The first Invisible Architectures festival took place in Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), 09/09/11 – 11/09/11.
Artists, architects and writers led guided tours & workshops, exposing layers of the city that would otherwise remain imperceptible, layers making up what we normally refer to and perceive as background noise, ambiences or atmospheres.
Within the apparent banality of the everyday lies beauty, horror and imperceptible dynamics that influence and inform the spaces we occupy, as well as our experiences of them. Guided tours of the subtle, subliminal and subtarranean expose invisible layers of the city, drawing into the foreground that which otherwise lingers in the background. The sounds, smells, textures and electromagnetic intensity of the urban environment often pass by unnoticed; through pedestrian exploration of the uncanny underside of Newcastle upon Tyne, these layers of the city are brought to the surface.
Photo documentation of the first event is available here: flickr.com/photos/invisible_architectures/
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