiar, yet unsettling spaces, lining the rooms with everyday materials, texts and projections.
IT'S NOT WHO YOU ARE IT'S HOW YOU ARE: The Performances
A platform slicing through the gallery becomes a stage for a series of part-choreographed, part-improvised performances; an accompanying musical score will explore the circularity and slippage of language and the interplay between performer and viewer.
It’s not who you are, it’s how you are (2015-12-11/2016-04-10) by Alice Theobald and Atomik ArchitectureBALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
It’s not who you are, it’s how you are (2015-12-11/2016-04-10) by Alice Theobald and Atomik ArchitectureBALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
All photo by Colin Davison unless otherwise stated.
