NOWHERE/NOW/HERE
AVATAR MACHINE by Marc Owens
NOWHERE/NOW/HERE. Investigating new lines of enquiry in contemporary design is an exhibition curated by the creative partnership of Roberto Feo and Rosario Hurtado (El Último Grito) that challenges the perception of design by questioning our relationship with the environment. Taking the viewpoint that our environment has become part of us rather than us being part of it, as its point of departure, Nowhere/Now/Here encourages us to see design as an integral component of the world-shaping process.
Nowhere/Now/Here has three key themes that take us through visions, approaches and personal reflections on how we could change the way we live.
Cultural Resistance challenges the idea of what culture is today and the many ways it can be perceived. It provokes existing systems and proposes new alternatives in socio-economical and religious context. It offers an opportunity to discover new narratives in relation to an object as well as changes in the culture of design profession.
Psychological Exploration takes a look at how we understand an object on a psychological level. The theme examines how we relate and react to an object emotionally and allow for it to translate us into different places and moments.
Material Intervention investigates new tools, materials and technologies applied in design and manufacturing processes today. Moreover, the subject engages with the interference of consumerism and ecology and explores the influence of graphic and spatial intervention on our behaviour and relation to space and object.
Nowhere/Now/Here features more than 60 works ranging from everyday products, fashion, jewellery to installations and live performances by established designers, emerging design practitioners and recent graduates and students.
A crucial aspect of Nowhere/Now/Here is the contribution of four masters: Ron Arad, Gaetano Pesce, Javier Mariscal and Daniel Weil who contextualize the work of the younger generation trough a series of interviews and some of their works.
The designer’s ideas of a customized, more functional and, eventually, alternative worlds are presented in groups formulated on the notion of non-linear context. One that sees no common discipline, technique or material but creates a unity evoked by the association of ideas.
The conceptual journey arranged by El Último Grito leads through hexagonally shaped and multi-layered spaces designed by Patricia Urquiola studio and the graphic image and vision of Fernando Gutierrez.
The exhibition also included a cinema program that was permanently running in the purposefully designed cinema space with landscaped seating by Nic Rysenbry.
SOLITUDE / THE ONE / THE SELF / SEDUCTION / MEMENTO
greetje van helmond / bruce bell / daniel charny & dabriel klasmer / dash dacdonald / laura potter / oscar narud / paul cocksedge / tithi Kutchamuch / yuri suzuki / studio glithero / noam toran & nick williamsom
SYSTEM / MORPHOLOGY / RECONFIGURE / SYMBIOSIS
assa ashuach / auger-loizeau & aleksandar zivanovic / elio caccavale & david muth / tobie kerridge
susana soares / dainippon type organization / eelko moorer / fernando Brizio / dunne & raby / manel torres - fabrican ltd. / onkar Kular / gregor timlin / jerszy seymour
SOLIPSISM / EXPANSION / AUGMENTATION / REVEAL
martí guixé / aa / bryony birkbeck / david bowen / fulguro & thomas Jomini architecture workshop / martino gamper / random international / tord boontje / pedrita
TYPOLOGY / MUNDANE / ANECDOTE / FICTION / MYTH
carl clerkin / 5:5 designers / nacho carbonell / óscar díaz / interaction research studio / mmmm... / zaunka / marc owens / noam toran & onkar Kular / nic rysenbry / urquiola-berghinz
ASSEMBLAGE / ABSORB / DIALOGUES / SUBVERT
daniel Eatock / santiago cirugeda / the studio of fernando gutiérrez / maud traon / amidov / marta Botas & germán r. Blanco / olivia flore decaris & tiago da fonseca / raw edges / alejandro mazuelas / troika / ernesto oroza
LOSS / ABSENCE / THE UNSEEN / IDENTITY
bert simons / corinne quin / dominic wilcox / NB: studio / pablo valbuena / marei wollersberger / mathias Hahn / tiago da fonseca / alon meron
TELEMADRE by mmmm...
