Join us for a special evening and panel discussion with artist and architect Philip Beesley!
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | McChesney Scott Dunn Auditorium
Winston-Salem based Authoring Action asks: What if a poem can become an architectural design? Providing a rich and deeply resonant response to this seemingly elusive question, world renowned architectural artist Philip Beesley has been working with many co-creative leaders across the City of Arts and Innovation to bring this question alive through exploring the intersections between living architecture and regenerative design. You are invited to an evening with Philip and friends to learn more about what is emerging in Winston Salem and how you can actively participate in co-creating THE City of Arts & Innovation.
Panelists include Spencer Aubrey (Living Architecture Systems Group), Ryan Schmaltz (METL at UNCSA), Amatullah Saleem (Happy Hill Gardens Neighborhood Assoc.), Nathan Freeman (Authoring Action), and Jeff Soyk (MIT Open-Doc Lab).
The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6pm and the event will start promptly at 7pm. Beverages available via cash bar.
This event is presented by Renew Forsyth, with support from the Institute for Regenerative Design & Innovation, SECCA and METL at UNCSA.
ABOUT PHILIP BEESLEY STUDIO
Philip Beesley Studio is an interdisciplinary design company located in Toronto, Canada. PB specializes in architectural design of public buildings, public art and experimental installations. The group is closely associated with the multi-partner Living Architecture Systems Group, the School of Architecture and Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo, and Riverside Architectural Press. Sculptural work in the past two decades has focused on immersive textile environments, landscape installations and intricate geometric structures. The most recent generations of these works feature interactive sound, light and kinetic mechanisms with distributed control systems. Studio research focuses on aesthetics, technology and craft of responsive envelope systems including digital fabrication of extremely light-weight, flexible component arrays containing embedded sensors and actuators.
Projects are developed at widely varying scales from urban design to personal couture, using cycles of multidisciplinary experimentation and implementation. The studio's design methods combine the durable crafts of heavy machining and building with advanced digital visualization, industrial design, digital prototyping, electronics and mechanical engineering.
Read more about Philip Beesley from Colossal.