Islands of Swarm, Kai Schiemenz
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 04:24AM 
PayneShurvell, 16 Hewett St, London EC2A 2NN Tel: +44 (0) 2000 114 115
Opening hours: Wed-Sat 11am-6pm and by appointment
13 July – 22 September 2012
In a timely exhibition, Berlin based artist Kai Schiemenz examines the role of stadiums, auditoriums and associated architectures – historic, contemporary and imagined buildings, all of which organise crowds in circular ways.
The power of architecture organising human relations and social processes through the articulation of built form is particularly poignant in the typology of stadium buildings. Embracing large masses of enthused people in the form of a ring, architecture becomes a critical participant in the shaping of this crowd, its experience, control and arousal. Social and built geometries reverberate in tandem. Architecture is both stage and main actor.
Curated by Marianne Mueller / Casper Mueller Kneer & Concrete Geometries Research Cluster
PayneShurvell, 16 Hewett St, London EC2A 2NN
Opening hours: Wed-Sat 11am-6pm and by appointment
www.payneshurvell.com
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