By invitation from the Centre Culturel Suisse, Atelier Oi is presenting a study of cord. From flexible cord via reel to stiff cord, a simple thread will become structural material. A furniture series will be created based on this principle and presented in a constructed, resonant landscape.
In terms of sound, light made from aluminium stems and arranged like large chimes will invite visitors to take part in a musical composition in a changing of light and shadows.
The work follows on from the creation of scenography for the work of the winners of the Swiss Federal Grant for Decorative Arts, which was on display at the Mudac in Lausanne, and from a joint installation with R and E Bouroullec at Neue Räume Zürich, where the use of “rigi-corde” (stiff cord) was already tried out.
This work reveals specific applications, but also serves to exemplify Atelier Oi’s approach and method, which are strongly based on a direct relationship and on experimental with the material.
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