I’ve been told that Toronto architect Paul Raff was jumping over fences and exploring buildings long before it was called “Urban Exploration” — now he and David Warne have an exhibit in a show that is opening tonight, with a panel discussion at 7pm.
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URBAN DECONSTRUCTIONS
March 8 — September 2006
Goethe-Institut Gallery
163 King St. W. 416 5935257
www.goethe.de/toronto
Public Opening Wednesday March 8, 5-8 pm
Panel discussion with the artists, moderated by John Bentley Mays, 7-8pm
“Toronto Project†– a deconstruction of 163 King St. W./100
University Ave. through 3d computer animation, ink jet prints, and
drawings by Alekos Hofstetter and Holger Lippmann of Germany
“Unbuilding Ways†– a building demolition as artwork by architects
Paul Raff and David Warne of Toronto
In the current exhibition at the Goethe-Institut Gallery, co-curators
John Bentley Mays and Doina Popescu (Program Coordinator, Goethe-
Institut Toronto) have brought together Canadian architects/artists
Paul Raff and David Warne and German artists Alekos Hofstetter and
Holger Lippmann in a show entitled Urban Deconstructions. In this
exhibition, several Toronto buildings are deconstructed in ways which
open up new and important perspectives on architectural and artistic
expression within time.
