Dip Unit 22 Yr 4: Sue Lyn Ang, Jeanie Chang, Serena Croxson, Christopher Daniel, Catherine Fearon, Konstantinos Karabatakis, Sang Hoon Kim, Nicholas Stearns, Marcus White. Yr 5: Eleanor Brough, Ji Hyang Ja Kim, Vanda Oliveira, David Roy, Fiona Sheppard, Jason Spiliotakos, Niek Turner, Thomas Van Hoffelen, Daniel Welham, Karen Wong.
Ordinary/Extraordinary Ordinary 1. According to established order; methodical; settled; regular. 2. Common; customary; usual. 3. Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior. Extraordinary 1. Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, or regular. 2. Exceeding the common degree, measure, or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful. An interrogation of the distinction between ‘ordinary’ and ‘extraordinary’ formed the central theme of the unit’s work this year. Beginning with an exploration of the apparently dualistic nature of these terms in relation to a set of specific conditions, the unit attempted to identify the boundaries that separate and define the ‘ordinary’ and ‘extraordinary’ and to expose the territory which might lie inbetween. Strategies for achieving this included juxtaposition, hybridisation, deformation, exaggeration and subversion. The resulting architecture seeks to locate the extraordinary within the ordinary and the ordinary within the extraordinary. Unit 22 encouraged a plurality of different responses to the programme, both in the selection of initial conditions and the strategies adopted. As part of its investigations, the unit travelled to Finland and Estonia.
John Puttick and Peter Szczepaniak
Top: Karen Wong, bottom: Fiona Sheppard.