Ekin Erar: Paperspace
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Abstract
A translation can bring out the nature of a subject by converting and constructing it to fit its new context. Paperspace, a hallway intervention, represents the dichotomies that arise in the process of architectural translations. However, unlike a "real space," all annotations from the drawings survive the process of constructing Paperspace. No lines are omitted. The excess usually lost in translation is here translated.
The timber structure is marked with dimensions, door numbers, material types, swings, and other details. The grid line converts to a crown of spheres, and all construction notes appear on the cladding. The elements on Paperspace are treated equally despite changes in context, size, and function.
By converting the drawing apparatus to performative elements, Paperspace attempts to become a literal translation of paper space.
The intervention is a portal-like 8'5" x 13' structure constructed out of dimensional lumber using typical wall assembly methods.
Bio
Ekin Erar is an architect and designer. She has previously lived in Istanbul, Boston, Houston, and Paris, and has worked on projects in Europe and the Americas. Her work has been featured in the Venice and São Paulo Architecture Biennales, as well as exhibitions at Rice University and the Pratt Institute. Erar's work brings together image construction, material research, and analysis and recreation of assembly processes, through which she explores the relationship between the real and the represented.
