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MoMA EXHIBITION PRESENTS INNOVATIVE WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION THAT EXPLORE
ARCHITECTURAL UTOPIAS AND FANTASIES
Dreamland: Architectural Experiments since the 1970s is an exhibition
of works drawn from the Museum's collection of Architecture and Design
that explores the ways in which the singular landscape of New York has
inspired architects since the 1970s with visions of utopia. Dreamland
will be on view in The Robert B. Menschel Architecture and Design Gallery,
third floor, from July 23, 2008 through March 2, 2009.
The city has served as a model for architectural projections and reflections,
and also as a metaphor for the complex relationship between the limitations
of reality and the infinite possibilities of architectural thought. The
exhibition explores these imagined projects, as well as the ways that
these experiments eventually resulted in real projects such as family
houses and skyscrapers. Fantastic villas set outside city limits provide
stark contrast to architects' urban utopias and represent a desire for
freedom from the confines of the city. Dreamland features the architectural
process of rendering visions and dreams that, in some cases, are made
real.
The explosion of architectural thought and experiments that took place
in the 1970s resonates to this day. Raimund Abraham, Peter Eisenman, Rem
Koolhaas, Steven Holl, and Hans Hollein are among the well-known architects
practicing today who are inextricably linked to both the practice and
theory of the 1970s. During this time, the city as a site for building-and
New York especially-became the screen for the projection of architectural
fantasies and utopias. The Dreamland exhibition includes original model
and drawings by Daniel Libeskind as well as recent works by Diller + Scofidio
and Simon Ungers.
Dreamland is organized by Andres Lepik, Curator, with Christian Larsen,
Curatorial Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design.
MoMA Dreamland exhibition information from Studio Daniel Libeskind
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