UTR - 148 | GOFF | Movements for the Continuous Present {OST}

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Bruce Goff was one of the greatest American architects of the 20th century. His unconventional perspective challenged stigmas about the Midwest’s inability to produce innovative work. A peer to Frank Lloyd Wright, his work had a profound influence on the next generation of architects, including Phillip Johnson and Frank Gehry. However, Goff’s willingness to explore unprecedented forms often solicited polarized perspectives of his work. As a result of establishing his practice in an otherwise conservative landscape and his unabashed desire to experiment with the possibilities of form, much of his work has been left to decay or forgotten altogether. GOFF explores the life of an iconoclast and chronicles the events that lead to the destruction and renewed interest of his memory and dwellings.

“Each soul is a dark forest, where we must walk with the utmost precaution” - Bruce Goff

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MUSIC INSPIRATION

Bruce Goff possessed a profound musical sensitivity and was strongly influenced by the rhythmic and harmonic innovations of his musical contemporaries. Claude Debussy was one of Goff’s favorite composers and a major influence on his work and later said “Debussy gave music freedom from outworn formulas.” Goff believed that the continuity of architectural space and music could be complementary art forms. Goff said “Both music and architecture make use of such principles as balance, rhythm, theme, variation, development…Both are spatial arts, closely related to the feeling and people’s lives.” His work also explored the organic, generative and spontaneous structures found in nature.

Our aim is to honor this aspect of his genius by moving beyond the restraints of fixed media to create an enlivened, focused and immersive viewing experience. Musicians Mark Kuykendall and Samuel Regan paid tribute to Goff’s musical influences by composing an original soundtrack that was recorded live within his designs. The three structures included the Tulsa Club (Tulsa, OK), the Pollock / Warriner House (Oklahoma City, OK) and the Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Company Warehouse (Tulsa, OK). Therefore, the audience will be able to have a fully immersive experience within his designs.

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FEATURING

Fred Allen - Nephew of Bruce Goff. Susan Atkinson - City Planner City of Oklahoma City. Joanne & Richard Bennett - Original owner of the Bennett house in Bartlesville, OK. Jerri Bonebrake – Bruce Goff’s secretary during his years at the University of Oklahoma. Bob Bowlby – Bruce Goff’s architecture student who later worked as Goff’s assistant in Bartlesville. Hans Butzer - Dean of the architecture school at the University of Oklahoma. Penelope Dean - University of Illinois at Chicago, professor at the School of Architecture. David DeLong – Author of Goff’s biography Bruce Goff: Toward Absolute Architecture. Jim Gardner – Architecture student of Bruce Goff. Herb Greene – Studied architecture with Bruce Goff and taught architecture at OU for six years. Nick Harm - Previous professor for the University of Oklahoma Architecture School. Doug Harris - Worked alongside Goff for many years. Tom Hart - Worked with Goff during that later part of his career. Arn Henderson - Professor emeritus of architecture for the University of Oklahoma. Scott Lane - Kansas City Real Estate Agent and Bruce Goff follower. Chris Lilly - Architect for the restoration of Bruce Goff’s building The Tulsa Club. Dr. Carol Mason - Professor of gender & women’s studies at the University of Kentucky. Rod Parks - Owner of the Nicol House in Kansas City, MO. Joe Price - Former owner of Shin’enKan, one of Bruce Goff’s iconic designs. Bart Prince - Worked with Bruce Goff in the later part of career, finished the Japanese Pavillion of Art. Ted Reeds - Architect and senior associate at the Macintosh Group. Jody Searing - Original owner of the Searing House in Prairie Village, KS. Mark White - Chief Curator at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman, OK. Rev. David Wiggs - Senior Pastor at the Boston Avenue Methodist church in Tulsa, OK.

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