(G)HOST IN THE (S)HELL DIDIER FIUZA FAUSTINO/BUREAU DES MÉSARCHITECTURES May 14 - June 28, 2008 Opening reception May 13, 7.00 PM
This May, Storefront will inaugurate a solo exhibition of French artist and architect Didier Fiuza Faustino and his Paris-based practice Bureau des Mésarchitectures (Mathieu Herbelin, Cláudia Martinho, Tony Matias, Guillaume Viaud). Faustino's largescale onsite installation (G)HOST IN THE (S)HELL, designed specifically for Storefront for Art and Architecture, will occupy the entire body of the gallery and engage its iconic façade by temporarily interrupting its role as movable, morphable barrier. Using chain-link fence as a medium to entirely encase and isolate the facade's panels, (G)HOST IN THE (S)HELL will explore the complex role that barriers and thresholds play in defining and creating public and private space, ideas central to Faustino/Mésarchitectures' work.
The opening reception on May 13 will feature a special projection designed by Didier Fiuza Faustino/Bureau des Mésarchitectures.
Didier Fiuza Faustino (1968), a French artist and architect practicing between Paris and Lisbon, is the principal of Bureau des Mésarchitectures. Faustino's work frequently questions the relationship between the body and architecture, investigating ideas of intimacy and desire. Through performance, installation and immersive environments, Faustino explores the body's potential for action removed from the architectural contexts that define them. His work creates rational, monolithic spaces, devoid of any representational device and disconnected from all outside circumstances.
(G)host in the (S)hell is generously sponsored by Étant Donnés and is presented courtesy of Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie Projection sponsored by LMCC (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council)Storefront's programs are supported by NYSCA, LMCC, DCA
