Unwrapping the Hanbok + Villa of Veils: Rendering the Body Present
Monday, Feb 3, 20149:19 PM — Sunday, Jun 1, 201412 AMEDT
| Kibel Gallery, University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation Washington DC
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The show bridges architecture and installation as it seeks to make visible the relationship between the body, clothing, and architecture. Textiles wrap the physical body; Tectonic skins wrap the architectural body. Exploring the relationship between the body, clothing, and architecture, this series of architectural studies considers ideas of the "articulated house coat." Although different cultural contexts, the arrangements of both Saudi and the Korean courtyard homes are a series of carefully constructed spaces controlling views and access. In Korean culture, Confucius principles drove the separation, and, in Saudi culture, Islamic principles continue to drive the separations. Rooted in this cultural and social understanding, the architectural proposals with the installation draw parallels between the hanok (historic Korean home) and the hanbok (traditional Korean dress) with the contemporary Saudi home and abaya with hijab (contemporary Saudi dress). The installation invites you to enter its construct of simultaneously veiled, contained, and wrapped spaces. Like those in the proposed architectural studies, the installation courtyard gives presence to the body. The containers incorporate ideas that are central to the work, including sequence, access, and boundaries. Both the installation and the theoretical architectural proposals explore notions of gender and women's space. The architect, Julie Ju-Youn Kim, AIA, will give a lecture on Wednesday, March 26 at 5:00pm. http://www.arch.umd.edu/mapp/exhibition/unwrapping-hanbok-villa-veils-rendering-body-present
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