From January 11 to March 11, the Center for Architecture in New York will present new work from leading architects and fashion designers such as Hussein Chalayan, Shigeru Ban, Norwegian Pia Myrvold and Zaha Hadid. Visitors will be able to experience first hand the remarkable connections between these two fields. More importantly, this exhibition offers the first in-depth analysis of how these unique disciplines influence and interact with each other.
The Fashion of Architecture investigates the dialogue between modern architecture and contemporary fashion in considerable depth. Architects and interior designers are borrowing techniques such as pleating and draping from traditional tailoring, and the structures that result are interactive, inflatable, and even portable. Devices such as the spiral and the fold are frequently used by practitioners in both disciplines, forming the structural basis for forms ranging from buildings and bridges to ball gowns and bikinis. Norwegian fashion designer and multi-media artist Pia Myrvold made a response to Winka Dubbeldam’s Hardware/Softform' project in a recent fashion installation, designing garments based on Winka Dubbeldam’s principle of a flexible armature and interpreting graphic elements from HardWare/SoftForm as surface motifs in her garments.
The exhibition is curated by Bradley Quinn, a New York-based British author and curator who has presented the work of leading designers and architects in galleries and museums around the world.This exhibition is sponsored by Herman Miller. Admission is free. Exhibition Reception Wednesday January 11, 6-8pm.
When: Wednesday, January 11 – Saturday, March 11, open 9 am to 8 pm, Monday - Friday, and 11 am to 5 pm, Saturdays.
Where: The Center for Architecture,536 LaGuardia Place, NYC
Info: (212) 683-0023 or info@aiany.org