Archetypes / David K. Ross ; texts, Reto Geiser [and three others].

Main entry:

Ross, David K., photographer.

Title & Author:

Archetypes / David K. Ross ; texts, Reto Geiser [and three others].

Publication:

Zurich : Park Books, [2021]
©2021

Description:

119 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Between representation and reality / Reto Geiser -- Manifest materiality / Ted Kesik -- Masks that hide nothing but themselves / Peter Sealy -- Seeking a memorial at the site of encroachment / Sky Goodden.

Summary:

"Archetypes features a recent series by Canadian artist David K. Ross, who works at the interface of photography, film, and installation. His images of architectural mock-ups, staged at night with dramatic lighting that isolates structures from their surroundings, demonstrate how these objects have become a charged form of proto-architecture. They also change how we view the practice of architecture by documenting and framing unseen aspects of its emergence. Built at full scale, these architectural fragments--to be removed from construction sites as buildings near completion--ensure that a project can be executed exactly to design, and they provide clients with a simulation of a building that leaves little space for speculation. The task of mock-up documentation is usually left to architects and contractors, who take quick snapshots for their reference during site visits. Archetypes is the first-ever photographic compilation of this type, reaching beyond a mere artistic record of building technologies and typologies. Instead, the book offers an effective platform to consider what it means to pre-construct fragments of buildings in all their complexity. Published alongside Ross's images are four essays framing the historical, technological, and civic significance of the mock-up. Archetypes offers an intellectual and aesthetic reference for a wide range of audiences from professionals in architecture to anyone interested in photography and art, or fascinated by arcane aspects of building construction."--Amazon.ca.

ISBN:

9783038602217 hardcover
3038602213 hardcover

Subject:

Ross, David K.
Architectural photography.
Architectural models Pictorial works.
Photography, Artistic.
Photographie d'architecture.
Modèles architecturaux Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
Architectural models

Form/genre:

Pictorial works

Added entries:

Geiser, Reto, writer of supplementary textual content, editor.
Mollet, Noëmi, book designer.
Geiser, Reto, book designer.
Huang, Howsem, book designer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309820
Call No.: BIB 254980
Status: Available

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