Hylozoic Series: Sibyl

HYLOZOIC SERIES: SIBYL 18TH BIENNALE OF SYDNEY SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - 2012

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Beesley, Philip, 1956-, artist, sculptor

Hylozoic series, Sibyl : 18th Bienniale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia - 2012

/ Philip Beesley (Living Architecture Systems Group).

Exhibition catalogue. Includes bibliographical references. Electronic monograph in PDF format. ISBN 978-1-926724-96-6 (pdf)



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INTRODUCTION Sibyl was presented as part of the 18th Biennale of Sydney from June 27 - September 16, 2012. The work was installed within a massive basilica-like hall of stone and metal trusswork lying within a historic shipbuilding complex on Cockatoo Island within the harbour of Sydney. The space of the sculpture intersected a high, central passage and reached back into a recess that provided a shelter of darkness and quiet. Rivers of delicate hexagonal skeleton filters reached high overhead and spiraled down to surround an intimate room within the centre.

Groves of meshwork columns framed the darkened inner end of this space. Scented wicks and glands attracted visitors to the lower details of these columns, detailed with delicate glass spines that glow in response to approaching visitors. Shivering patterns of vibration and rustling sound moved upward when individual clusters were stimulated by viewers. Reaching outward toward a public entry oriented to the central hall, layers of undulating seaweed-like filter clusters housed protocell flasks. At the uppermost levels, lying just below the roof trusses that enclosed the space, clusters of gauze bladders opened and closed in rolling, tide-like motions, responding to the larger movements of viewers below.The space was used as a prison and reformatory prior to its industrial use. The fragile detailing contrasts to the primal qualities of the surroundings.

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EXHIBITION CREDITS

ARTIST

Fysal Amirzada Andrea Lau Ryan Ferko Miho Inaba Anjali Jaywar Ian Lie Tosin Sanni Taiana Selbach Tomasz Smereka Patrick Svilans Siubhan Taylor Chris Tron

Anthony Burke Dean Calabrese Lorraine Chan Kathryn Chang Tessa Chung Joan-Christophe Chevalier Paul Cooper Natali Dundovic Kirsty Flockhart Viviana Sepulveda Flores Michelle Gasser Pat Gillchrist Jay Griffin James Guerrisi Sarah Hansen Joshua Harrex Sophie Harris Adam Hoh Patrick Issa Holly Julian Megan Julian Jo Kinniburgh Stefanie Kubowicz Nina Lavezzo de Carvalho Freya Lidowici Kathleen Linn Francesca McInnes Nicole McTaggart Holly Morrison Eleanor Peres Liisa Pobul Wajdy Qattan Hannah Riley Deborah Shadbolt Jeff Sprague Greta Stevens Lena Thomassen Joanna Ung Dean Wall Chen Zhuang Megan Yang

SYDNEY INSTALLATION

SPONSORS

The support of the Biennale of Sydney and University of Technology, Sydney is greatfully acknowledged

18th Biennale of Sydney Waterloo Architecture Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Canada Council for the Arts Ontario Arts Council Toronto Arts Council

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COLLABORATORS Rob Gorbet Mark-David Hosale Rachel Armstrong Alain Baril Philippe Baylaucq

PBAI CORE TEAM Jonathan Tyrrell Martin Correa Sue Balint Eric Bury Brandon DeHart Susanne Eeg Pedro Garcia Andrea Ling Elena Moliotsias Leonor Munoz Anne Paxton Adam Schwartzentruber Kristie Taylor Mingyi Zhou

TORONTO PRODUCTION

Callum Andrews Nicola Balch Tom Bingham Annabel Blackman Marston Bowen

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REFERENCES For Further Reading: in Building Design and Manufacturing. Toronto: Riverside Architectural Press, 2007. Print.

Beesley, Philip. Sibyl: Projects 2010-2012. Toronto: Riverside Architectural Press, 2012. Print.

Beesley, Philip, ed. Kinetic Architectures and Geotextiles Installations. Toronto: Riverside Architectural Press, 2007 & 2010. Print.

