Alibi Studio | Catie Newell http://cathlynnewell.com Alibi Studio | Catie Newell Wed, 22 May 2013 08:32:05 +0000 http://cathlynnewell.com en Involving Darkness http://www.cathlynnewell.com/Involving-Darkness http://www.cathlynnewell.com/following/cathlynnewell.com/Involving-Darkness Wed, 22 May 2013 08:32:05 +0000 Alibi Studio | Catie Newell 5665820 <img src="http://payload168.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/5665820/orangecut.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="900" height_o="598" src_o="http://payload168.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/5665820/orangecut_o.jpg" data-mid="30589756" border="0" align="left"/> Catie Newell has been awarded the Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize! A brief of her proposal: INVOLVING DARKNESS: Nightfall formulates a new city. With light limited to artificial sources and darkness expanded in space, geometries are heightened or masked, symmetries are obscured, masses are erased, and the air appears to have weight. The city dissolves into a peculiar optical fragmentation; its partially illuminated elements give the impression of being in suspension, and the adjoining darkened spaces lack clarity and definition. These compounding immaterial effects distort our spatial perception, making the once familiar setting unfamiliar by challenging both the visual appearance of space and its implied conditions of occupation. Our surroundings become formally obscured, and the physical extent of architecture is thrown into question. Owing to its capacity to manipulate and create unique spatial effects, darkness can be used as a design tool, revealing new environments and obscuring otherwise familiar ones, affording them unexpected dimensions. Involving Darkness will benefit from a setting where dominant formal conditions of symmetry, rhythm and axis are tools for manipulation, and the reworking of existing fragments is an ongoing technique for transforming the city. The outcome will be built installation work that utilizes material distortions, pressing on architecture, and adding formal mutations to the dark landscapes of Rome. Come September..! Catie Newell has been awarded the Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize! A brief of her proposal: INVOLVING DARKNESS: Nightfall formulates a new... Diffused Globes http://www.cathlynnewell.com/Diffused-Globes http://www.cathlynnewell.com/following/cathlynnewell.com/Diffused-Globes Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:01:59 +0000 Alibi Studio | Catie Newell 4834519 <img src="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/DiffuseGlobe01_72.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="792" height_o="526" src_o="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/DiffuseGlobe01_72_o.jpg" data-mid="29452358" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/DiffuseGlobe02_72.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="792" height_o="526" src_o="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/DiffuseGlobe02_72_o.jpg" data-mid="29452359" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/DiffuseGlobe03_72.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="792" height_o="526" src_o="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/DiffuseGlobe03_72_o.jpg" data-mid="29452360" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/DiffuseGlobe03vweb.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1286" height_o="854" src_o="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/DiffuseGlobe03vweb_o.jpg" data-mid="29452361" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/DiffuseGlobev05web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1286" height_o="854" src_o="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/DiffuseGlobev05web_o.jpg" data-mid="29452362" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/DSC_0231web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1920" height_o="1275" src_o="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/DSC_0231web_o.jpg" data-mid="25827260" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/Newell-DSC_0117web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1920" height_o="1275" src_o="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/Newell-DSC_0117web_o.jpg" data-mid="25827267" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/Newell-DSC_0133web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1920" height_o="1275" src_o="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/Newell-DSC_0133web_o.jpg" data-mid="25827271" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/Newell-DSC_0139web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1920" height_o="1275" src_o="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/Newell-DSC_0139web_o.jpg" data-mid="25827273" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/Newell-DSC_0521web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1920" height_o="1275" src_o="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/Newell-DSC_0521web_o.jpg" data-mid="25827292" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/Newell-DSC_0493web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1920" height_o="1275" src_o="http://payload126.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4834519/Newell-DSC_0493web_o.jpg" data-mid="25827291" border="0" align="left"/>} The Diffuse Globe light series alters a specified blown glass globe through custom forming to control the dispersion of light, providing variation and distinction to otherwise generic light bulb forms. Encasing a low wattage bulb within the fixture, the medium within the globe diffuses the light source, diminishing the perceived glow at the outer edge of the globe. To control the directionality and intensity of the light, each globe is uniquely deformed during its fabrication. Internal depressions allow for the concentration of released light while protrusions increase the scatter, locally attenuating it. As a result of manipulation techniques inflicted on the glass during its forming, each Diffuse Globe takes on its own character and presence that through its unique derived dispersion of light implicates a relationship to surrounding space and occupants. The fabrication methods for the Diffuse Glove series strategically utilizes digital