RADIANT TOPOGRAPHIES
Hugging Architecture is a collaborative project activating radical care and affection for the built environment through spatial and performative interventions. Situated in Amare—a new cultural center in The Hague (NL)— the project draws on Spacious’ ongoing research into creating compassionate spaces through bodily engagement and collective play. The project begins with a sensorial and participatory investigation of the building complex. Here, the act of hugging is explored as a spatial tactic to foster shared ownership and responsibility in the public realm. The final exhibition presents ten spatial and performative artworks that cultivate intimate relationships within and with the interior public spaces of Amare.
HUGGING ARCHITECTURE
Team and Partners
Hugging Architecture is initiated by Spacious with support of the Amare Foundation. The project is produced in collaboration with students from the Royal Conservatoire and Royal Academy of the Arts in The Hague. We are grateful for the valuable contributions by NOAHH architects, Dag van de Architectuur and NDT (Nederlands Dans Theater).
Project lead Renske Maria van Dam, in collaboration with performance researcher Leon Lapa Pereira and atmosphere designer Hannah Mulqueen. Exhibited works by Alexander Koppel, Dominika Badyla, Emma Hanny, Ecaterina Grigoriev, Esmée Witsel, Gemma Luz Bosch, Julianna Gräf, Leon Lapa Pereira, Luca Serafini, Milu Chen, Niki Scheijen, Tom de Kok, Tomas Bermudez, Shuyin Hou and Zhu Ou.
Special thanks to Gerko Telman, Mariska Simon, Anouk Thole, Jan Zoet and Patrick Fransen.
Photographs by De Schaapjesfabriek.
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