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30/1/2003

Super-ficial

New Museum, New York

THE SURFACES OF ARCHITECTURE IN A DIGITAL AGE

The New Museum of Contemporary Art presents Super-ficial: The Surfaces of Architecture in a Digital Age from January 31 - April 6, 2003 in the Zenith Media Lounge. Super-ficial explores the influence of digital technology on architectural theory and practice, and by extension, on our cultural understanding of architecture and the built environment. Several architects who are using computer software and animation to propose new kinds of surfaces for buildings and objects will exhibit both theoretical and actual projects in a range of media including user-navigable digital tours, architectural drawings, and models.

The architectural teams included in the exhibition are dbox (Matthew Bannister, James Gibbs, and Charles d'Autremont, principals); Jurgen Mayer H.; Peter Testa Architects (Peter Testa, Devyn Weiser, principals); and Michael Silver.

New York City-based dbox will show Liquid Red, originally commissioned by the Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido. Shown on a large plasma screen, Liquid Red is a hypnotic computer animation of a fluid, monochromatic surface that repeatedly shifts in scale, recalling landscape, bodily viscera, and architectural space.

Berlin-based Jurgen Mayer H. borrows early twentieth century Data-Protection Patterning-developed to ensure the secure exchange of data on paper (an example of which is the inside of an envelope containing a check)-and applies its neo-baroque designs to the surfaces of objects, including carpets, wallpaper, and clothing.

Los Angeles-based Peter Testa Architects has written a software program called Weaver that is capable of weaving together ultra-light composite metals into a fabric-like building material that eliminates the need for a core foundation. Their project, Carbon Tower is a forty-story high rise prototype with no columns and no continuous vertical core.

Michael Silver's Liquid Crystal Glass House is the design for a house whose surface consists of a system of interconnected and interactive liquid crystal glass panels. Switches allow inhabitants to choose a transparent or opaque surface for the panels, as well as shades in between, thereby giving them control over levels of privacy, visibility, and environmental exposure.

Super-ficial is organized by Associate Curator Anne Ellegood and Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo Curatorial Fellow, Johanna Burton. This exhibition is the second in the series called Spatial Dynamics: Perceptions in a Digital Age that explores the growing confluence of technology, architecture and urbanism in contemporary culture.

About the Zenith Media Lounge
The New Museum's Zenith Media Lounge is New York City's only museum space dedicated to the exhibition and exploration of digital art, experimental video and sound works. Located on the New Museum Store level, programming in the Zenith Media Lounge is ongoing and is always free.

About the New Museum of Contemporary Art
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, founded in 1977 and located in the heart of Soho, is the premier destination for contemporary art in New York City. With an annual schedule of dynamic exhibitions, the Museum presents the most innovative and experimental work from around the world. Debate and discussion about contemporary culture are encouraged through a broad range of educational programs, publications, performances, and new media initiatives. The New Museum recently announced plans to build a new, 60,000 square foot facility at 235 Bowery. Visit www.newmuseum.org for more about the New Museum.

Museum Hours
Tuesday - Sunday: noon - 6:00PM
Thursday: noon - 8:00PM* Closed Monday

Store Hours
Monday - Sunday: noon - 6:30PM
(Open on Mondays beginning Sept. 30, 2002)
Thursday: noon - 8:00PM

Admission
$6.00 general; $3.00 students/seniors
Free for members; visitors 18 and under free
*Thursday 6:00-8:00PM $3.00
Zenith Media Lounge free

The exhibitions at the New Museum of Contemporary Art are made possible by the Producers Council and members of the New Museum. The New Museum of Contemporary Art receives general operating support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts.

The New Museum has received major stabilization support for 2003 operations and programs from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Booth Ferris Foundation.

For more information please contact the Public Relations Office at 212-219-1222 ext. 394

Super-ficial: The Surfaces of Architecture in a Digital Age January 31 - April 6, 2003 Zenith Media Lounge

Image: Photo credit: dbox (Matthew Bannister, James Gibbs, and Charles d'Autremont, principals) Liquid Red, 2002 digital animation with audio Commissioned by Shiseido for 'INOUI ID," Dick Page, Artistic Director Courtesy of the artists

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