Călin Dan: 'sony/wmf/pp. Trip. Sample City.'
- Three takes on Emotional Architecture
Over the past few years the Romanian-Dutch artist and theorist Călin
Dan (1955) has identified a very specific field of research, defined as
‘Emotional Architecture', while developing a highly personal idiom
where video and photography, next to text and music, play an important
role. His recent presentation at the 15th Sydney Biennial, one of
today's foremost international visual art events, forms the basis for
his exhibition at Stroom Den Haag. Three video works - ‘sony/wmf/pp',
‘Trip' and ‘Sample City' - will be shown together in The Netherlands
for the very first time, with in addition a selection of other works.
Călin Dan focuses on the use, the experience, the meaning and the
emotional value of architecture and urban environments. Through his
observations of the city, his explorations of neighborhoods, his
contacts with dwellers and visitors, and through his research of
traditions, Călin Dan developed an almost psychoanalytical way of
looking at things. His work is an original blend of personal
observations, folklore, historical facts and architectural analysis.
In addition to being an artist Călin Dan is active as a curator and
author. Just recently the second part of the self-published book series
‘Emotional Architecture' was released. It will be available at Stroom
during the exhibition.
Călin Dan's exhibition at Stroom is an introduction to a project he will realize about and on a location in The Hague next year.
8 november 2006, 8 pm
Lecture by Călin Dan with the cooperation of Klaske Havik.
Go to web dossier Calin Dan.
- 15 Oct '06 - 17 Dec '06
- Hogewal 1-9, The Hague