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FAUX / FAKE PART 2 What’s faux faux which is is to say what’s not faux? Faux is is a a a a a a a a cultural camouflage a a a a a a a a perceptual sleight of hand an an aesthetic lust passing one thing off as as another That which is faux at at least by Webster’s definition is a a a a a fake fake or something something made in in in imitation of something something else The fake fake strategically negotiates our cultural constructs of authenticity and originality If we cannot possess the original original an an imitation will have to suffice This studio operates from an alternative premise however which begins with the faux in in in an attempt to undermine cultural constructs of authenticity and originality Why have have a a a a a a a a leather couch when you can have have faux leather? Why have have timber when you can have have a a a a a a printed veneer?
Why have have stone stone when you can have have artificial stone? Beginning with an an examination of techniques in in imitation this studio generates a a a a a a taxonomy of special effects sorted through linguistic metaphors Procedural drawing and and model-making lead to impossible plans sections and and elevations Objects are stacked sorted and and sifted as nooks crannies and and fissures into possibilities emerge It might be architecture it it it it can get built and it it it it probably has floors doors and other things At the the very least it’s
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