Tracing Apparitions

Description

The project explores the generative and transformative potential of archetypal forms drawn from Persian miniature painting to reach at new synthesis. The exploration takes the form of an iterative process that distills the formal essence of a cultural past to reach an entry point to the present: Through positing “Haft Peykar” — a significant literary narrative of Persian language from 12th century — as the site of architectural conception, Tracing Apparitions reimagines the central role of representation techniques in the story’s narrative formation and historical imagination. The result imagines a contemporary mode of architectural operation and representation in dialogue with historical becoming.