PANTA REI by Studio Glithero
NOWHERE/NOW/HERE Investigating new lines of enquiry in contemporary design
LABoral Centro de Arte y Producción Industrial 08 October 2008 to 27 April 2009
CURATORS: Roberto Feo and Rosario Hurtado (El Último Grito) Consulting curators: Daniel Charny, Catherine McDermott, Ilka Schaumberg
Assistant curator: Joseph Harrington
ARTISTS: 5:5 Designers, AA, Amidov, Assa Ashuach, Bruce Bell, Bryony Birkbeck, Tord Boontje, Marta Botas & Germán R. Blanco, David Bowen, Fernando Brizio, Nacho Carbonell, Daniel Charny & Gabriel Klasmer, Santiago Cirugeda, Carl Clerkin, Paul Cocksedge, Dainippon Type Organization, Óscar Díaz, Dunne & Raby, Daniel Eatock, Olivia Flore Decaris, Tiago Fonseca, Fulguro & Thomas Jomini, Architecture Workshop, Martino Gamper, Martí Guixé, Mathias Hahn, Interaction Research Studio, Onkar Kular, Tithi Kutchamuch, Dash MacDonald, Material Beliefs (Auger-Loizeau, Elio Caccavale, Tobie Kerridge, Susana Soares, Aleksandar Zivanovic, David Muth), Alejandro Mazuelas, Alon Meron, mmmm..., Eelko Moorer, Oscar Narud, NB: Studio, Ernesto Oroza, Marc Owens, Pedrita, Laura Potter, Corinne Quin, Random International, Raw Edges Design Studio, Nic Rysenbry, Jerszy Seymour, Bert Simons, Studio Glithero, Yuri Suzuki, Gregor Timlin, Noam Toran, Manel Torres, Maud Traon, Troika, Pablo Valbuena, Greetje van Helmond, Dominic Wilcox, Nick Williamson, Marei Wollersberger, Zaunka
CINEMA PROGRAM: MEGUNICA by Lorenzo Fonda / WORK SONG by Joe Hollick / AIRCONDITION by Oliver Laric / MINILOGUE by ljudbilden & piloten / NOWASTEEUR a Laborious Poem by El Ultimo Grito-Zaunka / WEREWOLVES OBJECT ONE by Jo Harrington / DE MACHINE DGD DDG by Tjarko Van Der Pol / MINE IS BETTER THAN YOURS by Kelly Moran / BIG IDEAS (DON'T GET ANY) by James Houston / MATCH CIRCUS by Peter James & Mika Tolvanen / HERE IT GOES AGAIN by OK GO / EXPERIENCE VALUE: RISK & EXPOSURE by Sam Hill / &MADE CLIMATISED OBJECTS by Roma Levin-&made
EXHIBITION DESIGN: Patricia Urquiola &Martino Berghinz GRAPHIC DESIGN: Fernando Gutiérrez
VIDEOS: AVATAR MACHINE by Marc Owens Nowhere/Now/Here chapters by Aitor de Kintana Moraza Telemadre @ Nowhere/Now/Here by Aitor de Kintana Moraza PANTA RAI by Studio Glithero, edited by Aitor de Kintana Moraza
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Ron Arad, Javier Mariscal, Gaetano Pesce & Daniel Weil
Acknowledgements: Elba Benítez, Ana Domínguez, Trico, Alex Cotton, Gala Fernández, Vitra, Artecnica, Danese, Laura Potter, Aitor de Kintana, Ramón Estrada, Asia Kornacki, Elba Feo
PRINCIPALITY OF ASTURIAS
Vicente Álvarez Areces: President of the Principality of Asturias
Encarnación Rodríguez Cañas: Councillor for Culture and Tourism
Jorge Fernández León: Vice-councillor for Culture and Tourism
BOARD OF TRUSTES OF FUNDACIÓN LA LABORAL. CENTRO DE ARTE Y CREACIÓN INDUSTRIAL
President: Jesús Manuel Hevia-Aza Fernández, representing Sedes 1st Vice-president: Jorge Fernández León, representing the Principality of Asturias 2nd Vice-presidency: Nicanor Fernández Álvarez, representing HC Energía
BOARD MEMBERS
Encarnación Rodríguez Cañas, Juan Cueto Alas, Agustín Tomé Fernández, representing the Principality of Asturias
Ministry of Culture
Ayuntamiento de Gijón
Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón
Caja de Ahorros de Asturias
Telefónica
STRATEGIC CORPORATE MEMBER
Alcoa
ASOCIATED CORPORATE MEMBERS
Constructora San José
Dragados
FC
Duro Felguera
Secretary
José Pedreira Menéndez
LABORAL CENTRO DE ARTE Y CREACIÓN INDUSTRIAL
Director: Rosina Gómez-Baeza Tinturé
Chief Curator: Erich Berger
General Coordinator: Lucía García Rodríguez
Assistant Curator: Ana Botella Diez del Corral
Responsible for General Services: Ana I. Menéndez
Technical Manager: Gustavo Valera
Responsible for Education Department: Mónica Bello
Press Office: Pepa Telenti Alvargonzález
Assistance to Exhibitions Department: Patricia Villanueva
Assistance to General Services: Lucía Arias
EXHIBITION
Installation and dismantling: Proasur
Transport: Transferex
Insurance: Axa Art
Free download of the catalogue >> http://www.laboralcentrodearte.org/es/files/2008/exposiciones/nowhere-now-here-doc/NWNH_catalogo.pdf-en