Photo: Janez Klenovsek
-May 2022-
27th May – 2nd Oct 2022 | Cukrarna Palace | Ambrožev trg 3 | Ljubljana
As part of BIO27 Satellite Programme, organised by Centre for Creativity (CzK) we are showcasing three different international design shows, which further explore and juxtapose alternative narratives and mythologies to the industrial and technocentric.
Aiming to bring together practitioners and thinkers who challenge value systems and our conventional understanding of linear production and the relationship we have with the perishable present and the unknown future, the selected projects from Austria, Germany and Poland that range from established to emerging artists, designers and design collectives, all make connections across larger cultural and societal conversations.
Each project invites visitors to explore important topics such as the food industry and rethinking our eating habits, reconsidering material production, and a poetic and scientific investigation of the dialogue between humans and the natural world. Focusing on the values in society today and acknowledging the need for change, these exhibits are inspirational starting points that pave the way towards a sustainable revolution:
DNA of Things (Marcin Rusak)
DNA of Things marks a decisive step forward in the field of scientific research applied to Marcin Rusak’s creative method, linking it back to one of Rusak’s very first investigations. In the Flower Monster project (2013–2014), the possible implications of genetic mutation applied to natural evolution were studied. Such a contrast marks a new dialogue between man and the natural world – one that can annul the limits imposed on our materiality by the factor of time. In this exhibition, the stages of Rusak’s ongoing research are presented as a Living Archive, a review of techniques and experiments crystallising deterioration, celebrating transformation, and reducing entire processes down to a smell or a material. The Unnatural Practice manifesto has ignited the studio’s collective conscience, leading to a more pronounced dialogue between science and technology, human and non-human.
The Ideal Eating Experience (Kathrina Dankl in collaboration with Vienna Design Week, Vienna Business Agency and Austrian Culture Forum)
Everyone needs to eat. But how? In the Urban Food & Design project, Vienna Design Week, together with the Vienna Business Agency, demonstrates which roles design can play in the production, distribution, and consumption of food. The project curated by design researcher Kathrina Dankl invites us to playfully explore local and international positions on the subject in the familiar setting of a shopping situation, to try something new – and to possibly even alter a few of our habits. This “supermarket of ideas” has now travelled from Vienna to Ljubljana in collaboration with Austrian Culture Forum and, in keeping with the theme of Super Vernaculars, employs a scoring system that offers information on the ecological impact of our eating habits and the food industry. Appropriate solutions are served up on the side!
The School of the Untold (Design Campus in collaborations with German Design Graduates and Goethe Institut)
The three projects on display are awardees at The School of the Untold, coproduced by the Goethe Institute Ljubljana in collaboration with German Design Graduates, a network of design schools and alumni hosted by the German Design Council. The graduates were selected because of their affinity for materials and the utopic potential of their final projects and will also receive scholarship for the Design Campus in Dresden.
TO THE BONES by Ella Einhell
It is a fact that a large share of our food is wasted. It is also a fact that we are constantly producing new things with valuable resources and often throwing them away after only one use. The meat industry, can help, as it is currently still destroying around 46% of the components that are produced during slaughter. The focus is on the large quantities of bones which, with modern processing techniques, could help to replace other, harmful materials.
Migration of Matter by Cindy Valdez
Through 3D printing it is possible to enhance the value of local clay, from Berlin – Brandenburg and its relationship to the land, to be able to migrate the material into new forms, local clay was made more pliable by adding biomaterial for 3D printing. Different glazes from the local soil and organic residues such as potato peels were developed for a functional 3D printed dinnerware. This work is a link between modern technology and sustainable philosophy.
BetaWare by Lara Weller
BetaWare is a material made of sugar beet cellulose and molasses, which is vegan and honestly compostable. These are by-products of sugar production, so no additional land is used for the consumption of goods. After intermediate use, the material can be returned to a natural cycle. In the context of resilient, honest and sustainable design, a future-oriented design approach was created.
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