Windows become frames that narrate the space
A home filled with peace, built with a few essential gestures and a palette of materials in harmony with the surrounding landscape. The anthracite-colored windows by Edilpiù take center stage in this visual narrative.
Rather than attempting to tackle these themes head on, Process 01: Joy presents three extremely disparate positions that together suggest a loose and unstable thesis. The materials on view span a range of documentary, anthropological, and performative approaches to questions of labor and, at the same time, enact self-reflexive, parallel spaces of production and "off-time."
The specific enquiry conducted by Karel Martens since the 1950s is further analysed in a conversation happening 22 September, when curators Gary Carrion-Murayari (New Museum) and Kim Conaty (Museum of Modern Art) join Karel Martens to discuss historical questions of labor, disciplinary crossover, and iconoclastic approaches to printing technology.
The self-described "free-wheeling combination of project space, commercial gallery, and Mom-and-Pop-Kunsthalle" seeks to emphasize rupture over tranquility, interference over mere coexistence, transparency over obfuscation, and passion over cool remove. The space's architectural concept, designed by Leong Leong Architecture, premieres with Process 01: Joy, and will evolve with each successive installation at P!.
Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kim Conaty, Karel Martens in Conversation
Project Projects
161 Bowery, 2nd floor, New York
Free entrance, RSVP required
Through 3 November 2012
Process 01: Joy
P!
334 Broome St., New York
Madera: the soul of wood, nobly expressed
Madera crafts the very essence of wood through the ingenious process of precomposed veneering, resulting in surfaces of captivating visual harmony and inherent sustainability. From flawlessly coordinated color palettes to intricate inlays that whisper stories, each door stands as a genuine tribute to the natural world.