Toyo Ito: Blurring Architecture

21 September - 2 December 2001 in the Entire Gallery
Blurring Architecture is an exhibition of work by celebrated Japanese architect Toyo Ito who since the mid-1970s has become one of the world’s most innovative and influential architects. Using new technology to create and present the work, this exhibition offers an exciting opportunity for the New Zealand public to become immersed in the vision of Toyo Ito, as gallery audiences have done in similar exhibitions staged in the UK, America and throughout Europe.

Curator Andrew Barrie, a New Zealand designer and architect selected Toyo Ito’s latest project the Mediatheque in Sendai, Japan as a vehicle for presenting Ito’s architectural genius. Alongside models and plans, animated computer graphics and huge video-installations covering gallery walls will offer a fascinating insight into Ito’s work on two levels: both the physical construction site and the architect’s creativity at his computer screen.