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Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective

Shadowboxing exhibition by Slowscape Collective

London designers Slowscape Collective created this temporary cinema at the Royal College of Art in London from faceted planes of oriented strand board.

Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective

Called Shadowboxing, the space was designed to host an exhibition of video work plus performances, lectures and discussions.

Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective

Visitors lounged on the sloping surfaces or sat on stools folded from corrugated plastic.

Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective

Slowscape Collective is a team of students at the college.

Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective

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Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective

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Shadowboxing Exhibition / Slowscape Collective

A team of postgraduate students from the Royal College of Art has designed an event installation for an exhibition at the college in London.

Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective

A team of postgraduate architecture and design students from the Royal College of Art has conceived of and built an adaptable 90 sqm event space for an exhibition featuring the work of well-known artists including Mariana Castillo Deball and Sean Dockray.

Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective

The installation, entitled Slowscape, considers the speed of visitors’ movement through the gallery and how the subtlety of built form can encourage us to pause and engage with sound and the moving image.

Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective

The paneled timber structure gently rises across the rectilinear gallery at a canted angle, folding up to form angled balustrades and a projection tower at the rear.

Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective

From this point a platform wraps around the existing columns and walls to form benches that engage otherwise overlooked areas in the open gallery space.

Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective

While the slight incline of the ramps encourages visitors to sit or lounge on the surface, 60 lightweight recyclable stools – each folded from a single cut sheet of fluted plastic – were also designed as a comfortable alternative for more formal events and longer film screenings.

Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective

The exhibition Shadowboxing finished on April 4 after a two-week period during which Slowscape played host to screenings, performances, lectures and discussions.

Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective

Designer: Slowscape Collective

Team: Stuart Franks, Christopher Kennedy, Simon Moxey, Ceri Williams, Thomas WoodsShadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective
Team: Stuart Franks, Christopher Kennedy, Simon Moxey, Ceri Williams, Thomas Woods
Location:London, EnglandShadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective
Location:London, England
Project Area: 90 sq mShadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective
Project Area: 90 sq m
Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective
Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective
Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective
Shadowboxing Exhibition by Slowscape Collective