technologies and long-established glass blowing techniques. Encompassing the latent materiality of glass as an amorphous solid, the developed techniques incorporate rigor and refinement with spontaneity and variation while working with the malleability of glass during forming and its physical attributes upon cooling. To establish a base form from which to manipulate, CNC-milled positives are cast in white gypsum cement to create a reusable negative mold. Base glass blanks are mold-blown and manipulated with manual forming tools that are developed with a sensibility to characteristics present at forming temperatures and the resulting relationship between form and illumination effects. The tools, designed with T-splines in Rhino and CNC-milled out of metal stock, are made to allow for multiple moments of contact and variable means by which to interact with the glass. Upon annealing, each Diffuse Globe is fitted with an existing internal lights source. In order to allow for the variability produced by the manual process of glass blowing, the sockets, which feature an innovative internal-external strain relief, are parametrically designed and digitally manufactured to fit each individual globe. The pairing of analog and digital processes harnesses the distinct potential for variability permitted within each realm of making while also permitting a refined technical operation interrogating the connections between craft and explicit control. Often such variability comes at great costs for fabrication, requiring numerous molds or waste. Conversely, the variations within the Diffuse Globe series enters at a moment in the sequence when the material can be directly manipulated placing the variability within the fine details of the process, and not in the tooling, so it produces no waste. During the manufacturing process, even if the glass breaks or becomes unruly, all mistakes can be returned to the material batch. Further, all the materials in the process, from tools and molds to resultants, have been developed for their reusability. A parametric modeling output for the sockets pairs the unique wall thickness of each blown globe with perfectly fit socket and strain relief connection. The light effects, and directionality of each Diffuse Globe, prompt variability in installation and intention for use. Funding: Research through Making Grant from the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Office of the Vice President for Research, The University of Michigan Project Team: Catie Newell of *Alibi Studio and the University of Michigan Wes McGee of Matter Design Studio and the University of Michigan Glass Expert: Lucy Olechowski Fabrication Team: Aaron Willette Jason Psad Mark Meier Grant Weaver Simon Rolka Patrick Ethen Schmoe The making of the Diffused Globes can be seen in the second half of this film: {process film} by Stebs Schinnerer of Paper Fortress The Diffuse Globe light series alters a specified blown glass globe through custom forming to control the dispersion of light, providing variation and distinction... UNLIT http://www.cathlynnewell.com/UNLIT http://www.cathlynnewell.com/following/cathlynnewell.com/UNLIT Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:15:31 +0000 Alibi Studio | Catie Newell 3937044 <img src="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0402tweb.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0402tweb_o.jpg" data-mid="20993862" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/garage_unlit-web.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1500" height_o="997" src_o="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/garage_unlit-web_o.jpg" data-mid="20993952" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0387web.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="2048" height_o="1360" src_o="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0387web_o.jpg" data-mid="20993859" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0404w.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0404w_o.jpg" data-mid="20993865" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0035web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0035web_o.jpg" data-mid="20993852" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0436web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0436web_o.jpg" data-mid="20993871" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0459web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0459web_o.jpg" data-mid="20993874" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0003web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0003web_o.jpg" data-mid="20993851" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0486web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0486web_o.jpg" data-mid="20993880" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0533web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0533web_o.jpg" data-mid="20993890" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0525web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0525web_o.jpg" data-mid="20993887" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0517web.jpg" width="661" height="996" width_o="661" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0517web_o.jpg" data-mid="20994325" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0555web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload81.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3937044/DSC_0555web_o.jpg" data-mid="20994326" border="0" align="left"/> Keying in to the extensive presence of dark volumes captured throughout Detroit as a result of boarded up windows, Unlit conceptually strives for sublime darkness. Wood, as the common material used to close off a space from elements and intruders is used in this delicate, yet aggressive, inhabitable texture to imply the obstruction of light leaks within an actual space in Detroit. As very thin shards, capable of tracing and thwarting the light, Unlit volumetrically implies a larger presence while simultaneously obscuring our relationship to the domestic implications of the familiar form. Resonating with other immaterial conditions of the space, the work also actively curls and releases in relationship to the humidity of its atmosphere and occupants. Unlit can further be read as a compliment and inverse to the original garage