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   Immediate  Release  Contact:  AC  Institute,  Holly  Crawford  Email:  info@artcurrents.org      

Sebastian  Kite:  Echelon  April  24  –  May  10,  2014 Opening  Event:  Thursday,  April  24,  6-­‐8pm      This  event  is  free  and  open  to  the  public.  

 

   

 “Greek   architecture   taught  me   that   the   column   is  where   the   light   is   not,   and   the   space   between   is  where  the   light   is.   It   is  a  matter  of  no-­‐light,   light,  no-­‐light,   light.  A  column  and  a  column  brings   light  between  them.”  Louis  Kahn  

 Sebastian  Kite  (b.  1986)  is  a  multidisciplinary  artist  based  in  London.  Kite  creates  experiential  environments  to  choreograph  the  sensory  engagement  of  people  with  architectural  spaces.  His  practice  lies  at  the  intersection  of  art  and  architecture,  with  a  particular  focus  on  site-­‐specificity.  Beginning  with  an  analysis  of  the  site,  Kite  uses  structure,  kinetics,  light,  projection  and  sound  as  strategies  to  illustrate  new  readings  of  space.      Echelon  at  the  AC  Institute  is  Kite’s  first  American  exhibition.  The  video  has  been  made  in  response  to  the  Baroque  interior  of  St.  Georges  Church  in  Bloomsbury,  London.  Kite  used  flash  photography  to  shoot  high  contrast  images  of  the  architectural  features  of  the  church  at  night.  This  film  presents  a  frenetic  spatial  augmentation  of  the  site,  manipulating  perspective,  scale  and  depth  to  produce  a  restructured  architectural  space  within  the  projected  frame.  The  illusion  of  movement  and  continuity  normally  applied  in  filmmaking  is  here  disrupted  in  a  form  of  cinematic  violence.  

 BIO:    Kite  graduated  as  an  architect  in  2010  (Glasgow  School  of  Art,  Westminster  School  of  Architecture)  and  also  has  a  background  in   music.   Kite   co-­‐established   Kite   &   Laslett,   an   art   and   design   studio   in   London.   The   duo   realizes   projects   from   technical  drawings  via  engineering  solutions  through  construction  to  installation.      To   date,   Kite  &   Laslett   have   exhibited   large-­‐scale   installations   in   London,  Milan,   Berlin,   Hannover,   Glasgow   and   The  Hague.  Audiences  have  encountered  their  projects  in  off-­‐sites  such  as  prisons,  railway  stations,  bunkers  and  warehouses,  but  also  the  white  cube  gallery.  Kite  has  recently  begun  to  establish  his  career  as  a  solo  artist.      www.sebastiankite.com  www.kiteandlaslett.com