daniel arsham / snarkitecture: dig storefront for art and architecture, new york

 

 

 

ohwow and the storefront for art and architecture in new york bring an installation and performance by daniel arsham / snarkitecture exploring the architecture of excavation. the storefront’s gallery space is currently filled with a solid volume of EPS architectural foam while arsham has hammers, picks, and chisels to transform this stock industrial material into a strange, unexpected cavern.

daniel arsham / snarkitecture: dig

 

 

arsham is creating and inhabiting the space that he forms for the duration of the month-long installation while the facade of the storefront will serve as a human ant farm for passersby. it is an experiment of opposites between the precision of an architectural plan and the looseness of the unknown / primitive and contemporary architecture / the complexity of its digital origins and the simplicity of its hand made nature.

daniel arsham / snarkitecture: dig

daniel arsham / snarkitecture: dig

daniel arsham / snarkitecture: dig

daniel arsham / snarkitecture: dig

daniel arsham / snarkitecture: dig

 

 

before this installation, the space hosted a month long exhibition of studies and dialogue between ideas of notational precision and fabricated looseness / design logic with sculptural intuition. all the materials will be returned to the manufacturer for recycling at the end of the installation. a closing reception open to the public will be held on april 23rd, 7pm.