OBS-ARCH-017
Yellow House — Valerio Olgiati
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Mass held by one gesture.
OBS-ARCH-017
Systems of Clarity
Atlas Index:
OBS-ARCH-017
Origin:
Flims
Era:
1999
Themes / Lineage:
mass; form; boundary
Field Notes:
roof; mass; form
Quiet Modernism appears here as mass stabilized through restrained action.

Mass held by one gesture.

Yellow House — Valerio Olgiati

A single action stabilizes the form.

Movement stops.

Weight holds.

What stabilizes the form?
A gesture might be expected to remain expressive, yet movement stops. One action fixes relation. What continues is weight held through singular force.

A gesture might be expected to remain expressive, yet movement stops.

One action fixes relation.

What continues is weight held through singular force.

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Artist Overview

Richard Serra
Weight as structure

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Carl Andre
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Robert Morris
gesture as system
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