Article source: Harrison Atelier

For Pharmacophore: Architectural Placebo, a design-dance installation at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York in December 2011, Harrison Atelier (HAt) designed a pharmaceutical-cultural landscape which included a network of polyurethane inflatables lodged within a glazed and steel seating structure recalling both pharmaceutical company facade and medical waiting room. The audience sat within this framework, apposed to the back-lit glass and resting against the inflatables.

Image Courtesy Harrison Atelier: Performance photos

• Architects: Harrison Atelier
• Project: Pharmacophore
• Location: New York
• Commissioned by: Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York City
• Date: Nov. 22−Dec. 8, 2011
• Design: Seth and Ariane Harrison, Harrison Atelier (HAt)
• Choreography: Silas Riener
• Lighting: Aaron Copp and Nick Houfek
• Music Composition and Performance: Loren Dempster
• Performers: Rashaun Mitchell, Silas Riener, Jamie Scott and Melissa Toogood
• Software used: Rhino, Maya and Maxwell for renders and fabrication drawings

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