Drawing as Architecture: Frederick Kiesler and Architectural Representation
Monday, May 5, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Experts in the fields of architecture, art, and design will explore the relationship between drawing and building in contemporary architecture through a discussion of the theories and work of Frederick Kiesler. Participants include: Deborah Gans, Principal, Gans Studio and Associate Professor, Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture; Len Pitowsky, architectural historian and studio assistant to Frederick Kiesler; Craig Schwitter, Principal, Buro Happold Engineers, Ltd.; and Marjorie Welish, artist/critic. Moderated by João Ribas, Curator, The Drawing Center.
Members are invited to a private screening and talk with filmmaker Jennifer Reeves and curator João Ribas, followed by a reception in the Drawing Room. Reeves will present a selection of works, not featured in the exhibition, created by employing the "direct film" techniques optical-printing and hand painting on celluloid.
An evening of special programming and extended hours by not-for-profit visual arts institutions located in SoHo: apexart, Art in General, Artists Space, The Drawing Center, Location One, Storefront for Art and Architecture, and the Swiss Institute. Click here to download a map and information about events at each venue.
As part of the Drawing on Film exhibition, The Drawing Center will present a rare screening of hand-painted 16mm films by Stan Brakhage: Glaze of Cathexis (1990) 3 min.; Night Music (1986) 30 sec.; Rage Net (1988) 1 min.; and Microgarden (2001) 3 min.
As part of the Drawing on Film exhibition, The Drawing Center will screen rarely seen 16mm films by Dieter Roth, including Dot, 1956–62, 2:39 min. and "scratch" films by Amy Granat including 2+1+1+2 (for Niki), 2008, 10 min.
Please join us in the Drawing Room for a rare screening and conversation on the legacy of direct cinema and the materiality of film in the age of digital media with artist/filmmaker Tony Conrad, filmmaker Jennifer Reeves, Anthology Film Archives film archivist Andrew Lampert, and The Drawing Center curator João Ribas. 16mm films by Harry Smith, Robert Breer, Storm De Hirsch, and Tony Conrad will be shown.
