The exhibition at Beijing Design Week is now over. Thanks to all who came to see the work. It was wonderful to see Fragment(s) in such a context surrounded by the works of very talented designers from all horizons. A special thanks to Ilivetomorrow for curating a wonderful show and to 0010 1101 0101 space for hosting the show in their beautiful space in Caochangdi.
By Ilivetomorrow at 0010 1101 0101 Space, Caochangdi, Beijing
About the exhibition
ILIVETOMORROW presents for the second Beijing Design week a unique experience of the recent editions and productions of ILIVETOMORROW with its ‘LIMITEDunLIMITED Editions project.
‘Radical Materiality’ shows one year of collaboration between ILIVETOMORROW and Designers, Artists, Architects from China, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Taiwan, Hong Kong and France.
‘Radical Materiality’ proposes to the Beijing Design week a selection of objects, nobjects and installations reflecting conceptual and formal researches.
Beyond Design perspectives and industrial issues, ‘Radical Materiality’ explores the physical limitations of forms and materials and expresses the complex relations between Conceptual explorations, fabrication processes and materialization.
The diversity of the various projects presented by ILIVETOMORROW in Beijing is a manifesto to the recurrent seduction of materials and memory.
Jesse Mc Lin and Julie Progin with ‘Fragment(s)’ and ‘Bloom’ and ‘Rolling Sofa’ by Pedro Campos propose a post-archeology of form, nature and memories.
Bruno Costa has created ironic icons reflecting is conceptual experience in China, the poetry of lightness of the works of Xiaodong are a sensitive ephemeral expression of nature, the hybrid furniture of the Fashion designers CCChu and Nicola Borg-Pisani proposes new domestic environments, Pili Wu’s chair is an intensive dialog with industrial craft, etc.
‘Radical Materiality’ is an experience to object recognition toward a teleology of materiality where objects and prototypes emphasizes the conceptual and visual knowledge.
DESIGNERS ARTISTS & ARCHITECTS LIST:
– Manifeste, Alexandre Daval / Designer
– Frederique Morrel / Designer-Artist
– Frederique Daubal / Designer Artist
– Jesse Mc Lin (USA) and Julie Progin (Swiss) / Designer and artists based in Hong Kong
– Pedro Campos (Portugal) / Architect
– Naia del Castillo (Spain) / Artist
– Bruno Costa (Portugal) / Designer
– Xiaodong (China) / Designer-artist
– CCCHu (Hong Kong China) / Fashion Designer
– Nicola Borg-Pisani (Hong Kong – France) / Designer-architect
– Pili Wu (Taiwan) Designer
– Lu Biao Biao (China) Designer
– David Dubois / Designer
About the exhibition
ILIVETOMORROW Presents ‘2by4’ A Tautology of the North American Forest by Jesse Mc Lin.
The Installation developed by Jesse Mc Lin proposes to explore the relations between nature, systemization of nature and the control of nature for the production of 2 by 4 inches wooden structure standards.
The Installation proposes a conceptual and poetic translation of the paradigm Nature / Culture. After studying at the Kansas Art Institute, obtaining a master at Alfred College of Ceramic Arts and teaching at Parsons in New York, Jesse Mc Lin is now based in Hong Kong and China.
Opening
May 18 2012
Venue
Ilivetomorrow Gallery
G/F, 45 Tung Street
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong
