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The Lives of Ephemeral Form

An exhibition titled 'The Lives of Ephemeral Form' explores how architecture endures, transforms, and vanishes through its documentation, especially when that documentation is itself unstable.

The exhibition is the first phase of a two-year project by the Architectural Institute of Japan focused on documentation.

It features installations, archival research, photography, film, and public programs.

While architecture is often seen as permanent, its existence relies on fluctuating factors like economics, technology, usage, and material availability.

The methods used to document architecture are also prone to decay and obsolescence, including deteriorating film, outdated playback technology, and dispersed or forgotten physical records.

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