photographic scenes seize hand-built rooms by Seb Agnew
CUBES is a long-term photographic collection, developed between 2018 and 2025 by Seb Agnew, composed of 27 hand-built miniature inside architectural environments. Structured throughout three interconnected chapters: CUBES I, CUBES II, and CUBES III, the challenge examines how spatial design displays human presence, historic continuity, and technological methods.
Every picture originates from a bodily constructed mannequin room constructed from scratch. Conventional model-making strategies are mixed with up to date fabrication instruments, together with laser chopping and 3D printing. After development, the miniature units are fastidiously lit and photographed, then digitally assembled into closing compositions. Though introduced as photographic works, the photographs are grounded in tangible architectural fabrication.
Trendy Dice (2021, from CUBES II) | all photographs by Seb Agnew
cubes Reinterprets inside components contained in a cubic body
The primary chapter focuses on enclosed home interiors, investigating themes of privateness, confinement, and particular person isolation via tightly framed cubic areas. The second chapter reinterprets architectural motifs drawn from completely different historic durations. Seen cracks are launched into the constructions, working as spatial indicators of fragility and temporal disruption. The third chapter relocates the cubic rooms right into a fictional rotating area station, situating the architectural language inside a speculative technological surroundings outlined by synthetic methods and managed situations.
Throughout all three chapters, every scene maintains the identical cubic framework, establishing a constant spatial logic all through the collection by designer Seb Agnew. Whereas the person works operate independently, the repeated geometry connects them right into a unified architectural system that evolves from home inside to historic reconstruction and speculative infrastructure.
Yellow Dice (2019, from CUBES I)
Cyan Dice (2019, from CUBES I)
Magenta Dice (2020, from CUBES I)
White Dice (2020, from CUBES I)
