"If architecture is the language of concrete and steel, then Soft Architecture needs a vocabulary of flesh, air, fabric and color. It’s about civic surface and natural history. It’s about social space, clothing, urban geography, visual art and the intersection of all these.” - Coach House Books Publishing wrote about Lisa Robertson’s essays, Occasional Works and Seven Walks from the Office of Soft Architecture
The Dodd Galleries are thrilled to announce the opening of Soft Architecture, an exhibition with artists Ashley Freeby, Jacob Goble, and Hope Wang, curated by Ciel Rodriguez.
Locations can often carry lingering memories or associated feelings. Can you recall a moment when an architectural place held space for you or supported you in some way? Perhaps an empty parking lot where you’ve collected yourself or braced yourself for the worst...a place where you felt comfortable enough to let yourself experience vulnerability, or safe enough to cry in public?
Soft Architecture is a group exhibition which investigates the ideas of architecture, time and space in relationship to trauma, loss and grief. All three artists move fluidly between mediums, working in soft materials such as quilting, weaving and fibers, as well as more rigid materials such as sculpture and artist’s books.