Sophie Tarbuck

Published on the occasion of Sophie Tarbuck’s solo exhibition at the Architecture Centre Bristol, PLACE / A study of Modern houses in Cornwall provides a contextual reference and insight into the production of the collection of artworks.

The approach to the year-and-a-half long project was informed by research-led practice and, through semi-structured interviews, Tarbuck conducted a discursive narrative enquiry with the architects, designers and owners of the houses. This ethnographic qualitative approach produced a rich set of information, of the houses and their histories, drawn from conversations, personal stories and insights.

Being commissioned early on in the project enabled us to develop a strong sense of the ambition, aim and objectives that we could then reflect in the final publication design.

We were able to create a book that became an interrelational record that reflected Tarbuck’s ambition for the project, intersecting forms and practices of architecture with personal motivations and reflections. This intersectional approach both contextualises the production of artworks while it also adds to the dimensional quality of process, of co-opting the narrative threads, that demonstrate Tarbuck’s approach to practice.

Published by Sophie Tarbuck and Architecture Centre Bristol, with contributions from Jeremy Gould, Professor of Architecture, University of Plymouth, Albert Hill, founding partner of The Modern House Estate Agents and Glasgow-based artist Toby Paterson.

80 pages
203 × 160 mm
26 colour illustrations
Paperback
Limited edition of 250
ISBN 978-0-9553609-2-3

Copies of the book can be purchased here:
sophietarbuck.bigcartel.com

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