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POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE 28 unique polaroid photographs and painted walls. Read the article «Photography, architecture and the art of misrepresentation» about the project by Elias Redstone here. The exhibition Polymorphous Magical Substance at Bergen Kunsthall consists of a series of polaroid photographs of modernist architecture and painted gallery walls. During the first part of the 20th century photography and architecture became indistinguishable forces. Photography did not just lend itself to capturing modern architectures formal language; it influenced how modern architecture was designed. Historians argue that black and white photography perpetuated the movement’s monochromatic aesthetic. The polaroid photographs emphasizes the painterly aspects of the architecture through the encounter of light, colour, form and surface. The intimate polaroid format permits no form of retouching or post-production and in that respect might be likened to a watercolour painting. But nor does it render colours exactly as they are in reality; it creates or imposes its own chromatic scheme. Gleditsch’s closely cropped, abstract polaroids reveal little of the architectural design and the colourful view presented is no more real than the monochrome photography that brought it to attention in the first place. The problematic of colour is enhanced by the gallery walls being painted in hues from a landmark exhibition of modern architecture in Stuttgart in 1927. The photographs form part of a larger exhibition scenography, with the walls of the gallery painted in colours used on buildings from the housing exhibition Weissenhofsiedlung. In an attempt to reconstruct the official colour scheme of that exhibition, Gleditsch has studied historical archives and collaborated with professional restorative conservators. Once more, however, Gleditsch points to the impossibility of capturing and preserving colour as a stable material. Elements of subjective translation are always embedded in what we perceive as “true” reconstruction or documentary reproduction. The polaroid photographs display original and restored modernist interiors from the 1920s and 1930s by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Eileen Gray, the Belgian painter Jozef Peeters and Norwegian architect Arne Korsmo. The project is generously supported by Arts Council Norway, Norwegian Photographic Fund and Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond. http://espengleditsch.com/pdf/photography,_architecture_and_the_art_of_misrepresentation_elias_redstone.pdfhttp://espengleditsch.com/pdf/photography,_architecture_and_the_art_of_misrepresentation_elias_redstone.pdfshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE, 2017 INSTALLATION VIEW, BERGEN KUNSTHALL NO. 5, BERGEN
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE, 2017 INSTALLATION VIEW, BERGEN KUNSTHALL NO. 5, BERGEN + PAINTED WALL. BASED ON COLOR ANALYSIS OF THE HOUSING EXHIBITION WEISSENHOFSIEDLUNG, CONDUCTED IN 1982 IN WATERCOLOR, REPRODUCED DIGITALLY AND CONVERTED TO NCS-COLOR SYSTEM,2017 VARIABLE DIMENSIONS pigment in acrylic polymer emulsion
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE, 2017 INSTALLATION VIEW, BERGEN KUNSTHALL NO. 5, BERGEN
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #26 (JOZEF PEETERS, ATELIERFLAT), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #27 (JOZEF PEETERS, ATELIERFLAT), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #28 (JOZEF PEETERS, ATELIERFLAT), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #13 (EILEEN GRAY, E-1027), 2016 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE, 2017 INSTALLATION VIEW, BERGEN KUNSTHALL NO. 5, BERGEN + PAINTED WALL. BASED ON COLOR ANALYSIS OF THE HOUSING EXHIBITION WEISSENHOFSIEDLUNG, CONDUCTED IN 1982 IN WATERCOLOR, REPRODUCED DIGITALLY AND CONVERTED TO NCS-COLOR SYSTEM, 2017 VARIABLE DIMENSIONS pigment in acrylic polymer emulsion
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE, 2017 INSTALLATION VIEW, BERGEN KUNSTHALL NO. 5, BERGEN
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #6 (LE CORBUSIER & PIERRE JEANNERET, DOPPELHAUS, WEISSENHOFSIEDLUNG), 2016 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #7 (LE CORBUSIER & PIERRE JEANNERET, DOPPELHAUS, WEISSENHOFSIEDLUNG), 2016 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #8 (LE CORBUSIER & PIERRE JEANNERET, DOPPELHAUS, WEISSENHOFSIEDLUNG), 2016 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #4 (LE CORBUSIER & PIERRE JEANNERET, DOPPELHAUS, WEISSENHOFSIEDLUNG), 2016 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #5 (LE CORBUSIER & PIERRE JEANNERET, DOPPELHAUS, WEISSENHOFSIEDLUNG), 2016 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE, 2017 INSTALLATION VIEW, BERGEN KUNSTHALL NO. 5, BERGEN
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE#14 (ARNE KORSMO, LILLE FRØENS VEI), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #15 (ARNE KORSMO, LILLE FRØENS VEI), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #16 (ARNE KORSMO, LILLE FRØENS VEI), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE, 2017 INSTALLATION VIEW, BERGEN KUNSTHALL NO. 5, BERGEN + PAINTED WALL. BASED ON COLOR ANALYSIS OF THE HOUSING EXHIBITION WEISSENHOFSIEDLUNG, CONDUCTED IN 1982 IN WATERCOLOR, REPRODUCED DIGITALLY AND CONVERTED TO NCS-COLOR SYSTEM, 2017 VARIABLE DIMENSIONS pigment in acrylic polymer emulsion
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE, 2017 INSTALLATION VIEW, BERGEN KUNSTHALL NO. 5, BERGEN
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #1 (LE CORBUSIER & PIERRE JEANNERET, DOPPELHAUS, WEISSENHOFSIEDLUNG), 2016 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #2 (LE CORBUSIER & PIERRE JEANNERET, DOPPELHAUS, WEISSENHOFSIEDLUNG), 2016 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #3 (LE CORBUSIER & PIERRE JEANNERET, DOPPELHAUS, WEISSENHOFSIEDLUNG), 2016 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE, 2017 INSTALLATION VIEW, BERGEN KUNSTHALL NO. 5, BERGEN
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #17 (JOZEF PEETERS, ATELIERFLAT), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #18 (JOZEF PEETERS, ATELIERFLAT), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #19 (JOZEF PEETERS, ATELIERFLAT), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #20 (JOZEF PEETERS, ATELIERFLAT), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #21 (JOZEF PEETERS, ATELIERFLAT), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE, 2017 INSTALLATION VIEW, BERGEN KUNSTHALL NO. 5, BERGEN
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE, 2017 INSTALLATION VIEW, BERGEN KUNSTHALL NO. 5, BERGEN + PAINTED WALL. BASED ON COLOR ANALYSIS OF THE HOUSING EXHIBITION WEISSENHOFSIEDLUNG, CONDUCTED IN 1982 IN WATERCOLOR, REPRODUCED DIGITALLY AND CONVERTED TO NCS-COLOR SYSTEM, 2017 VARIABLE DIMENSIONS pigment in acrylic polymer emulsion
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #22 (ARNE KORSMO, VILLA STENERSEN), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE, 2017 INSTALLATION VIEW, BERGEN KUNSTHALL NO. 5, BERGEN
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #24 (ARNE KORSMO, VILLA STENERSEN), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #23 (ARNE KORSMO, VILLA STENERSEN), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #25 (ARNE KORSMO, VILLA STENERSEN), 2017 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #9 (LE CORBUSIER, CABANON), 2016 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #10 (LE CORBUSIER, CABANON), 2016 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #11 (LE CORBUSIER, CABANON), 2016 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
POLYMORPHOUS MAGICAL SUBSTANCE #12 (LE CORBUSIER, CABANON), 2016 38X48 CM Unique polaroid, mounted to archival matboard, framed
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