Beth George and Emerald Wise have been crowned winners of the $10,000 International Tapestry Design Prize for Architects 2023 for their tapestry proposal Solstice.
The competition, presented by Australian Tapestry Workshop, invited architects from around the globe to design a tapestry for a hypothetical site. This year’s site was the Bundanon Art Museum by Kerstin Thompson Architects.
The winning entry, Solstice, is deep, dark and moody. George and Wise designed the tapestry to reflect the need for interconnectedness and ecology, particularly emphasised in the wake of the pandemic. A bright gold thread illuminates the edge of a circular landform and resembles a lunar eclipse, while an azure thread charts a river, pool, bath and bay, each linked together by a metallic thread.
Solstice by Beth George and Emerald Wise.
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Beth George and Emerald Wise
Entries were judged by a panel comprising Jefa Greenaway (jury chair and founding director of Greenaway Architects), Kerstin Thompson (principal and design director of Kerstin Thompson Architects), Justin Hill (co-founder of Kerry Hill Architects and past TDPA winner), Christina Na-Heon Cho (director of Cox Architecture), Adrian Iredale (founding partner of Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects), Camila Block (director of Durbach Block Jaggers), and José da Silva (director of UNSW Galleries).
The jury awarded one high commendation to 3RDRM Glenn Russell for their design Mezcla.
A third tapestry design, The Fox and The Lyrebird by Tasmin Vivian-Williams and Tonielle Demper, was voted People’s Choice Award winner.
The Australian Tapestry Workshop is creating large-format samples of each finalists’ design and are hosting an exhibition with all finalists’ designs on show. The exhibition is being held at the Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, until 28 September.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
