02.28 – 03.25
Exhibition

The Serlio Code

Participants Jean Jaminet︎︎︎
Gabriel Esquivel︎︎︎
Shane Bugni︎︎︎

The Serlio Code investigates the drawings of Italian Mannerist architect Sebastiano Serlio through the lens of artificial intelligence. As a demonstration of experimental design research, parallels are identified between Serlio’s representational codes and AI information processing. The exhibited artifacts result from recursive computational procedures that return Serlio’s illustrations to altered object status. New technological insights suggest a significant disciplinary realignment regarding the discourses of language and drawing. The Serlio Code introduces alternative modes of perception and alludes to new forms of expression yet to be discovered.

Jean Jaminet is an assistant professor at Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design. He holds a Master of Architecture from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from The Ohio State University where he graduated summa cum laude. His prior academic appointments include Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas and Five College Visiting Lecturer in Architectural Studies. Jean received the 2021 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award from Kent State University, and his work has been exhibited at the Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angeles and the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Photography  by Zelig Fok