What defines national identity? Is it geography and boundaries? Is it national dress, music, culture or art? Is it something genetic in the people’s DNA which might show in facial features, hair colour, body shape or other characteristics? Japanese artist Yoshinori Niwa, who now lives in Vienna, believes that language may have much to do […]
Marcus Harvey and Bouchra Khalili explore cultural and national identity through different media – Marcus in sculptures, ceramics and paintings; Bouchra with film and video installation, photography and prints BREXIT raises the question about Britain’s future role in the modern world. What is Britishness and what will it mean in the future as Britain pulls away […]
A large white room flooded with white light, empty except for a huge triangular mirrored shape on a tall pole, swirling round and round, reflecting different elements of the high space as it rotates, hypnotising as the images become repetitive, with no opportunity for the viewer to influence or change them. Inspired by the sign […]
"The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don't want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don't have a soul."
(Thomas Moore)
To be an architect means having a wide range of interests - architecture, art and creativity in all its variety of forms, sustainability, science and innovation. The greatest interest is often where these different worlds overlap and collide - that is when something imaginative often occurs that pushes us all forward to another place
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