Potemkin Theatre |SU_20
The project was Archived among other student projects by the School of Architecture.
“In an era of stress and anxiety, when the present seems unstable and the future unlikely, the natural response is to retreat and withdraw from reality, taking recourse either in fantasies of the future or in modified visions of a half-imagined past”
-Alan Moore
-Alan Moore
The project aims to view the contemporary art museum as a space to display works of art that are specifically tied to the idea of mimesis, as such is the nature of the artwork made by the artists on permanent display. While doing so, the project foregrounds the use of tropes and motifs inspired by cinema and theatre to infill an experience that is centered around staged conditions and so, viewing the museum as a set stage, hence the title: Potemkin Theatre.
