Fables for the Drone Age by Richard Goodwin
29/06/2017.
Betts Project [LON] UK 23.06 > 29.07.2017
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The exhibition of Australian artist and architect Richard Goodwin takes place at the contemporary art gallery Betts Project in London UK from June 23 to July 29.
Fables for the Drone Age by Richard Goodwin. Image courtesy of Betts Project
Fables for the Drone Age by Richard Goodwin. Image courtesy of Betts Project
Fables for the Drone Age by Richard Goodwin. Image courtesy of Betts Project
Fables for the Drone Age by Richard Goodwin. Image courtesy of Betts Project
Fables for the Drone Age by Richard Goodwin. Image courtesy of Betts Project
Fables for the Drone Age by Richard Goodwin. Image courtesy of Betts Project
Fables for the Drone Age by Richard Goodwin. Image courtesy of Betts Project
Betts Project announced a solo exhibition of works by Australian artist and architect Richard Goodwin. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in the UK.
"Stumbling away from pure modernism, post-modernism and late modernism, we crouch in the shadows of a global built environment, ruminating, via the scrutiny of the Drone, about the huge armature of leftover or partially destroyed architecture. In an age where the Situationist vision of “Unitary Urbanism”, already modelled virtually by the internet, now gets closer, functionalism is made redundant as we adapt and re-use to survive. Irresolution and Quantum Physics are the new aesthetics of complexity. Architecture is after all a state of becoming, a coral reef generated from the inside out."
Richard Goodwin, 2017
Spanning work from the 1990s to 2017, the exhibition shows Goodwin's intensive research in ‘Porosity’, which describes for him, the urban propositions of parasitic architecture that can expand the uses of public space and ‘open up’ the city.
Richard Goodwin evolved from architect to sculptor before developing a unique role as a sculptural installation artist on buildings and public projects. In this new role he has opened up new dimensions in the planning of urban spaces and in the way architecture interacts with its physical and cultural context.
Goodwin’s work proposes the acceptance of irresolution as a characteristic architectural aesthetic, by challenging the barriers between sculpture and architecture,. The core focus of his research has been the creation of ‘porosity’, a term that he interprets as the barrier-free connection between the public and private domains that resists the forceful contemporary tendencies to sanitise, compartmentalize and eventually alienate public space. In this way,
Goodwin aims to return character to our cities and make them stimulating places where people congregate with a genuine sense of community.Richard Goodwin was born in Sydney in 1953, where he continues to live and work.
He is the recipient of many awards, including The Wynne Prize for 2011, Art Gallery of New South Wales, The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, the Sydney Water Prize for Sculpture By The Sea. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions across Australia and internationally, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2013); Gwangju Design Biennale, South Korea and Today Modern Museum, Beijing (2011). Goodwin has been selected to exhibit at the Australian Pavilion for the 2008, 2010 and 2012 Venice Architecture Biennales.
Goodwin’s work resides in the permanent collections of numerous museums, including the Art Gallery of NSW; National Gallery of Victoria; Nuremberg City Museum, Germany; Allen, Allen & Hemsley, Sydney; Ararat Gallery; Artbank, Sydney; Costain Collection, Melbourne; Darwin Institute of Technology; Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne; Mildura Arts Centre; Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane; Orange Regional Gallery; Wollongong City Gallery; Auckland City Gallery, New Zealand; New England Regional Art Museum, Benalla Regional Gallery, National War Museum, Canberra.
On the occasion of Richard Goodwin’s exhibition at Betts Project, N EDITIONS has published an artist book edited by David Burns with photography by Anthony Browell. The book launch will be held at the AA bookshop on 5 July. Copies of the book will be available for sale on the day of the preview.
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Venue
Betts Project, 100 Central Street, London EC1V 8AJ. UK
Dates
23.06 > 29.07.2017. Opening Hours.- Wednesday to Friday 11am-6pm Saturday 12-5pm or by appointment
Richard Goodwin
Richard Goodwin. With 42 years of practice as an internationally exhibiting artist and architect, Goodwin has sustained a prolific and award winning practice provoking boundaries between art and architecture. In 1996 Goodwin established the Porosity Studio at the College of Fine Arts within the University of New South Wales where he currently holds the position of Professor of Fine Arts and Design. He teaches part-time via intensive, international and multi-disciplinary studios providing a unique context for the renegotiation of delineations between art, architecture and urbanism. A United Kingdom based series of Porosity studios have recently been fully sponsored by the British Council.
