(This is) Air. Image courtesy of Nic Brunsdon

(This is) Air Book Launch Past Event

Presented by Mess Books

Date

Fri 24 May 11:30am - 12:15pm

Tickets

Free, No Booking Required

Venue

Great Hall, NGV - International
180 St Kilda Rd, Southbank VIC, Australia

Access

Accessible bathroom, Assistance animals welcome, Seating available, Wheelchair accessible

(This is) Air is a publication documenting Nic Brunsdon’s 2023 NGV Architecture Commission of the same name; a poignant installation that draws attention to one of the universal and defining features of life on earth: breathing air.

With a foreword from David Neustein (Other Architects, The Monthly), an introduction by Jessica Kwok (Storefront for Art and Architecture), new writing from Mark Jacques (Openwork, RMIT) and photographs by Ben Hosking, (This is) Air offers timely consideration of urgent ecological, civic and political questions about the act of breathing and the relationship between architecture and experiences of air. These contributions sit alongside conversations and addresses about the commission with insights from Nic Brunsdon, Dr Timothy Moore, Ewan McEoin and members of the technical team, as well as project materials and documentation, reflecting on the work as both process and product, architecture and art, experiment and triumph.

In this panel conversation, host Amy Muir from MUIR is joined by architect Nic Brunsdon, NGV’s Ewan McEoin, and co-founder and editor-in-chief of Mess Books, Emma Pegrum, to discuss the thematics, design approaches and practical realisations of (This is) Air, both artwork and book.

Participants

Mess Books

Mess Books is founded by writer and editor Emma Pegrum and art director and designer Bec Stawell Wilson. Working with specialist paper suppliers and printers in Australia and internationally, they covet the artisanal production of high-quality books while also valuing innovative approaches to book-making and digital integrations that work to retain the book as a site of open-access information. Mess Books also has a creative studio practice that is closely connected to its work as a publisher.

Emma Pelgrum

Emma Pegrum is the co-founder and editor in chief of Mess Books, an independent publisher and creative practice interested in contemporary art, photography, design, architecture and research. She is an experienced editor who works on a range of academic, editorial, creative and bespoke commissions. She is also a writer, journalist, editor and multifaceted creative producer who works across a variety of editorial, publishing and interdisciplinary projects.

 

Nic Brunsdon

Nic Brunsdon is recognised as one of Australia’s leading architects. In 2015 Nic was the winner of the Australian Institute of Architects Emerging Architect Award, firstly for Western Australia and then nationally.  The studio’s work has received recognition at the World Architecture Festival, Dezeen Awards, Houses Awards, INDE awards, and Australian Institute of Architects Awards programs, most notably winning both the public vote and master jury awards at the prestigious Dezeen Awards for the world’s best hospitality project.


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