Amos World

In the world of selfregarding architect Amos theres really only one thing that mattersAmos There he is sensibly chic in a black rollneck sweater and neat gray trousers I want to build something important I want to change the world I want to express myself Amos is Cécile B Evanss amalgam of the twentiethcentury starchitects who shaped the postwar built environment Conceived as a mock TV series set in a Brutalist housing estate her exhibition at Glasgows Tramway comprises three separate videos or episodes Made between 2017 and 2018 and collectively titled Amos World each is screened concurrently in accompanying installations with soundtracks played on headphones Dotted around the space are props and sets used on screen scalemodel shelves of colored binders a miniature forest As Amos World suggests the egoistic visionaries Amos parodies were not ultimately in control of their designs Evans emphasizes this point by rendering Amos as a jerky puppet