Tobias Putrih/MOS

Artist Tobias Putrih and architects MOS, led by principals Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample, have partnered to create Majestic, a sculptural environment that doubles as a cinematic viewing space.

Putrih/MOS devise forms Art in America terms "quasi-functional constructions that mix formal sophistication with practicability." In this instance, visitors will be able to walk into and around the construction, absorbing it as a sculpture, and to sit comfortably within its structure to view a video program (developed by our film staff) that will change every four weeks. (Find a complete program schedule below.)

Born in Slovenia and now based in Boston, Mass., Putrih first attracted international attention in the 2002 edition of the Manifesta European art biennial. He represented Slovenia at the 2007 Venice Biennale and exhibited at the 2010 São Paulo Biennial in autumn 2010. MOS, a collective of designers and architects responsible for a growing roster of innovative spaces, represented the United States at the 12th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, also in fall 2010. Frequent collaborators, the artist and the design firm have previous developed projects at MIT's List Visual Arts Center and the BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, England.

The free brochure accompanying this exhibition includes an essay and program notes by Bill Horrigan, the Wexner Center's former director of media arts and current curator at large. Horrigan and Chris Stults, associate curator of film/video, selected the video programs that screen in the cinematic space designed by Tobias Putrih/MOS.