Getty presents exhibition to commemorate Walt Disney Concert Hall's twentieth anniversary
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Getty presents exhibition to commemorate Walt Disney Concert Hall's twentieth anniversary
Constructing a Model of Walt Disney Concert Hall, 1991, Frank O. Gehry and Associates. Photo: Joshua White. 35mm slide photography. © Frank O. Gehry. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2017.M.66).



LOS ANGELES, CA.- Getty introduces a two-part physical and digital exhibition developed in collaboration with Frank Gehry and the LA Phil. Together, Modeling Sound, Sculpting Harmony celebrates the design and realization of this iconic landmark of Los Angeles art and architecture and offers a momentous public debut of the Frank O. Gehry papers held at the Getty Research Institute (GRI).

Sculpting Harmony, the digital exhibition, presents sweeping views of over 150 models, sketches, and photographs from the Frank O. Gehry papers, augmenting the display with new interviews with Frank Gehry, interactive 3D media and novel scholarship. These efforts culminate into a captivating glimpse into the immense work that went into design of the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

On view at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the in-person exhibition Modeling Sound showcases six architectural models drawn from the extensive GRI archives, highlighting the critical role of modeling in the building’s design process.

“Getty is reimagining how our art collections and archives can be experienced online and in Los Angeles,” says Mary Miller, director of the Getty Research Institute. “It is important to us to bring our archives to a broader audience, perhaps a different audience, and to give them a chance to experience something they might never experience otherwise.”

In Frank Gehry’s practice, modeling is a key architectural technique used to develop and test ideas; negotiate physical, spatial, and budgetary constraints; and prove technical feasibility. In designing and constructing Walt Disney Concert Hall, Gehry and his studio produced hundreds of physical and digital models—many of which pushed the limits of what was architecturally and technologically possible. This collaboration reveals pivotal moments in the concert hall’s design, as various aspects of the building’s organization, form, and materiality were worked out by hand, eye, and computer in concert with these models. They therefore offer an intimate window into Gehry's architectural process and the critical role of physical modeling in architecture.

“Despite their importance in the design process, the architectural models in Getty’s collection remain difficult to access and have been rarely seen by the public,” says Maristella Casciato, Senior Curator of Architecture at the Getty Research Institute. “Following Getty’s acquisition of the Frank Gehry archive, the Getty Research Institute and Getty Digital have partnered to develop innovative ways to foster access to our vast models collection, including 3D digitization, in order to provide new opportunities for research, scholarship, and study.”

Sculpting Harmony is jointly produced by Maristella Casciato, Gary Riichirō Fox, and Emily Pugh of Getty Research Institute and Serena Parr Cline and Todd Swanson of Getty Digital, with project management by Linda Han and Ian Webb. Web design was developed with Resn, a creative digital agency.

Modeling Sound is curated by Maristella Casciato and Gary Riichirō Fox of the Getty Research Institute. The exhibition layout is designed by Gehry Partners, who also designed the podiums on which the models will be showcased.

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Modeling Sound and Sculpting Harmony
October 5th, 2023 - October 29th, 2023










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