Exhibition:
SAQ has developed a reactive modular lighting system which propagates like cloud
structures mimicking the complexity of weather patterns. This project is an extension
of the exploration of architectural pluralism SAQ first began in their Bikini Berlin
project, which began construction in January 2011. SAQ as a studio is involved in a
long-standing search to express a plural or probabilistic architecture using design as
a device to understand the complexities in our surrounding world.
Edition:
In collaboration with Zirkumflex, SAQ publishes a limited edition cut and fold print
of the paper models used in the installation. Designed like a 3-dimensional jigsaw
puzzle, the print is presented in conjunction with the gallery exhibit. The print
acts as a spatial extension of the installation, distilling the complexity of forms
into a comprehensible package. Thus creating a deeper level of interaction and
understanding between architecture and inhabitant. The Botox Cloud edition is made
of 2 abstract paper models which can be constructed individually or combined in
various connections, both large and small, capturing and reflecting light like clouds
on a sunny day.