The inspiration for Subtle Architecture comes from the yellow lines in front of government buildings in Canada and Germany. These perimeters designate public smoking areas where people stand, just inside the demarcated space. For the first part of this work, chalk was used to mark out various urban locations where a combination of mundane movements and gestures from historical and contemporary dance were performed. For the second part, the locations were documented in photographs, which were then printed and altered as an extension of the process. In the image, inside the borders defined by the chalk, layers of the photographic paper were physically removed so that light from behind the photo can shine through.

Venues: Festival Bauhaus Year, Jena (2009), 3e impérial Granby, Quebec (2008), Dare-dare, Montreal (2008), Latitude 53, Edmonton, Alberta (2007)

Credits

• Camera: Tagny Duff

Exhibition History

• Homecomings
  2015
  Kürfersten Str. 13
  Berlin, DE
• Subtle Architekturen
  2009
  Crash!Boom!Bau! Festival Bauhaus Year
  Jena, DE
• City Choreographies
  2009
  The Nunnery
  London, UK
• Subtle Architecture
  2008
  Dare-Dare
  Montreal, CA
• Subtle Architecture Subtiles
  2008
  3e impérial
  Granby, CA
• Subtle Architecture
  2007
  Latitude 53
  Edmonton, CA

Related Publication

• Scores for Daily Living
  2020
  Ed.: Mark Soo
  K Verlag