God Knows is an exhibition by ARM Architecture for the ABP Alumni Retrospective Series at The University of Melbourne's Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. The exhibition is a conceptual representation of selected ARM works (both built and unrealised), the people and personalities behind ARM studio, and public and internal perceptions of ARM.ARM Architecture's Stephen Ashton and Howard Raggatt are alumni of The University of Melbourne and in 1988 they co-founded ARM Architecture with Ian McDougall. ARM has since become one of Australia's leading architecture practices.
Exhibition Dates
Opens Monday June 6, 2011
Closes Friday Jule 1, 2011
Wunderlich Gallery
Ground Floor
Architecture Building
The University of Melbourne
Opening Hours
9:00am - 5:00pm,
Monday to Friday
Closing Party
6pm Friday July 1, 2011
Monday 27th June
Exhibition
The exhibition will consist of three components - a physical installation of polystyrene packaging on the walls of the gallery, a series of short films projected onto these walls, and a selection of quotes representing various opinions about ARM and our work.
The polystyrene component references how protective packaging objects have informed the design of ARM buildings, most notably the Melbourne Recital Centre. For this exhibition, the walls of the Wunderlich Gallery will be lined with discarded pieces of polystyrene. Located within the array of objects will be custom-made polystyrene representations of ARM buildings, rendered as negative voids within large polystyrene blocks.
The second component is a series of projections onto the undulating polystyrene surface. The wall becomes a kinetic screen, upon which there will be old and new ARM short films. These will include high speed 3D animations, Howard Raggatt's thesis film 'Not Songs', media snippets, and interviews with ARM directors and staff specially filmed for this exhibition.
Thirdly; quotes (mostly taken from online forums) and interviews make up the graphic and acoustic content of the exhibition. They become part of the ARM narrative, a history of challenging community perceptions of architecture, and how the work represents a local identity.
Catalogue, Short Films & Online
A catalogue will be available from the University of Melbourne - Melbourne School of Design, comprising eight posters with interviews with ARM directors and designers, critical essays and graphic representations of ARM's work. They will be available for purchase at the Closing Party and after the conclusion of the exhibition. All short films featured in the exhibition will be uploaded to YouTube at the conclusion of the exhibition for further display.
The exhibition is generously supported by Microhire.
