Temporal Facades

Temporal Facades was selected by the London Architecture Biennale, the committee was made up from 19 panel members, including Peter Ackroyd, Paul Finch, Zaha Hadid and Rowan Moore. The work was shown for 10 days in Brewers Yard in Clerkenwell, in the offices of BDP Architects. The installation consisted of 12, 42 inch Plasma screens, arranged in the glass façade of an annex building in the middle of the square.

The project focussed on the relationship between modern London’s dematerialised working practices, the banking industry typifying this, and the more physical spaces of the city. The locations of interest in the films were selected along the route of the biennale. This started in Southwark Cathedral, and ended in Kings Cross. The selected ‘Nodes’ were Borough Market, Tate Modern, St.Pauls Cathedral, Smithfield Market, Clerkenwell Green, and Kings Cross. All of these spaces celebrate their ‘physicality’.

Research Interests
Deciphering our understanding of the digital city; the city / urban landscape; the city’s temporal context and rhythm.
Profile
After eight years working with the co-operative arts group D-Fuse, focusing on web, video and DVD technology to produce installations and live events, Andrew Stiff was appointed to run the MA Digital Arts and MA Digital Arts Online courses at Camberwell College of Arts. He now works as an independent digital artist, using his experience of working within the Architectural environment to explore the multiplicities of perception in our built environment. He has shown video installations in Rome, Seoul and recently as part of the London Architecture Biennale.
Current Research - Artist Statement
"My work is concerned with developing a visual language of the intricacies implicit in our built environment. The surface of the city is the visible manifestation of our endeavour to formalise, expand and innovate within the spaces that we create. The surface also defines the relationship between the inhabitants and the city. This relationship is in continuous evolution, as technology manipulates the everyday patterns that have defined the city throughout the ages. The experience of the city is a temporal one, and I use moving image to reflect this experience. My work aims to explore the politics of the city, questioning the temporary nature of 'landmark' structures, where the constantly changing company nameplate plays a pivotal role, and the architectures lack of engagement with the culture of space." - Andrew Stiff

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