Klenz, Steffi (2006) Nonsuch. [Exhibition/show, Photography]
Creators: | Klenz, Steffi |
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Description/Abstract: | The photographic series “Nonsuch“ investigates how architecture is constructed, historically and ideologically, through its representation. The intellectual roots are embedded within the tradition of utopia and its counter-effects of destopia, The series concentrates on the ‘model’ town Poundbury in Dorset and presents an interesting exploration of this inhabited space and its artificiality. The town is built on land owned by the Duchy of Cornwell, inhabited since 1996 and owns its conceptual structure to the principles set out in Prince Charles’ book “A Vision of Britain” published in 1989. The photographic images represent this urban space as a folly that seems to make the habitation and public life awkward, hyperbolising the sense of perfection that is built into the geographic space by the architect Leon Krier’s vision of New Urbanism. |
Item Type: | Art/Design Item |
Date: | 2006 |
Locations / Venues: | Location From Date To Date "Living with Buildings" group exhibition, Wellcome Collection, London, UK 4 October 2018 3 March 2019 Group exhibition "Aktualizacja UK" Krakow, Poland 2010 2010 Group exhibition "Vision - A View of Life", Museum "Kuenstlerkolonie", Darmstadt, Germany 2009 2009 Group exhibition "Up & Now" Photographic Centre Northwest, Seattle, USA 13 July 2007 30 August 2007 Solo exhibition "Nonsuch", Architecture Centre - Beam, Wakefield February 2007 May 2007 Solo exhibition "Nonsuch", 2piR Gallery, Poznan, Poland 2007 2007 Solo exhibition "Nonsuch" Photofusion, London 2 June 2006 15 July 2006 |
Related Exhibitions: | http://pcnw.org/gallery/exhibitions/archive/up-now-12th-annual-photographic-competition/, https://wellcomecollection.org/pages/W7TaXxAAACwA0c26, https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/Wk4sPSQAACcANwrX |
Projects or Series: | Nonsuch |
Uncontrolled Keywords or tags : | architecture, Dorset, Poundbury |
Schools: | School of Fine Art & Photography |
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Depositing User: |
Mary-Anne Spalding
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Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2013 18:04 |
Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2019 10:02 |
URI: | https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/1406 |
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