Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg (AA Unit Masters and directors of Space Popular) have recently opened Gate of Bright Lights at Deoksugung Palace in Seoul, South Korea, as part of the exhibition Architecture and Heritage: Unearthing Future presented by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. The Gate of Bright Lights is a site specific video installation exploring how digital interfaces have replaced physical elements –such as doors and walls– as the portals between us and what we desire. The exhibition is open until 5th of April 2020.

Find out more about the exhibition on the National Museum of Contemporary Art website

Lesmes and Hellberg have also unveiled The Venn Room as one of eight exhibitors of Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2019. The Venn Room depicts a series of possible scenarios of cohabitation in which issues of integration, interface, exposure, overlap, representation, storage and ownership in the augmented future for our domestic environments are put into perspective through everyday narratives. The Biennale, entitled “Beauty Matters” is curated by Yael Reisner and is open until the 17th of November 2019.

Find out more about the Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2019

Find out more about Space Popular or the Diploma Unit, The Civic Programme, that Lara and Fredrik are teaching at the AA this year.