In 2002 Goodwin was awarded the prestigious Discovery Grant from the Australian Research Council to fund the development of his ideas on Porosity – a redefining of public space in cities leading to urban propositions of parasitic architecture. In 2008 he received his PhD for further Porosity research. This research continues today under a second Australian Research Council Linkage grant in collaboration with architecture academic Russell Lowe entitled, Real-Time Porosity: Using Computer Gaming Technology to Map and Analyse Pedestrian Movement in Public and Private Space.
Major prizes include: The National Sculpture Award 1985, The Sculpture by the Sea Prize 2003, Helen Lempriere Award 2004, the Blackett Award for Architecture in 2004, and the Wynne Prize from the Art Gallery of NSW 2011.
Goodwin’s Architectural practice concentrates on parasitic connections between private and public space. Recent works include the Cope Street parasite and the Deepdene Parasite. Goodwin has also completed several public structures including four pedestrian bridges, one of which was constructed for the Olympic Games precinct in Sydney 2000.
Time-line
Born Sydney, Australia in 1953. Currently living and working in Sydney. B. Sc.(Arch.) University of New South Wales in 1975.B Arch. (Hons. 1) University of New South Wales in 1978. He was part-time lecturer, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales(1986-93)and guest Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University. He was member of the NSW Advisory Council Committee, Ministry for the Arts(1993-94). He was member of the College Academic Board, Sydney College of the Arts(1997-98). He was
external examiner for Honours and Masters students at COFA and SCA. Continued commitment to guest lectures at all Sydney Universities and the Institute of Architects regarding art and architecture in public space(1995-00). In 2000 Awarded M. Arch. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne. 2000-16 Visiting Professor and External Examiner for Masters and PhD Students at the Royal Institute of Technology, Melbourne. In 2000 Appointed Adjunct Professor, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales. In 2003 Awarded Discovery Grant for Porosity Research completed in 2005. In 2004 Appointed Professor, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales. In 2008 Awarded PhD, COFA, UNSW. In 2009 Awarded Australian Research Council Linkage Grant in collaboration with UNSW academic Russell Lowe entitled Real-Time Porosity: using computer gaming technology to map and analyse pedestrian movement in public and private space. In 2010 Appointed Visiting Professor at DongHua University, Shanghai, China. In 2013 Appointed Adjunct Professor at UTS Sydney, School of Architecture.
In 2002 Goodwin was awarded the prestigious Discovery Grant from the Australian Research Council to fund the development of his ideas on Porosity – a redefining of public space in cities leading to urban propositions of parasitic architecture. In 2008 he received his PhD for further Porosity research. This research continues today under a second Australian Research Council Linkage grant in collaboration with architecture academic Russell Lowe entitled, Real-Time Porosity: Using Computer Gaming Technology to Map and Analyse Pedestrian Movement in Public and Private Space.
Major prizes include: The National Sculpture Award 1985, The Sculpture by the Sea Prize 2003, Helen Lempriere Award 2004, the Blackett Award for Architecture in 2004, and the Wynne Prize from the Art Gallery of NSW 2011.
Goodwin’s Architectural practice concentrates on parasitic connections between private and public space. Recent works include the Cope Street parasite and the Deepdene Parasite. Goodwin has also completed several public structures including four pedestrian bridges, one of which was constructed for the Olympic Games precinct in Sydney 2000.
Time-line
Born Sydney, Australia in 1953. Currently living and working in Sydney. B. Sc.(Arch.) University of New South Wales in 1975.B Arch. (Hons. 1) University of New South Wales in 1978. He was part-time lecturer, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales(1986-93)and guest Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University. He was member of the NSW Advisory Council Committee, Ministry for the Arts(1993-94). He was member of the College Academic Board, Sydney College of the Arts(1997-98). He was
external examiner for Honours and Masters students at COFA and SCA. Continued commitment to guest lectures at all Sydney Universities and the Institute of Architects regarding art and architecture in public space(1995-00). In 2000 Awarded M. Arch. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne. 2000-16 Visiting Professor and External Examiner for Masters and PhD Students at the Royal Institute of Technology, Melbourne. In 2000 Appointed Adjunct Professor, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales. In 2003 Awarded Discovery Grant for Porosity Research completed in 2005. In 2004 Appointed Professor, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales. In 2008 Awarded PhD, COFA, UNSW. In 2009 Awarded Australian Research Council Linkage Grant in collaboration with UNSW academic Russell Lowe entitled Real-Time Porosity: using computer gaming technology to map and analyse pedestrian movement in public and private space. In 2010 Appointed Visiting Professor at DongHua University, Shanghai, China. In 2013 Appointed Adjunct Professor at UTS Sydney, School of Architecture.
