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AIA Triangle/NC State College of Design Virtual Lecture Presented by Jennifer Newsom
August 27, 2020 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
FreeAIA Triangle and NC State College of Design
Virtual Joint Lecture
Presented by
Jennifer Newsom AIA, LEED AP, NOMA, NCARB
Thursday, August 27 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | 1 LU Credit
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- REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Deadline to register is 10:00 am on Thursday, August 27th
- This is a live online presentation and a link to join the Zoom meeting will be emailed to registrants on the morning of the program.
PROGRAM
My research lies in the space between real, tangible bodies made of flesh, steel, glass, etc, and the perception of these bodies through vision. As scholar Sarah Lewis has noted: “Seeing has become a mode of reading the world. We make meaning of what we see through conditioned sight, and the question becomes what conditions the mode of seeing? When it comes to race and equity, this has become increasingly important to understand.” (Osterheldt) As an architect, I examine racial constructs in the context of built constructions, where these spatial metaphors act as mechanisms for engagement. People are the activating agents in my work, and their presence is needed for a reconsideration, a “reconditioning” to use Lewis’ term, of our bodies in relation to one another.
Through Dream The Combine, which was founded with Tom Carruthers in 2013, we have produced numerous site-specific installations in the U.S. and Canada. Each conflates what is real with what is imagined to create perceptual uncertainties that cast doubt on our “known” understanding of the world. They are images deconstructed sectionally, a three-dimensional expansion of interior ambiguities like those found in Velasquez’ Las Meninas or Jeff Wall’s Image for Women. Through techniques such as doubling (mirrors), juxtaposition (collage), overlay (projection), or mimicry (casting), we make architectural works that convey a multitude of viewpoints at a time. We insert an oscillation into the figure-ground dialectic central to architectural practice and the basis of metaphor.
Jennifer’s NCSU lecture will provide a survey of the firm’s past works and how they encourage participatory engagement.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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- Participants will be able to explore compelling approaches to designing and building temporary structures
- Participants will be able to understand competition processes and selection criteria
- Participants will be able to better understand the complexities of construction on a restricted site and timeline
- Participants will be able to gain insight into how other artistic disciplines (i.e. literature, sculpture, performance) influence architectural practice
PRESENTED BY
Jennifer Newsom AIA, LEED AP, NOMA, NCARB
Jennifer Newsom is a licensed architect, artist, and co-founder (with Tom Carruthers) of Dream The Combine, based in Minneapolis, MN. She is Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Architecture.
Dream The Combine’s work consists of large-scale, public art installations exploring metaphor, perceptual uncertainties, and the boundary between real and illusory space. They are winners of the 2018 Young Architects Program at MoMA PS1 for their installation Hide & Seek.
Dream the Combine has exhibited at MoMA and MoMA PS1 in New York, NY, and in Seattle WA, East Haddam CT, Vancouver BC, Rome Italy, Minneapolis MN and St. Paul MN. Their work has been published widely, including Metropolis Magazine, Architect, Log, Architectural Record, The Architects Newspaper, and Dezeen. They are currently at work on upcoming installations in Cincinnati OH, Wilkinsburg PA, and Columbus IN as winners of the 2020 J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize.