Third Natures by Cristina Díaz Moreno & Efrén Ga Grinda (amid.cero9)
14/01/2014.
AA Gallery [LON] UK 18/01 - 15/02/2014
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
Third Natures presents 15 years of speculations, projects and built proposals by the Madrid- based duo of Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda and their collaborators, ranging from the beginnings of the practice in 1997 to their latest works, completed in 2013. In total, 26 projects are shown through drawings, models, objects and photographs. All this material is organised according to laws of affinity and connection, in an attempt to convey the vast range of the projects and their main field of operation – the space of mediation between people, objects, natural species and built environments. The title for this collection draws on a term first coined during the Renaissance to refer to a new type of garden that created a new and hitherto unknown reality – a ‘third nature’ – with a radical new materiality that was constructed through cultural connections. In the same way, the practice explores how cultural materials can be assimilated and then given back to the world in the form of proposals with strong links to contemporary society. Their approach, both critical and celebratory, is based on the emergence of new, extreme and unexpected forms of beauty.
The book Third Natures: A Micropedia, published by the AA, will accompany this exhibition.
Venue.- Third Natures. Cristina Díaz Moreno & Efrén Ga Grinda (amid.cero9) 18 January - 15 February 2014, AA Gallery. London. U.K.
Dates.- Open to the public from Saturday 18 January to Saturday 15 February 2014 Opening times Monday to Friday 10am – 7pm; Saturday 10am – 3pm
Cristina Díaz Moreno & Efrén García Grinda. An afterpop approach to contemporary notion of space that enlists sociology, technology, media, politics and representation in projects ranging from architecture (Cherry Blossom Pavilion in Jerte Valley, Spain, shown at the 12th Biennale di Venezia, Giner de los Ríos Foundation in Madrid, Diagonal80 Industrial Pavillion in Madrid) to design (ESA Pavillion), to ecosystemic studies (The Magic Mountain in Ames, We as a plague in Rome, TRP in Venice) and modelling hybrid cities (Aijalaranta in Jyväskylä, or Hhouse in Balearic Islands). Díaz Moreno and García Grinda, both architects, teach at the Architectural Asoociation, London, as Diploma Unit Masters where they develop “Third Natures”.
Recent projects include the Diagonal 80 building in San Augustín del Guadalix, Madrid, Golden Balloon for MOT Tokyo and Giner de los Ríos Foundation, Madrid.