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Frelighsburg (Québec), 26 août 2007 ­– Alors que la controverse fait rage dans les Cantons de l’Est au sujet de l’implantation de parcs éoliens, le propriétaire de la Galerie DESIGN, Eden Muir, a demandé à des architectes et designers de la région de réfléchir à la question sous l’angle de l’environnement visuel.

« On a du mal à se faire une idée de ces vastes grappes de tours géantes », lance Muir. Usant de différentes techniques (dessin à main levée, affiches, animatique, photographie, dessin assisté par ordinateur (DAO) et maquettes) les participants nous font visualiser ces géants au milieu des paysages où ils sont prévus.

Sorge examine la notion d’échelle du point de vue de la nature, et présente de grandes esquisses au fusain. Approfondissant ce thème qui lui est cher, Sorge dévoile la puissance poétique des rapports d’échelle dans la nature et la met en relation avec les besoins insatiables et toujours grandissants des hommes.

Muir compare l’exposition à ce que les architectes appellent tradition­nellement une charrette : une présentation de travaux au dernier moment. « Les positions des participants et leurs productions visuelles, nous les découvrirons seulement lorsqu’elles seront accrochées aux cimaises magnétiques de la galerie et que nous allumerons les spots. »

Parmi les participants à « L’ÉCHELLE DU VENT », on trouve :

BERNICE SORGE, peintre et graveure 
CINDY DIANE RHEAULT, photographe 
ROBERT GALBRAITH, photographe 
JULIEN GEOFFROY, architecte 
EDEN MUIR, architecte 
JOSHUA WOLFE, consultant en environnement 
PETER DARE, consultant en communications 
SUSAN MUIR, conceptrice architecturale 
SIMON ARCHAMBAULT, stagiaire en architecture 
ALEX COGSWELL, étudiant en architecture 
ELLIOT SELICK, consultant en design 
RENE GINGRAS, auteur 

La Galerie DESIGN est située au cœur de Frelighsburg, ce pittoresque village de l’Estrie où se tient chaque année, pendant le week-end de la Fête du travail, le populaire Festiv’Art (festivart.org).

Exposition : 1 – 16 sept. 2007
Ouvert du jeudi au dimanche de 12 h à 5 h

Personne à contacter / Contact :

Eden Greig Muir, architecte, OAQ
Galerie DESIGN
41, rue Principale, Frelighsburg, J0J 1C0
tél. : 450.298.1212
web : www.galeriedesign.com
courriel: info@galeriedesign.com

Bernice Sorge
Studio Sorge
1626 chemin Hudon, Dunham (QC) J0E 1M0
tél : 450.295.2567
web : www.bernicesorge.ca
courriel : bernicesorge@yahoo.com

 

September 1 - 16 (during the Frelighsburg Festiv'Art weekend), and by appointment

Frelighsburg, Quebec (August 27, 2007) -- Given the ongoing wind-farm controversy in the Eastern Townships, Galerie Design owner Eden Muir has asked local architects and designers to consider the resulting visual environment.

Muir said, "It's hard to imagine these vast clusters of giant towers." Using a variety of media including freehand drawing, posters, computer animation, photography, CAD drawings and scale models, the designers help to visualize these giants in the landscape.

Sorge presents large charcoal sketches, examining scale from the point of view of nature. Under her theme, Sorge delves into the poetic aspects of scale in nature and man's unending and ever-increasing needs.

Muir compares the exhibition to a traditional design "charrette" or last-moment architectural presentation, in its urgency and informality. "We will only see the statements and images when the results are snapped to the gallery's magnetic walls and the spotlights are turned on."

The SCALE OF THE WIND participants include:

BERNICE SORGE, painter / printmaker
CINDY DIANE RHEAULT, photographer
ROBERT GALBRAITH, photographer
JULIEN GEOFFROY, architect
EDEN MUIR, architect
JOSHUA WOLFE, environmental consultant
PETER DARE, communications consultant
SUSAN MUIR, architectural designer
SIMON ARCHAMBAULT, architectural intern
ALEX COGSWELL, architecture student
ELLIOT SELICK, design consultant
RENE GINGRAS, writer

Galerie DESIGN is located at the heart of Frelighsburg, the picturesque Eastern Townships village which hosts the popular Festiv'Art event (festivart.org) every Labour Day weekend.

Exhibition: 1 - 16 sept. 2007
Open Thursday to Sunday from noon to 5 pm, and by appointment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

open house dec 16, 17 2006

WEEKEND OPEN HOUSE - Atelier Muir/ Galerie DESIGN
Noon - 5 p.m. Dec. 16 & 17, 2006.

See frelighsburg.com for other galleries in the village...

To celebrate the opening of our new architectural offices, Atelier Muir will be having an Open House on the weekend of December 16 and 17. You're invited to stop by and see the downstairs galleries and upstairs studio in our oddly charming 19th-century house in the center of Frelighsburg.

Galerie DESIGN and Atelier Muir Open House events:

  • Second Floor Studio: GRAND OPENING of the Atelier Muir architectural design studio. Demonstrations of Virtual Reality (VR) software used to visualize architectural designs. Visit architect's web site ...

  • South Gallery: A VIRTUAL REALITY: Projects in Progress. Large plotted output from current architectural commissions with the emphasis on real-time 3D modeling, rendering, animation and shadow studies as the new modus operandi of the digital architect.

  • North Gallery: A section of the Fall 2006 exhibition "SCALE / ECHELLE" continues in the North Gallery, with 3/16" scale models, plans, and photos of recently constructed architectural projects. Read architect's statement ...

  • East Gallery: Opening of the MARY MUIR exhibition in one room of the gallery. Mary Muir lived in Bedford and was inspired by nature in the Townships. Wood cuts, watercolours, lithography and silkscreen. Visit the Mary Muir online catalog...

For more information please call or visit us online at ateliermuir.ca.

      Eden Greig Muir, Architect, OAQ, AIA
      Susan Muir, Architectural Designer
      Alex Cogswell, Architectural intern (Waterloo University)

 



 

Galerie DESIGN, a new exhibit space dedicated to exploring the design process, opens Saturday, August 26th in Frelighsburg. Founded by architect Eden Muir, Galerie DESIGN will celebrate creative thinking, innovative planning and graphical problem-solving, whether recorded on paper or digitally. In Galerie DESIGN's inaugural exhibition, entitled SCALE, an artist and an architect approach the issue of scale from very different angles... Read full text...

 

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