Open Design Atelier (NO / GB)
www.oda-arch.co.uk

Audile - mental imagery is auditory rather than visual

15.08. - 21.08. 2010
Participation fee: 695 / 925

THEME
Audile - one whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motor.
Much of modern architecture is exclusively aimed at our sense of vision, arguably to the exclusion of our other senses. The workshop will explore the landscape through the auditive. By recording how a sense of place is created through sound the group will create a folly that explores the sounds within the grounds of Boisbuchet, perhaps generating its own in response; telling the stories of the landscape.
Through creating devices that record sound we will investigate both the characteristics of the landscape and the language of forms that we need to listen to it. Using the landscape as an instrument to make sounds we can examine how the landscape communicates with itself and with us.
In this workshop we will listen to Boisbuchet and find its voices. We will identify a sense of place and celebrate its stories. Through these narratives we will discover new ways of experiencing the topology of the landscape.

Open Design Atelier (NO

WORKSHOPLEADER
Open Design Atelier
ODA was set up by Mirei Yoshida and Jonas Norlin in 2008 to investigate the interaction of architecture and art. ODA has collaborated on several international projects in Sweden, Norway and Japan. ODA have invited Andrew Lock to join us for this workshop.
http://www.oda-arch.co.uk/

Jonas Norlin
Jonas Norlin has worked for several architectural practices in UK and Norway. In parallel with his professional career, he has pursued a passion for craft and sculpture. In 2007 his work was selected to be exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum. In 2000 he developed the stage design for a dance performance in Oslo. He has been a regular critic at UEL and in 2005 he was external examiner at KTH in Stockholm.

Mirei Yoshida
As a practicing architect Mirei Yoshida has worked at various practices, including David Chipperfield and Allies and Morrison. She has taught at academic institutions both in the UK and Japan. In 2006 she was appointed senior lecturer at UEL. She has run a variety of architectural workshops such as Junior London Open House and ‘Self-Build City’ in Meguro city museum. In 2009 she was apponted curator of architecture at Gallery ROM in Oslo.

IN COOPERATION WITH

Andrew Lock
His experience encompasses theatre design, interactive exhibitions and interior design on a broad range of projects. He has run several design workshops including ‘How to design an exhibition’ for the British Library and ‘Telling tales’ for the British Council, the Battersea Arts Centre and The Pines Community Centre, Barbados. He is currently working with The South Bank Centre in London to design the space for their resident Youth Group. www.lockrennie.com/audile

Craig Vear
Craig Vear is a composer and musician working with found sounds. During 2003-4 he held the Arts Council England Fellowship with the British Antarctic Survey. During 2007-8 he held a Leverhulme Fellowship as artist in residence with the University of Hull, and has just started a three year research project exploring the interrelationship between music, digital technology and contemporary theatre performance. www.ev2.co.uk/vear