Cole Kazuo Masuno
Cole Kazuo Masuno is a Los Angeles based designer who has received his Bachelors of Architecture (B.Arch) from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc).
He is currently working at Formation Association, and has co-taught as a teaching assistant for various design studios, visual and applied studies seminars at SCI-Arc. Prior to working at Formation Association, Cole worked at award winning offices such as Eric Owen Moss Architects, and Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects.
Cole is the principal/founder of Alterity Studio.
He is currently working at Formation Association, and has co-taught as a teaching assistant for various design studios, visual and applied studies seminars at SCI-Arc. Prior to working at Formation Association, Cole worked at award winning offices such as Eric Owen Moss Architects, and Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects.
Cole is the principal/founder of Alterity Studio.
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2-1/2” O.D Bent H.S.S. 15’-0” in length.
SF01
Slope Finding DeviceType: Sculpture
Cinematography by Diane Lac ︎︎︎
33” & 29 3/4” CLR with Kink at Transition
Slope Finding Device is a tool that facilitates the physical experience of slope. SF01 proposes a set of possible relationships - between the object and the floor, which are the two elements that compromise the work. The device is first constructed from a spline, and then split into a two-segment curve that results in a partial circle. The large, heavy, bent work consists of 13 sintered iron wheels, welded onto a 15 foot structurally rolled, square tube. Unlike a conventional tool, the device has an almost averse reaction to the ground, to the point to which it can not stay still. The floor usually appears unremarkable at first, but as it is used, worn, and accrues cracks overtime, it becomes a site that holds many different stories. SF01 encounters the floor as a record of remembered experience. As it rolls, Each scratch demonstrates the evidence of human occupancy. Witnessing this motion undoes the passive assumption that the ground is flat, and instead redirects our attention to the existing characteristics of the space itself.
SF01, or Slope Finding Device can be exhibited in any location, as long as the wheels are parallel to the floor.
In order to use the device, gallery staff must first verify in field the highest point of elevation in the exhibition space, to determine the most significant location of slope.
The perpetual transformation of SF01 is a requirement of its display.