The public is invited to celebrate the launch of a new collaborative project by Carleton art students along with members of the Danish architecture and design collective, N55, on Thursday, Feb. 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Perlman Teaching Museum of the Weitz Center for Creativity. This exhibit opening and reception with the artists is free and open to the public.
For the past five weeks, members of N55 have been working with 18 students enrolled in the class, "Designing a Carleton Public Space with N55." This unique residency in the Perlman Teaching Museum’s Braucher Gallery has been focused on envisioning and designing a hypothetical new Cowling Arboretum Center, challenging student to experiment with forms and ideas related to public space, while honoring the ‘Arb’s’ diverse stakeholders, all in the context of sustainable design.
Founded in 1994, N55 is comprised of consisting of Ion Sørvin, Till Wolfer, and Anne Romme. The group creates objects, buildings, and environments that cause us to question the ways we use public areas and communal spaces. What are the different—even competing—functions of an urban street or a public park? Who has the right to use these spaces or claim ownership over them? Who constitutes “the public”? These are some of the questions N55 provokes us to consider through their works that encourage us to use communal spaces in different, often unorthodox, manners. More about the group can be found at www.n55.dk.
This event is free and open to the public. N55’s residency is made possible by support from the Ward Lucas Lectureship in the Arts. The Perlman Teaching Museum is located in the Weitz Center for Creativity, 320 Third Street in Northfield. Admission to the Perlman Teaching Museum is free. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday-Wednesday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday and Friday; and 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. For more information, contact Laurel Bradley, director and curator of the Perlman Teaching Museum, at (507) 222-4342 or visit online at go.carleton.edu/museum.
