( 1 ) Photo by Michael Hafner ( 2 ) Photo by Michael Hafner( 3 ) Photo by Simon Oberhofer( 4 ) Cruciform column, Barcelona Pavilion, Mies Van der Rohe, 1929( 5 ) Photo by Simon Oberhofer
( C ) Colors
Exhibition with Lecture series and Symposium, Forum Stadtpark Graz Diskursiv No.2, Colors
in collaboration with Julian Brües and Philipp Sternath
P: Michael Hafner and Simon Oberhofer
Y: January 2023Color has always been a powerful tool in architecture: it influences the perception of space and form, conveys messages or intentions and guides the sensory experience of the observer. Nevertheless, it has lost importance in architectural practice and teaching. This is why we are placing color at the center of our discourse and attempting to bring it back to the fore with the exhibition Diskursiv No.2, Colors. In order to give the central theme the necessary presence, the exhibition design withdraws from the color spectrum in order to simultaneously take it up from its surroundings and multiply it. The different positions, approaches and working methods on the subject were discussed in a series of lectures and a symposium with Jan De Vylder, among others, and collected in the form of the exhibition and the publication Diskursiv No.2, Colors. With works by Nuno Melo Sousa, Nikola Hergovich, Michael Reindel, Institut Vierzehn and Luca Tommasi as well as 90 contributions from international architectural practices.