project, Weatherizing and in its translation exists as an imported atmospheric observatory; this time just as easy to alter or vanish as the prevalent darkness. Unlit is the installation contribution from *Alibi Studio to the Grounds for Detroit exhibit by the 13178 Moran Street collective at the 13th International Architectural Venice Biennale, an exhibition that hosts five experimental architecture installations and a curated show of work by more than ten artists, architects, and writers currently working in and on Detroit. (Salvaged Landscape was also hosted amongst this work.) The project is an invited submission to the 2012 Biennale di Venezia as part of the exhibition, Common Ground, curated by David Chipperfield. In part, the exhibition revisits a collaborative project from 2010, where five architects collectively bought an abandoned single-family house in Detroit for $500 cash at public auction. *Alibi Studio contributed the work Weatherizing to the first house. The house on Moran Street served as a shared substrate within which each practice constructed a distinct project—a full-scale intervention. Project Credits: Catie Newell of *Alibi Studio Project Team: Grant Weaver *lead Alibi Lauren Bebry Katie Schenk Chuck Newell Brenna Williams Will Liow Lauren Vasey Thanks and Support: Venice Biennale Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning Monica Ponce de Leon USA Projects Keying in to the extensive presence of dark volumes captured throughout Detroit as a result of boarded up windows, Unlit conceptually strives for sublime... Specimen http://www.cathlynnewell.com/Specimen http://www.cathlynnewell.com/following/cathlynnewell.com/Specimen Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:51:42 +0000 Alibi Studio | Catie Newell 4123721 <img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0132web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0132web_o.jpg" data-mid="21652491" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0179web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0179web_o.jpg" data-mid="21653017" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0033web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0033web_o.jpg" data-mid="21652484" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0025web2.jpg" width="299" height="450" width_o="299" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0025web2_o.jpg" data-mid="21653103" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0207web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0207web_o.jpg" data-mid="21652496" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0148web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0148web_o.jpg" data-mid="21652494" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0042web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0042web_o.jpg" data-mid="21652490" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0238web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0238web_o.jpg" data-mid="21652503" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0041web3.jpg" width="299" height="450" width_o="299" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0041web3_o.jpg" data-mid="21653141" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0157web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0157web_o.jpg" data-mid="21652981" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0044web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0044web_o.jpg" data-mid="21652975" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0236web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload91.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/4123721/DSC_0236web_o.jpg" data-mid="21652502" border="0" align="left"/> Suspended in air, curious in its natural form and artificial in its existence, Specimen evokes a peculiar creature of irregular origins. Made of glass, the work is constructed through a process of free form catenary slumping. Each piece of the work is subjected to its own temperature and duration setting providing variation in curvature and detail throughout the entire project. Lit from above the curvatures of each piece reflect the simple custom fluorescent light embedded ceiling suspended overhead. The resultant is a kaleidoscope-like effect of its surrounds, daring light to move around the space in two layers of different grains of reflection. The work is placed in the old Nature’s Medley Hall of the old Public Museum surrounded by encased specimens of insects and plants. The glass cases of the abandoned specimens reflect the work as a whole multiplying the presence of Specimen within the space. Hovering, the visitor can walk around the work. Project Team: Wes McGee of Matter Design Studio Catie Newell of *Alibi Studio Aaron Willette of Artforming Grant Weaver The amazing Curatorial Team and Venue: SiTE:LAB Specimen was supported by the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Suspended in air, curious in its natural form and artificial in its existence, Specimen evokes a peculiar creature of irregular origins. Made of glass, the work... Siege Glass http://www.cathlynnewell.com/Siege-Glass http://www.cathlynnewell.com/following/cathlynnewell.com/Siege-Glass Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:09:57 +0000 Alibi Studio | Catie Newell 3121009 <img src="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3121009/DSC_0231web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1920" height_o="1275" src_o="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3121009/DSC_0231web_o.jpg" data-mid="15944700" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3121009/DSC_0280web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1920" height_o="1275" src_o="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3121009/DSC_0280web_o.jpg" data-mid="15944703" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3121009/DSC_0294web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1920" height_o="1275" src_o="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/3121009/DSC_0294web_o.jpg" data-mid="15944705" border="0" align="left"/><img 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event space of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) was taken over by intense dinners centered on the theme of SIEGE. With Wes McGee of Matter Design