The Critics

摘要

An exhibition entitled An Atlas of Fabrication makes a big claim, whichever way we might interpret the word 'atlas'. Even before I arrive at the show I'm intrigued: this could be a catalogue of modern methods of construction, examining the interrelationships of fabrication, form, structure, economy and function, in much the same way that a world atlas might bring together maps of geography, topography, climate and economics. Or perhaps an exhibition imbued with questions about representation in construction, like a piece carved in the form of Atlas, the mythological Titan who held up the pillars of the universe.