CONFABULATORES NOCTURNI | the work of time[scape]lab

From these two incontrovertible premises he deduced that the Library is total and that its shelves register all the possible combinations of the twenty-odd ortho­graphical symbols - a number which, though extremely vast, is not infinite.

- Excerpt from “The Library of Babel” by Jorge Luis Borges

Associate Professor of Architecture, Brian Ambroziak and Architect Andrew McLellan are the co-founders of time[scape]lab. The theoretical designs of time[scape]lab offer a unique framework for considering architecture, both in terms of its representation and its physical existence. The office’s methods of representation rely heavily upon systems of two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and four-dimensional montage embracing fragmentary strategies that allow for open-ended interpretation.

The work included in the exhibition Confabulatores Nocturni resulted from the application of these representational methodsandcenters upon the question: How might designers invoke a reverence for artistic and literary precedent and engage a kind of twilight condition ? a realm of dream and storytelling - that expands upon existing conventions of architectural thought? The theoretical designs contained in the exhibit exist somewhere between sun­set and sunrise. They are fictions that draw their primary motivation from Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie and serve as a visual equivalent to the Library of Borges.

The narratives and images of time[scape]lab can be found at www.timescapelab.com.

Confabulatores Nocturni- the work of time[scape]lab

Brian Ambroziak and Andrew McLellan
Exhibition: September 19: January 15
Lecture: Sept 19, 6:15 pm followed by opening reception