Architectural ornament is beautiful and meaningful.
It's also invisible.
Out of fashion, out of cultural awareness, its meanings forgotten, people don't see it at all.
So how do you get people to SEE it again?
I'm working on it: Take it off the building. Vandalize it with bright colors.
Ornament has always been used as modular units, repeated on buildings.
But modules are also a cornerstone of modernism, so intense repetition works.
......................................................................Just without the building.
What do you think?
It's also invisible.
Out of fashion, out of cultural awareness, its meanings forgotten, people don't see it at all.
So how do you get people to SEE it again?
I'm working on it: Take it off the building. Vandalize it with bright colors.
Ornament has always been used as modular units, repeated on buildings.
But modules are also a cornerstone of modernism, so intense repetition works.
......................................................................Just without the building.
What do you think?
2 comments:
Beautiful work Patrick!
Thank you for attribution of photos. Nice article!
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