從《I Have an Idea》展覽了解 Starchitect Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry 設計的建築就如雕塑一樣富藝術性，其夢幻般的作品，在建築界一直備受爭議。無論是美國洛杉磯 Walt Disney Concert Hall、畢爾包 Guggenheim Museum 到最近落成於巴黎的 Louis Vuitton Foundation，全部都極其複雜，建築需要大量時間，但從中能夠看出 Frank Gehry 把雲朵、帆船及摺紙般的概念實現在作品上。今次由 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT 及 THE MIYAKE ISSEY FOUNDATION 舉辦的《I Have an Idea》展覽，就帶出了 Frank Gehry 的想像力之外，同樣重視實踐，過程中面對的困難與克服辦法等。展覽包括他的主要作品介紹、啟發創作的居所、構思過程的草圖及模型、設計帶來的新技術及 Frank Gehry 的一些小收藏。今次先帶來 Frank Gehry 的 Manifesto ，非常值得創意工作者深究：

So you get an idea. A stupid idea but you like it. So you look at it till you don’t like it. So then you make another model as another way of looking at the first stupid idea; and you like it but only for a little while. So then you hate some of it so you make another model to fix it but it looks different but you like it so you look at it until you start to not like it then. You try to fix it and a new idea comes out which you like better and then you don’t like it so much but still a little. So guess what you do? Yes you make another model. So this goes on and on and on till you got so many models it costs a fortune to store them. But you go on anyway. More and more till voila the piece de resistance. It’s glorious, it’s cheap, it looks different. So nobody likes it.

You’d cry, you’d nearly die. Then the lord sends a messenger. He hypnotizes all the people so they all like the idea. They want to steal the idea, they want to steal the models. They want a piece of your mind and soul. But you’re strong and don’t give it.
You just want to make a new idea. You want to be alone to make new models – so expensive to store, and you keep going until you’re broke from storing the models.
That’s a major histoire. It’s legendary and it’s true.

The sequel is people get jealous. That’s good if it makes them work hard to be better. Most of the time they work harder to destroy. This part’s difficult.

Frank Gehry

日期 : October 16, 2015 – February 7, 2016
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