Studio, *Alibi Studio created the next iteration of the Diffused Globes, and developed the SIEGE GLASSWARES. Utilizing a simple toolset, basic forms of glass were manipulated through intention and improvisation with aggressive and distorting maneuvers. The deformations made to the glass altered the forms of the content and the relationships to the users. Project Team for SIEGE GLASSWARES + DIFFUSED GLOBES: Catie Newell Wes McGee Aaron Willette Lucy Olechowski Jason Psard Joe Proper ARTIST INVOLVED IN SIEGE: Masterminds: Leon Johnson Justin Novak Contributors: Megan O'Connell Ksenya Samarskaya Etienne Turpin Anca Trandrafirescu For 3 straight nights, the event space of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) was taken over by intense dinners centered on the theme of SIEGE. With... Glass Cast http://www.cathlynnewell.com/Glass-Cast http://www.cathlynnewell.com/following/cathlynnewell.com/Glass-Cast Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:45:53 +0000 Alibi Studio | Catie Newell 2716262 <img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/_MG_9908-1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/_MG_9908-1_o.jpg" data-mid="13771362" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/glasscast_test.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/glasscast_test_o.jpg" data-mid="13771383" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/Pages from Newell_windsor_Page_1.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1950" height_o="1463" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/Pages from Newell_windsor_Page_1_o.jpg" data-mid="13771437" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/Pages from Newell_windsor_Page_2.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1950" height_o="1463" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/Pages from Newell_windsor_Page_2_o.jpg" data-mid="13771442" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/gc_web5.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/gc_web5_o.jpg" data-mid="13770214" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/broken.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/broken_o.jpg" data-mid="13770134" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/gc_web4.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/gc_web4_o.jpg" data-mid="13770204" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/gc_web7.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/gc_web7_o.jpg" data-mid="13770448" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/gc_web3.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/gc_web3_o.jpg" data-mid="13770437" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/Pages from Newell_windsor_Page_4.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1950" height_o="1463" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/Pages from Newell_windsor_Page_4_o.jpg" data-mid="13771447" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/gc_web6.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/gc_web6_o.jpg" data-mid="13770230" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/DSC_0566-2.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="2048" height_o="1360" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/DSC_0566-2_o.jpg" data-mid="13770149" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/Pages from Newell_windsor_Page_3.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1950" height_o="1463" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/Pages from Newell_windsor_Page_3_o.jpg" data-mid="13771444" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/gc_web1.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload20.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/2716262/gc_web1_o.jpg" data-mid="13770155" border="0" align="left"/> Glass Cast is a series of research trajectories that manipulate this ubiquitous and fragile material through the investigation of two methods of working: hot glass blowing and warm glass slumping. The design process and its tools, including custom manual forming tools and a reconfigurable slumping kiln, are as significant to the work as the resultant glass components, Diffuse Globes and Distort Windows. Casting techniques and the limited range of material available to work at the high temperatures necessary to form glass are the basis of the research. Such tools construct environments to control the thermal performance through time-based processes, choreographing the work and physical mediations. {process film} by Stebs Schinnerer of Paper Fortress A collaboration between: Wes McGee of Matter Studio Design and Catie Newell of *Alibi Studio with Aaron Willette, Lucy Olechowski, Brandon Clifford Fabrication Team: Grant Weaver, Simon Rolka, Patrick Ethen, Maciej Kaczynski, Etienne Turpin, Andrew Stern, Brian Muscat, Chuck Newell, Jason Psad, Mark Meier Consultant: Steve Karnowski This work has been funded by: Research Through Making Grant | Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and Office of the Vice President of Research | University of Michigan Glass Cast is a series of research trajectories that manipulate this ubiquitous and fragile material through the investigation of two methods of working: hot... Diptych http://www.cathlynnewell.com/Diptych http://www.cathlynnewell.com/following/cathlynnewell.com/Diptych Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:31:59 +0000 Alibi Studio | Catie Newell 1556719 DIPTYCH <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/DSC_0343low.