Curated by Barbara Brondi and Marco Rainò, The Threads That Bind Us will include a series of original works in which "woven material" is of fundamental importance, used with the intention of instilling identity and character on objects, while evoking a vision of how the practice of weaving fibres opens up meaningful interpretations.
The works will be based on the concept that, "a thread is a flexible, non-extendable structure and allows operations like sewing, embroidery and weaving to be carried out. Age-old creative practices which, even though they have very definite and unmistakable roots in craft tradition, turn out to still be valid realms of exploration for assessing new or innovative solutions."
As well as looking to revive an old-fashioned and universally practiced craft, the exhibition will look to show that the use of threads and yarns for the modern-day manufacturing of objects is also a very up-to-date and original means of expression, giving new meaning to key terms like "knot" and "stitch", and metaphorically evoking the concepts of "weave" and "web". The exhibition will reunite new work by Loredana Bonora, Salvatore Franzese, Soojin Kang, Evelin Kasikov, Kwangho Lee, Llot Llov, Philippe Malouin, Studio Besau Marguerre, Bertjan Pot, Florian Schmid and Elisa Strozyk.
Set up in the windowed room gallery well known as Project Room, the installation is characterised by a strong reciprocity among the individual pieces displayed. They are all associated by a consistent use of colour and share the same geometric formal design inspiration.
The Threads that Bind Us
The Chroma Season
Plusdesign Tables
Plus Design Gallery
Via Ventura 6, Lambrate, Milan
18 April — 30 June 2012
