Architecture in Comic-Strip Form
Friday, Oct 9, 20155:48 AM — Sunday, Feb 28, 201612:29 PMEDT
| The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design Oslo, Norway
Oslo, NorwayRelated
Although traditional architectural drawings are well suited for identifying problems, visualizing solutions, and providing precise information about technical details, scale, and design, they are often difficult for laypeople to interpret. Many architects have therefore chosen to use the comic strip medium’s distinctive mix of words and images to supplement their conventional visual representations. The genre’s characteristic imagery, onomatopoeia, speech and thought balloons, and capacity to present a variety of cross-sections and perspectives are used to create stories about people’s encounters with architecture. The combination of text and imagery makes it possible to express a complex message in a readily understandable and succinct manner, in a visual style that is accessible to a wider audience. The exhibition presents around eighty works, most of which are comics that architects have created by themselves, commissioned, or collaborated on with comic strip artists. Most of the works have been taken on loan by the National Museum especially for this exhibition and span a wide range of different countries and eras. A defining selection criterion has been that the comic strips have consisted of several panels that together tell a story. The exhibition is divided into seven thematic categories: Inspiration, Subjective reportage, Imagination, Concept, Critique, Design Tool, and Presentation...All seven categories exploit the communicative potential of comic strips, while the genre’s ability to tell stories, construct reality, and present complex statements comes variously to the fore. Selected works by Jean Nouvel, OMA, Drawing Architecture Studio, Alexandre Doucin, Håkon Matre Aasarød, Fréderic Bézian, Wes Jones, Jimenez Lai, and others illustrate the tremendous variety in architectural comics. More exhibition info here.
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