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1350" height_o="897" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/DSC_0343low_o.jpg" data-mid="7786232" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP06web.jpg" width="576" height="382" width_o="576" height_o="382" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP06web_o.jpg" data-mid="8063554" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP01.jpg" width="576" height="382" width_o="576" height_o="382" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP01_o.jpg" data-mid="8063545" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP02web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1500" height_o="996" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP02web_o.jpg" data-mid="8063548" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP03web.jpg" width="382" height="576" width_o="382" height_o="576" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP03web_o.jpg" data-mid="8063549" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP05web.jpg" width="576" height="382" width_o="576" height_o="382" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP05web_o.jpg" data-mid="8063552" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP04web.jpg" width="576" height="383" width_o="576" height_o="383" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP04web_o.jpg" data-mid="8063551" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP08web.jpg" width="430" height="648" width_o="430" height_o="648" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556719/Newell_ALP08web_o.jpg" data-mid="8063555" border="0" align="left"/> Exhibit installation for the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and designers. The steel armature suspends photographic documentation of the two projects submitted to the "It's Different" competition: Weatherizing and Salvaged Landscape. Text from the exhibit pamphlet: "Agitating" the context of the smooth white gallery walls, Catie Newell's "Diptych" suspends photographs of two of her recent projects in a "sliced metal framework that constructs and aggressive atmosphere for the works." Exemplifying the firm's interest in altering and amplifying existing conditions, the steel armature provides a backdrop as well as a second reading for the images, allowing the projects to be read in thematic relationship with on another. The combination of contrasting textures, finely finished and rusted, point to Alibi Studios' ongoing "investigation of Inhabitable Textures, which experiment with the foils of light/dark, delicate/aggressive, and floating/tethered (amongst others) enclosures and surfaces." Exhibited at the Parsons New School Gallery. Opening and Lecture: June 15th, 7pm. For more info, visit the Architectural League event announcement. Project Team: Grant Weaver (fabrication lead) Maciej Kaczynski Lisa Sauve Lauren Bebry Katie Schenk This project was supported by: The Architectural League of New York The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning DIPTYCH Exhibit installation for the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and designers. The steel armature suspends photographic documentation of the... Second Story http://www.cathlynnewell.com/Second-Story http://www.cathlynnewell.com/following/cathlynnewell.com/Second-Story Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:31:58 +0000 Alibi Studio | Catie Newell 1556759 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story01web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="720" height_o="478" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story01web_o.jpg" data-mid="8064077" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story02web.jpg" width="432" height="650" width_o="432" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story02web_o.jpg" data-mid="8064078" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story03web.jpg" width="526" height="792" width_o="526" height_o="792" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story03web_o.jpg" data-mid="8064079" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story04web.jpg" width="478" height="720" width_o="478" height_o="720" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story04web_o.jpg" data-mid="8064082" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story05web.jpg" width="478" height="720" width_o="478" height_o="720" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story05web_o.jpg" data-mid="8064083" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story06web.jpg" width="478" height="720" width_o="478" height_o="720" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story06web_o.jpg" data-mid="8064085" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story07web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="720" height_o="478" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story07web_o.jpg" data-mid="8064088" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story08web.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="720" height_o="478" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story08web_o.jpg" data-mid="8064091" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story09web.jpg" width="648" height="430" width_o="648" height_o="430" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story09web_o.jpg" data-mid="8064092" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/ss01.jpg" width="600" height="398" width_o="600" height_o="398" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/ss01_o.jpg" data-mid="7619611" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/ss_02.jpg" width="600" height="399" width_o="600" height_o="399" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/ss_02_o.jpg" data-mid="7619614" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story10web.jpg" width="478" height="720" width_o="478" height_o="720" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/1556759/Newell_Second-Story10web_o.jpg" data-mid="8064093" border="0" align="left"/> (video walk thru) Amplifying, transporting, and distorting the volumes surrounding and within a contested existing domestic environment, Second Story reconfigures spaces that were once familiar into an “other” occupation and visual register. Used to imprint the space and excite the atmosphere, this inhabitable texture is driven by the manipulation of factory standard acrylic rods to capture, manipulate, and distort the existing volumes of the second story of Spencer’s Funeral home in Flint, Michigan, a house slated for demolition. Inherently transparent, the material both captures and permits the passing of light, visually distorting its presence and the view beyond, through refraction and reflection, altering both the context, the perception of its physical boundaries, and heightening the role of the building in the neighborhood. The work agitates, relocates, and makes accessible new volumes otherwise once unoccupiable: the exterior zone, the wall depth, and the depth of a windowsill. As a further technique of distortion and interplay of tectonic connection and assembly, the acrylic rods are systematically manipulated through the use