artistic explorations of architectural themes
2007-2009
A project developed by Mark C. Hewitt and Rowena Easton exploring the relationship between buildings and psychology. Key themes were collapse, ruin and 'the uncanny'.
Rowena Easton & Mark Hewitt. Photo by Simona Danielova.
collapse projects to date
June 2008
Dream Buildings
www.dreamlibrary.org.uk
An online collection of different people's accounts of dreams in which 'architectural' structures and interiors play a significant role within the narrative. The project - launched in June 2008 with an event at Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, as part of architecture08 festival - has continued to inform subsequent work.
Left: Ghost (2002) © Estate of Greg Daville
September / October 2009
Floor Plan
Phoenix Brighton
a strange house my voice the walls the silence featured textual fragments of dream narratives (charcoal on plasterboard), spatial interventions, a very small doorway and a river of copper sequins. Floor Plan - artists exploring our relationship with buildings and architecture was a curated exhibition and also featured work by Louise Bristow, Peter Bobby, Rosalind Davis, Jane Ward and Rich White.
