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Bob Dylan Center / Olson Kundig
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- Space :
17500 ft²
12 months :
2022
Producers : Owens Corning, Black Buffalo Ironworks, Eklipse , Erik T Burke, Olson Kundig
Textual content description supplied by the architects. Devoted to the research and appreciation of Bob Dylan and his worldwide cultural significance, the brand new Bob Dylan Center traces the artistic trajectory of this prolific artist throughout his 60-year profession. Situated within the Tulsa Arts District, the Center is envisioned as a dynamic, multifaceted venue, housing everlasting, non permanent, and touring exhibitions readily accessible by artists, historians, musicologists, and most of the people in search of a deeper comprehension of Dylan’s work, his influences and the offshoots impressed by his legacy.
Olson Kundig was chosen via a global design competitors. The agency’s profitable entry was centered on the notion of Bob Dylan as a “Grasp of Change.” Understanding Dylan’s life and profession as a portrait of transformation, Design Principal Alan Maskin envisioned the brand new Bob Dylan Center because the embodiment of continuous change, from the constructing’s architectural method to its exhibit design and rotating installations.
The brand new Bob Dylan Center additionally serves as the first public venue for The Bob Dylan Archive, a group of greater than 100,000 objects spanning handwritten manuscripts, notebooks and correspondence, movies, movies, paintings, memorabilia, and authentic studio recordings. Whereas the Archive’s everlasting repository is open solely to certified researchers and students, a linear gallery wall and interactive show characteristic practically 100 objects from the gathering for guests to discover.
“Because the Sixties, I’ve been impressed by the function that change and reinvention have performed within the artistic lifetime of Bob Dylan. Quite than create a monument to Bob Dylan within the conventional music museum sense, we imagined a synoptic, frequently altering, and extremely programmed facility that includes immersive exhibit experiences and infrequently seen artifacts that may remodel and develop together with the accompanying Bob Dylan Archive.” –Alan Maskin, Design Principal.