of heat. One such technique allows for the bending and forming of components to create a pattern that resonates with its context, but also distorts the a priori relationships within the house to construct depth and volume originally unused or nonexistent. A further alteration is the tapering and pulling of the material, developing extensions and strands that flee in a near weightless in pursuit of space, altering the perception and depth they occupy. The otherness of Second Story is further heightened by suspending the piece above the ground by tethering it to the building’s roof trusses so that it hovers to promote a ephemeral sense of space, an attuned acknowledgement of its surrounding, and an implied stretched atmosphere. Project Team: Lauren Bebry Katie Schenk Grant Weaver Chuck Newell Lisa Sauve Carolyn Newell Maciej Kaczynski Drake Tolliver Cheyenne Pinson Second Story was commissioned by the Extension Gallery for Architecture, Chicago and made possible by the Graham Foundation. (video walk thru) Amplifying, transporting, and distorting the volumes surrounding and within a contested existing domestic environment, Second Story... Nightly http://www.cathlynnewell.com/Nightly http://www.cathlynnewell.com/following/cathlynnewell.com/Nightly Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:57:54 +0000 Alibi Studio | Catie Newell 894367 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894367/web_DSC_0352.jpg" width="601" height="400" width_o="601" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894367/web_DSC_0352_o.jpg" data-mid="4285288" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894367/web_DSC_0495.jpg" width="602" height="400" width_o="602" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894367/web_DSC_0495_o.jpg" data-mid="4285289" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894367/web2_DSC_0582.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894367/web2_DSC_0582_o.jpg" data-mid="4296944" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894367/web2_DSC_0584b.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894367/web2_DSC_0584b_o.jpg" data-mid="4296945" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894367/web_DSC_0193.jpg" width="602" height="400" width_o="602" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894367/web_DSC_0193_o.jpg" data-mid="4285338" border="0" align="left"/> NIGHTLY Fleeting and weightless, with the ability to leave no trace despite a commanding impact with its presence; light is a temporary interruption and contributor, to an artificial atmosphere. Not easily drawn, and never a complete representation when attempted, photographs are necessary to capture and distribute this work and keen observations. NIGHTLY Fleeting and weightless, with the ability to leave no trace despite a commanding impact with its presence; light is a temporary interruption and... Weatherizing http://www.cathlynnewell.com/Weatherizing http://www.cathlynnewell.com/following/cathlynnewell.com/Weatherizing Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:53:49 +0000 Alibi Studio | Catie Newell 894195 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_Newell_5F_Weatherizing_night.jpg" width="602" height="400" width_o="602" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_Newell_5F_Weatherizing_night_o.jpg" data-mid="4284981" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_Newell_5F_Weatherizing_shadows.jpg" width="602" height="400" width_o="602" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_Newell_5F_Weatherizing_shadows_o.jpg" data-mid="4284990" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_Newell_5F_Weatherizing_detail.jpg" width="533" height="400" width_o="533" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_Newell_5F_Weatherizing_detail_o.jpg" data-mid="4284973" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_2Newell_5F_Weatherizing_exploded-axons.jpg" width="565" height="400" width_o="565" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_2Newell_5F_Weatherizing_exploded-axons_o.jpg" data-mid="4285039" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_Newell_5F_Weatherizing_final-install.jpg" width="602" height="400" width_o="602" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_Newell_5F_Weatherizing_final-install_o.jpg" data-mid="4284975" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_Newell_5F_Weatherizing_interior.jpg" width="266" height="400" width_o="266" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_Newell_5F_Weatherizing_interior_o.jpg" data-mid="4284976" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_Newell_5F_Weatherizing_unfolded-drill-pattern.jpg" width="480" height="400" width_o="480" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/web_Newell_5F_Weatherizing_unfolded-drill-pattern_o.jpg" data-mid="4284994" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/qwb_DSC_0019.jpg" width="602" height="400" width_o="602" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/73942/894195/qwb_DSC_0019_o.jpg" data-mid="4296203" border="0" align="left"/> WEATHERIZING Detroit, Michigan As a material study and electrical experimentation, this alteration to a stand-alone garage mutates and activates the barrier between the atmospheres of the interior, and the greater surroundings on the exterior. As a replacement of the common flat-pane windows, Weatherizing utilizes the typical mediator of glass in an unusual configuration allowing for an altered understanding of volume and exchange. Comprised of nearly one thousand glass tubes, the work spatializes and amplifies light conditions, both natural and artificial, and the flow of air. Varying in length and bends, the aggregation of the glass tubes works as a material substrate upon which energy is captured in the form of a glow, and an accumulation of hollow channels conduits for energy, air, and precipitation. Mysterious and moody, reliant on the immediate qualities of the atmospheres, the luminosity becomes an eerie registration of the seemingly intangible surrounds and a foil to the once apathetic barrier. This project was supported by the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Oberdick Fellowship. WEATHERIZING Detroit, Michigan As a material study and electrical experimentation, this alteration to a stand-alone garage mutates and activates the barrier...