Skeuomorphic Screens

A winning competition entry and 1:1 installation for the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism Crossroads: Building the Resilient City, supported by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and UIC Dean’s Research Prize, completed in 2021

Skeuomorphic Screens is an installation that questions how the frame of an architectural window is retained but no longer required when replaced by a screen. High gloss, opaque acrylic sheets of 16:9 proportion are flushed with walls to portray the irreducible flatness of technological screens. Two intersecting walls produce four interior corners, or fragments from a dwelling unit that plug into the existing infrastructure of parking podiums. Screens are placed vertically and horizontally, sliding along seams and levitating between edges. Their positions and prescribed seating engage the body to perform different actions. In one quadrant, the screen folds in the crevice as a vanity mirror. At any moment, this screen could seemingly flicker on, replacing one’s reflection interpreted through materiality, with the digital projection of a camera aperture.

See related publication Data Book.

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Image Credit: Hanul Lee, Abigail Chang

Construction: Iyagirish

Recognition: Awarded Competition, Awarded Graham Foundation Production Grant, Awarded UIC Dean’s Research Prize