The Shades Become a City

A guided digital tour of the Zoe Zenghelis exhibition 'Do You Remember How Perfect Everything Was?' followed by a conversation between Hamed Khosravi, Marie Coulon and Manijeh Verghese.

As a two part exhibition at the Architectural Association and Betts Project, Do You Remember How Perfect Everything Was? presents an overview of Zoe Zenghelis’ early paintings from the 1960s, her years at OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) through to recent works made in 2020. Stretched between abstract metropolitan tectonics and landscape structures, the selection of Zenghelis’ paintings represent an enquiry into absent architectural projects.

The AA and Betts Project are delighted to host a guided digital tour of the first part of the exhibition, followed by a conversation between Hamed Khosravi, curator of the exhibition, Marie Coulon, Founder & Director of Betts Project, and Manijeh Verghese, Head of Public Programmes at the Architectural Association.

Virtual space of the exhibition at Betts Project is accessible via this link: https://betts-project.vr-360-tour.com/e/my0BdkalCC...

Hamed Khosravi is an architect and educator. He is a Unit Master of Diploma 7 and a Studio Master in the Projective Cities MPhil Programme at the Architectural Association School of Architecture. Hamed’s writings are regularly published in journals, magazines, and books. His recent book, Gabriel Guevrekian: The Elusive Modernist, is published by Hatje Cantz in 2020.

Marie Coulon is Director and Founder of Betts Project, a London based contemporary art gallery specialising in architecture. Since the gallery’s launch in 2016, she has presented exhibitions from architects Richard Goodwin, Tony Fretton, Alexander Brodsky, Bijoy Jain and Denise Scott Brown with the curatorial aim to present architectural objects as works of art.

Manijeh Verghese is Head of Public Programmes at the Architectural Association, where she is also a Unit Master of Diploma 12 and a seminar leader for the AA Professional Practice for Fifth Year course. She is a founding Director at Unscene Architecture and co-curator of the British Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale.