Spatiality in Tensile Structures Silvia Titotto University of Sao Paulo, Brazil School of Architecture and Town Planning
This work outlines results of an ongoing investigation on aesthetics, using tensile structures as physical support and point of departure spatial reflections.
New naturality of the artificial world
Communication,kinesthetic perception,messages from the organic shape,formal exploitation/spatial composition
In this context, several artistic installations have been performed in Sao Paulo museums and galleries, in order to explore the intrinsic relationships between the technology of the membrane structural systems and the aesthetic possibilities open by their characteristic forms, interacting with light, color, textures, movement and environment.
Some contemporary art concepts are embodied in the installations produced within the research, such as environmental questioning as part of the design repertoire, adequateness to contemporary culture and full sensorial interaction between oeuvre and observers, besides balanced and harmonic broadening of sensitive knowledge.
Installation art has always been for me that kind of vivid experience; part physical poetry, part intellectual conundrum, something that transforms empty space into a vigorous place of encounter and thought. Suvan Geer
Le Corbusier Performances in urban spaces, by Silvia Titotto and Rafael Suriani, 2002
Performances in urban spaces, by Silvia Titotto and Rafael Suriani, 2002
Performances in urban spaces, by Silvia Titotto and Rafael Suriani, 2002
Invasion Invasion at Casa Z (House Z). Bathroom installation, by Silvia Titotto, 2003
Ghosts in Sherwood Ghosts in Sharewood by Silvia Titotto, 2003
Ghosts in Sharewood by Silvia Titotto, 2003
Monument to the Futile Form II Monument to the Futile Form II, by R.Pauletti, S.Titotto and T. Deifeld, 2003
Monument to the Futile Form II, by R.Pauletti, S.Titotto and T. Deifeld, 2003
Intervention Intervention at Casa Z (House Z) by Silvia Titotto, 2003
Intervention at Casa Z (House Z) by Silvia Titotto, 2003
Intervention at Casa Z (House Z) by Silvia Titotto, 2003
Intervention at Casa Z (House Z) by Silvia Titotto, 2003
Selenitas 01/02 Selenitas 01, by Silvia Titotto and Jung Y. Chi, 2004
Selenitas 01, by Silvia Titotto and Jung Y. Chi, 2004
Selenitas 01, by Silvia Titotto and Jung Y. Chi, 2004
Selenitas 01, by Silvia Titotto and Jung Y. Chi, 2004
Selenitas 02, by Silvia Titotto and Jung Y. Chi, 2004
Selenitas 02, by Silvia Titotto and Jung Y. Chi, 2004
Structure death Structure death, Silvia Titotto, 2004
Structure death, Silvia Titotto, 2004
Nature Spider web
Web Web, Silvia Titotto and Jung Chi, 2004
Web, Silvia Titotto and Jung Chi, 2004
Web, Silvia Titotto and Jung Chi, 2004
Web, Silvia Titotto and Jung Chi, 2004
An artwork will only fulfill its plain formal meaning admitting human presence and its spatial interaction. Membrane tents congregate people, protecting them. The inverse happens as well, when users enrich and complement the structure, becoming part of it. There is a common field between architecture and sculpture, from where ambiguous manifestations emerge.
Acknoledgments FAPESP, for research support Prof. Ruy Pauletti, for research advisory Prof. Celestino Soddu, for GA2004 opportunity