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JAMES CARPENTER
In 1991, The American Institute of Architects conferred their Institute Honor Award on James Carpenter, as "an artist whose rare, unsurpassed technical expertise and sculptor's sensitivity have moved him to explore and express dramatic interrelationships of glass and light that have become indispensable ingredients of great architecture. With his intuitive understanding of the built environment, he transforms glass into art, forming a union between the transparent and the tangible that respects and enhances architectural design."For more than 20 years, the work of sculptor James Carpenter has focused on the exploration of light as a means to bring form to structure and reveal the environment. Exploiting the unique opportunities afforded by the transparency, reflectivity, and structural strength of glass, the work seeks to control the invisible force of light as it affects the spatial and temporal boundaries of architectural spaces. The goal of the work is to animate these transitional spaces and engage the viewers in a rich and complex understanding of their surroundings. The projects are broad-ranging and cross-disciplinary, embracing aspects of fine art, architecture, and engineering in the design of sculptures, curtain walls, skylights, and bridges.
As an artist considered to be a foremost innovator in materials technologies, Carpenter has worked collaboratively with major architects in the United States and abroad on significant building projects and has received many major public art commissions. With his studio associates and in close collaboration with engineers, all aspects of project responsibilities are developed, from design and construction documentation, to fabrication and installation. 212 431-4318 or visit http://artnetweb.com/jcda
DONALD HOLDER
Maintains an active career in both theatrical and architectural lighting. His recent architectural projects include Sony Plaza and The Sony Wonder Interactive Technology Museum, The Swissair/Ruesch Bank facility in Manhattan, and the current "America's Smithsonian" touring exhibition. His projects on Broadway include: "The Lion King" for Walt Disney Theatrical Productions, "Hughie" (directed by Al Pacino), "Juan Darien" (Drama Desk and Tony Nominations), "Eastern Standard", "Holiday", "Solitary Confinement". Off Broadway projects: "After Play", "Sight Unseen", and "The American Plan" at Manhattan Theatre Club, "Spunk", and "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" (Drama Desk Nomination) at the New York Shakespeare Festival, "Jeffrey" in New York, LA, and San Francisco, "The Good Times Are Killing Me" at Second Stage and the Minetta Lane, "Titus Andronicus" and "The Green Bird" (directed by Julie Taymor) at Theatre for a New Audience, "Fit to Be Tied" at Playwrights Horizons, and "Pterodactyls" and "Raised in Captivity" at the Vineyard Theatre. His regional credits include productions at Hartford Stage, Arena Stage, Long Wharf, Dallas Theatre Center, Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, South Coast Repertory, and many others. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. 212 691-6694.BILLIE TSIEN
Partners in the internationally renowned architectural office of Todd Williams Billie Tsien and Associates, Ms. Tsien is a graduate of Yale Univeristy in Fine Arts and received her Masters in Architecture from UCLA in 1977. Her work has always bridged the two worlds of fine art and architecture as shown through the office's collaboration with artists such as Jackie Ferrara, Mary Miss, Dan Graham, and Elyn Zimmerman. Widely published and acknowledged, their awards include several of the field's most prestigous: The New York Chapter AIA distinguished Architecture Awards, National AIA Honor Awards, and National AIA Interior Honor Awards, as well as The NY Chapter 1996 Medal of Honor from the AIA and the Arnold Brunner Prize for Distinguished Architecture in 1996 from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Some of their eclectic projects have included: sets and costumes for The Elise Monte Dance Company, 1991; a continuing collaboration with the Noguchi and other museums in New York City and around the country; The Neurosciences Institute at the Scripps Research Institute Campus, La Jolla, CA, was deemed the "best American Building built in 1995," by Times writer, Herbert Muschamp; and they recently completed two natatoria for universities. 212 582-2385
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