Beesley, Philip, and Jonathan Tyrell. “Transitional fields: Empathy and Affinity.” All Our Relations. Eds. Gerald McMaster and Catherine de Zegher. Sydney: The 18th Biennale of Sydney, 2012. Print. 379-381.

Beesley, Philip, Shane Williamson, and Robert Woodbury. Parametric Modelling as a Design Representation in Architecture: A Process Account. Toronto: Canadian Design Engineering Network Conference, July 2006. Print.

Beesley, Philip. “Feeling Matter: Empathy & Affinity in the Hylozoic Series.” Meta.Morf A Matter of Feeling. Ed. Espen Gangvik. Trondheim: TEKS Publishing, 2012. Print.

Beesley, Philip, Sachiko Hirosue, and Jim Ruxton. “Toward Responsive Architectures.” Responsive Architectures: Subtle Technologies. Eds. Philip Beesley, Sachiko Hirosue, Jim Ruxton, M. Trankle and C. Turner. Toronto: Riverside Architectural Press, 2006. Print. 3-11.

Beesley, Philip, ed. Living Cities: Vision and Method. Cambridge: Resource Positive Architecture and Waterloo Architecture, 2011. Print. Beesley, Philip. Hylozoic Ground: Liminal Responsive Architectures. Toronto: Riverside Architectural Press, 2010. Print.

Beesley, Philip, and S. Hanna. “Lighter: A Transformed Architecture.” Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance. Ed. Matilda McQuaid. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005. 103-137. 

Beesley, Philip. “Case Study: Meshes as interactive surfaces.” Digital Fabrication in Architecture. By Nick Dunn. London: Laurence King, 2010. 46-48. Beesley, Philip. “Soil and Protoplasm.” Manufacturing the Bespoke. Ed. Bob Sheil. London: Wiley, 2010. 102-119.

Beesley, Philip. “Orgone Reef.” Guest Ed. Bob Sheil. Architectural Design 75.4 (2005): 46-53.

Beesley, Philip, and Omar Khan, eds. Responsive Architecture/ Performing Instruments. New York: The Architectural League of New York, 2009. Print.

Beesley, Philip, and Thomas Seebohm. “Digital tectonic design.” Promise and Reality: State of the art versus state of practice in computing for the design and planning process, Proceedings of the 18th eCAADe Conference. Vol. 23. 2000.

Beesley, Philip. “Hylozoic soil.” Leonardo 42.4 (2009): 360–361. Beesley, Philip. “Geotextiles.” Eds. Sarah Bonnemaison, and Ronit Eisenbach. Installations by architects: experiments in Building and Design. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2009. 90-97.

Jakovich, Joanne, and Dagmar Reinhardt. “Trivet Fields: The Materiality of Interaction in Architectural Space.” Leonardo 42.4 (2009): 216-224.

Beesley, Philip, and Robert Gorbet. “Arduino at Work: the Hylozoic Soil control system.” Mobile Nation: Creating Methodologies for Mobile Platforms. Eds. Philip Beesley, Martha Ladly and Ron Wakkary. Toronto: Riverside Architectural Press, 2008. 235-240. Print.

Schwartzman, Madeline. See yourself sensing: redefining human perception. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2011. 62.

Beesley, Philip, and Sarah Bonnemaison. On Growth and Form. Toronto; Halifax: Riverside Architectural Press; Tuns Press, 2008. Print.

Krauel, Jacobo, Jay Noden, and William George. Contemporary digital architecture: design & techniques. Barcelona: Links, 2010.

Stacey, Michael. “Digital Fabricators.” Architects’ Journal 219.15 (2004): 31.

Beesley, Philip, Catherine Molnar, and Paolo Poletto, eds. Ourtopias. Toronto: Riverside Architectural Press, 2008. Print. Beesley, Philip, Kathy Velikov, Geoffrey Thün, and Robert F. Woodbury, eds. North House: Team North entry to the Solar Decathlon 2009. Toronto: Riverside Architectural Press, 2008. Print. Beesley, Philip. “Cybele, Implant Matrix.” Digital architecture now: A global survey of emerging talent. Ed. Neil Spiller. London: Thames & Hudson, 2008. 36-49. Beesley, Philip, and Oliver Neumann, eds. FutureWood: Innovation

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