Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind

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RESEARCH BACKGROUND: 'Peter Corrigan: cities of hope' exhibition at RMIT Gallery honoured the work of the internationally renowoned Melbourne architecture pracrtice of Edmond & Corrigan, Corrigan's set and costume design for threatre, his personal library and art collection and objects from his office. Carey Lyon was one of 22 people invited by the architecture community to respond to Corrigan's work. 'Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind' a digital image comprised of two views taken from Lyons' Swanston Street Academic Building, is the result. 'The Cities of Hope' exhibition followed the publication of a new monograph of Edmond & Corrigan's work by Thames and Hudson. RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION: The researcher, as part of Lyons Architects, presented a digital print, which blends two views taken from the Swanston Street Academic Building (completed 2013). Lyons stated that Edmond & Corrigan 'continue to remind us that a contribution to the cultural discourse of architecture should strive to be an architectural contribution to Australian culture'. In producing the digital print for the show, the firm honours this contribution and reminds viewers of their own commitment to producing architecture that innovates and delights. RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE: RMIT Gallery is a highly-regarded Melbourne gallery. It has a longstanding commitment to innovative exhibitions that represent divergent artistic practices. 'Cities of hope' is the first major public exhibiton on the work of Edmond & Corrigan, and the first major exhibition on a single architect's contribution to Melbourne architectural culture in over ten years. The value of this project is further evidenced by the 10,105 people who attended [exhibition report], the review in 'The Age' (Ray Edgar, Dreaming up a city of hope', April 2013) and the review in the leading Australian professional journal 'Architecture Australia' (Ricky Ricardo, Peter Corrigan: cities of hope', a review, May 2013).