On 1st November, 2016 in the exhibition hall of Faculty of Architecture of St.-Petersburg state university of architecture and civil engineering an exhibition «Animated geometry» by professor of the Chair of Town Planning Vladimir Semenovich Antoshchenkov opened.
The exhibition includes two basic partitions: virtual sculptures and installations. The compositions presented in the first section, are executed by means of the program of three-dimensional modeling Rhinoceros. The objects placed in the second section, present a skilful mixture of advanced computer technologies, creative genius and laborious manual skills: the virtual models which were initially thought up on the computer, then carefully checked on conformity to an aesthetics of the declared theme and development of objects, received a realization in various figures from usual paper. The specific spaces suitable for installation considering possibility of creation of a complete image were found in the city environment of St.-Petersburg, corresponding to aesthetic features of sculptures. Objects were taken out on the chosen places, photographed, and then the installation was demounted, confirming Albert Kamju's thought that «beauty is the eternity, lasting an instant».
Fortunately, students, teachers, employees of SPSUACE have a remarkable possibility «to prolong these fine instants» and to visit an exhibition «Animated geometry», opened , by the way, in a long-term, almost "untimely" prospect.
Except the above described sculptures and installations at the exhibition it is possible to see two three-dimensional art objects, as well. The first is created on the basis of tetrahedrons of two different sizes, the second - with the use of stamping surfaces of an identical bias.
At the opening of the exposition the author, Vladimir Semenovich Antoshchenkov, heard a lot of kind and warm words of gratitude from enthusiastic visitors and admirers. He willingly shared his skill secrets, views on the difficult and fascinating world of volume-spatial compositions, and with benevolent humor recollected, how once a sudden flaw torn off and carried away in uncertainty an installation part, but it happened after photo-session had been finished.
«Animated geometry»- a bright, unique exhibition. But the most important thing, that the compositions presented on it are not just embodiments of an art plan, but according to the head of the Chair of Design of Architectural Environment Svetlana Vladimirovna Bochkareva, they are works, applicable in a real life, too. From some art object could be made an amusing candelabrum, from another - a subject of an interior bringing in furniture of internal or external space a part of pure art. Yes, Vladimir Semenovich has stepped far, and it is hard to keep up with him, his aesthetic views are too ultramodern, his creative genius flies too high. However, slowly, but people start to see and open for themselves new forms of art creation, and together with them - new forms of aesthetic life. And in this, undoubtedly, is a merit of Vladimir Semenovich Antoshchenkov and his colleagues, and SPSUACE, as well, which opens doors to all the nonconventional and not ordinary in architecture and design.
Let's hope that present and future town-planners - students of the glorified master, brought up on his daring ideas, will, certainly, realize innovative plans of the teacher in modern architecture.
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