About the exhibition
This limited edition of porcelain vases captures the break and decay of a mold to reveal the beauty in deterioration and create a memory of what would otherwise be discarded. Julie Progin and Jesse Mc Lin developed unique casting techniques to capture direct impressions of the residues of the porcelain industry of Jingdezhen setting forth a reminiscence of the history of the city and creating a new archeology.
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
