Feathered Edge: A New Installation By Ball-Nogues Studio
26 Jul - 15 Nov 2009
© Ball-Nogues Studio
Maximilian’s Schell, 2005
Materials & Applications, Los Angeles
courtesy of Ball-Nogues Studio
photo © Neil Cochran
Maximilian’s Schell, 2005
Materials & Applications, Los Angeles
courtesy of Ball-Nogues Studio
photo © Neil Cochran
FEATHERED EDGE: A NEW INSTALLATION BY BALL-NOGUES STUDIO
07.26.09 - 11.15.09
Pacific Design Center
Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio is a site-specific project by the innovative Los Angeles–based design and fabrication firm led by Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues. In this exhibition, initiated by Brooke Hodge and coordinated by MOCA Curator Alma Ruiz, thousands of hand-dyed strings configured in catenary curves span the gallery space to form a dynamic environment. The studio works with unusual materials, develops new digital tools, and applies architectural techniques in unorthodox ways to create experimental built environments that enhance and celebrate the potential for social interaction through sensation, spectacle, and physical engagement. Their past projects include Echoes Converge, an installation for the Venice Architecture Biennale (2008), the competition-winning Liquid Sky installation for P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center’s Young Architects Program (2007), and Maximilian’s Schell at Materials + Applications in Los Angeles (2006).
Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio is made possible by endowment support from The Ron Burkle Endowment for Architecture and Design Programs. Major support is made possible by endowment support from The Ron Burkle Endowment for Architecture and Design Programs. Major support is provided by The MOCA Architecture & Design Council, the City of West Hollywood Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission, and Dwell. Generous support for MOCA Pacific Design Center is provided by Charles S. Cohen. Additional support is provided by Environment Furniture.
07.26.09 - 11.15.09
Pacific Design Center
Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio is a site-specific project by the innovative Los Angeles–based design and fabrication firm led by Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues. In this exhibition, initiated by Brooke Hodge and coordinated by MOCA Curator Alma Ruiz, thousands of hand-dyed strings configured in catenary curves span the gallery space to form a dynamic environment. The studio works with unusual materials, develops new digital tools, and applies architectural techniques in unorthodox ways to create experimental built environments that enhance and celebrate the potential for social interaction through sensation, spectacle, and physical engagement. Their past projects include Echoes Converge, an installation for the Venice Architecture Biennale (2008), the competition-winning Liquid Sky installation for P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center’s Young Architects Program (2007), and Maximilian’s Schell at Materials + Applications in Los Angeles (2006).
Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio is made possible by endowment support from The Ron Burkle Endowment for Architecture and Design Programs. Major support is made possible by endowment support from The Ron Burkle Endowment for Architecture and Design Programs. Major support is provided by The MOCA Architecture & Design Council, the City of West Hollywood Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission, and Dwell. Generous support for MOCA Pacific Design Center is provided by Charles S. Cohen. Additional support is provided by Environment Furniture.