By George! Hidden Networks
2.6.09 > Today it was reported that ocean acidity and sea level are rising fast - a sign of a return to the prehistoric supergreenhouse and yet another marker on the road to irreversible climate change. So do we raise the bar?
At 7m above sea level this collaboration between an artist, architect/gamer and landscape architect combines the landscape of weather, an architecture of catastrophe and the technology of games. Intense weather projections that build in ferocity in response to increasing bar patrons flicker across storm surge detritus.
The City of Sydney and the project team gratefully acknowledge the support of the following companies:
Richard Goodwin
Public Artist, Architect
Russell Lowe
Digital Gaming, Architect
Adrian McGregor
McGregor Coxall Landscape Architect
Richard Goodwin has over 30 years of practice as an internationally exhibiting artist and architect, Goodwin has sustained a prolific and award winning , professional practice of art and architecture. His work ranges from freeway infrastructure to the gallery to "parasitic" architecture/public artworks.
Russell Lowe is a Lecturer in Architectural Computing at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He joined the FBE in February 2007. Russell’s research centres around the repurposing of computer gaming technology to engage with uses and concepts outside of the entertainment industry. Russell has developed unique insights into opportunities for collaborative thinking that take advantage of the multiple perspectives that computer game environments afford.w
Adrian McGregor is the founding principal of McGregor Coxall and has over twenty years international experience working, teaching and writing about landscape architecture, urban design and the environment. Adrian's expertise lies in combining development feasibility, culture and ecology with a passion for design, to create sustainable places in the built and natural environments.
