is an architecture and art practice based in Bergen, Norway being led by the Romanian/Canadian architect Cristian Ştefănescu.
is an architecture and art practice based in Bergen, Norway being led by the Romanian/Canadian architect Cristian Ştefănescu.
aldea | center for contemporary art, design and technology 2017-2018
aldea | center for contemporary art, design and technology 2017-2018
Location Bergen, Norway
Client Hordaland Kunstsenter
Size
Budget
Status Built
Design / Concept
Cristian Stefanescu
Apichaya Wanthiang
Text Contribution
Esther Tuypens
Construction
David Valen Aadland
Tobias Oscar Lehrskov-Schmidt
Markus Moestue
Bjørn Mortensen
Cristian Stefanescu
Apichaya Wanthiang
Photography
Bjørn Mortensen
Physical space is a type of language and like language it creates meaning. Just as we use letters, words and sentences to form dialogue and stories, so too do we use individual materials and components such as walls, windows and stairs to construct rooms and buildings. As the day-to-day spaces we inhabit are gradually commodified, standardized and regulated, we move towards a more generalized way of experiencing, inhabiting and thinking about our physical environment.
The exhibition seeks out the spatial diversity that is largely hidden, inaccessible and removed from our daily experience, This search oftentimes leads to a focus on environments found in the peripheries, on the back sides or in leftover areas. Out of sight, out of use and out of mind. An extract from these environments is constructed within the Hordaland Kunstsenter at a 1:1 scale. A constellation of spaces are brought together, superimposed, via a circular inside-outside movement. Walls tilt, rooms multiply and openings reveal a new spatial narrative.