Boris Kajmak

Homes / Houses is inspired by drawings of houses made by children. Kajmak challenges the notions that there is a ‘correct’ or ‘wrong’ sense of perspective. As an alternative mode of architecture, the emotional-structures of children-drawn-houses are converted into maquettes. The exhibition is the transformation of this thought-experiment into a physical set of model houses, resulting in a neighbourhood made of children’s imagination.

Kajmak points out that the usage of a vanishing point in geometrical perspective creates a pessimistic dead end as figures and houses become smaller and ultimately vanish. In contrast, a child’s drawing disregards the need for structural integrity and three dimensional accuracy, and opts for a more emotionally-charged representation—much like the tendency of paintings from antiquity to enlarge figures based upon their hierarchical or spiritual significance.