Tuesday 20 Mar, 6–7pm
Clemenger BBDO Auditorium, Ground level, NGV International
Sofia von Ellrichshausen is a founding director of Chilean art and architecture studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen, together with Mauricio Pezo. Their work has been exhibited, among other venues, at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, as part of the permanent collections at the Art Institute of Chicago and the MoMA in New York, and at the Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition, where they have also been the curators for the Chilean Pavilion. In this lecture Sofia von Ellrichshausen will introduce Pezo von Ellrichshausen’s pursuit of eroding the boundaries between art and architecture, through a selection of recent paintings, pavilions and buildings.
A collaboration with Melbourne Design Week to bring new project collaborators Stephanie Macdonald from London-based 6a architects and Sofia von Ellrichshausen from Chilean art and architecture studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen to Australia as part Melbourne Design Week. Melbourne Design Week is an initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the National Gallery of Victoria, running from 15 to 25 March, 2018.