Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Ando Tadao exhibition


Architects at the National Art Museum…
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Guy: Magnificent! How many people are here today would you say?
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Paul: The information desk told me seven thousand.
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Guy: Architectural exhibitions can be tricky to curate.
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Paul: Because they're about buildings?
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Ando Tadao in his Church of Light
Guy: The buildings are too big and the plans are too small.
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Paul: But this. Brilliant curating. Hundreds of video screens on loops of projects, sketches, photos, models, working drawings.
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Naoshima
Guy: And monster installations. Ando’s office, the multi-screen theaters, the walk-in life-size reconstruction of his Church of Light.
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Paul: Performance too. Ando is here, he does an hour long Q&A, he sketches and pastes these in books of his buildings.
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Guy: And self-taught. Began his career as a boxer. Opened his office in 1969. Still active all over the world.
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Paul: National treasure.
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Voice-over
AndoTadao Exhibition at National Art Center, Tokyo. Nogizaka Station. Until December 18. Highly recommended.
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