Carleton architecture students gave audiences a a preview of Kosmic’s rebirth Nov. 18, as they transformed Babylon Nightclub with post-apocalyptic art installations.
Life-sized plastic wrap spider webs enveloped booths while recycled industrial fencing was repurposed into ceiling hangings. These were a few smaller scale examples of the installations that will be showcased for Milieux at Aberdeen Pavilion Dec. 1, said event organizer Kat Forget.
Organizers decided to take the annual architecture event, Kosmic, in a new direction this year, thus giving birth to Milieux, which will benefit Architecture for Humanity, said Forget, a third-year architecture student.
The theme of the rebirth also comes from the idea that 2012 will bring about the end of the world or a transforming moment.
“This is our last chance to start out with a blank slate,” Forget said.
Fourth-year architecture student Taylor Balodis said he approached the theme by creating a pixelated cloud out of cardboard boxes. He said his goal is to recreate the installation on a larger scale with 2012 boxes.
“They intend to loom over the space and animate various objects being presented, including the boxes themselves,” Balodis said in an email.
Many pieces use industrial and recycled material and explore how they can be transformed into something new and beautiful, Forget said.
The Milieux preview was also a collaborated event with Mindgames, a monthly electronic music night.
Sir Ett and Gregular, who will be performing at Milieux, played electronic sets while spiralling black and white designs were projected onto the screen behind them.
Milieux and Mindgames work well together because they both pool from audiovisual elements to create unique nights, Forget said.
“We want to evolve the idea of collaborative design,” Forget said. “Music is a form of design.”
