City Struck: Photo exhibition on people and architecture
Exhibition
Oct 13, 2017 - Apr 29, 2018
Politiken
Opening on Culture Night (2017), the exhibition City Struck was DAC’s last major show before the move to BLOX in 2018, bringing together photographs from Denmark and around the world by professional and selected amateur photographers.
Clean lines, a cloudless sky and entirely devoid of people. Architectural photography is often so focused on the building itself that the people who will be using it aren’t even in the photo. The photography exhibition City Struck called attention to the interactions between people and the built surroundings; First we create the city, then it creates us.
This exhibition featured photographs from all over the world and presented both loving and critical views of the cities and urban spaces surrounding us. Sometimes the buildings and spaces are used differently than originally intended, sometimes time alters both the architecture and the surroundings, and sometimes poetic and enriching meetings develop between people and spaces.
Life between the Clouthes Lines – Good Living / Esbjerg, 2016
Paper Island with Copenhagen Street Food and the Royal Danish Opera House in the background / København, 2016
The photographs were taken by recognised professional photographers as well as by the city’s many Instagram users. They had been selected because, unlike traditional architectural photography, they were not devoid of people. Instead, they focused on the interactions between the built environment and city life.
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What was City Struck?
City Struck was a photo exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center focused on the relationship between people and architecture—how we shape the city and how the city shapes us.
When did the exhibition take place?
The exhibition ran from 13 Oct 2017 to 29 Apr 2018.
How did it differ from classic architectural photography?
The exhibition states that it focused on photographs that were not empty of people, but instead highlighted human use and life within architecture.
When did the exhibition open, and why was that significant for DAC?
It opened on Culture Night (13 Oct 2017) and was DAC’s last major exhibition before the move to BLOX in 2018.
What kinds of photographers and locations were included?
The exhibition included photographs from Denmark and around the world by both professional photographers and selected amateur photographers.
What should I know if I only read one thing?
City Struck (13 Oct 2017–29 Apr 2018) was DAC’s photo exhibition about people and architecture—and its last major show before BLOX.