The MAK exhibition handiCRAFT: Traditional Skills in the Digital Age invites visitors to reflect on the significance and status of handicraft as an integral component of material culture and cultural identity.
handiCRAFT
This exhibition at MAK in Wien reflects on the significance and status of handicraft as an integral component of material culture and cultural identity.
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- 14 December 2016
- Wien
Currently the terms “handicraft” and “handmade” are used with inflationary frequency in advertising and lifestyle media. The Maker Movement and DIY culture are enormously successful, creating a worldwide hype. Globally operating luxury labels explicitly foreground handicraft as a mark of quality and distinction, in contrast to the reality of locally operating craftspeople struggling for recognition and a fair wage.
In six sections, this comprehensive MAK exhibition encompasses handicraft from historical times to current European perspectives, examines how handicraft can help preserve natural resources, explores interfaces to digital technologies, and presents masterpieces from a range of craft disciplines.
until 9 April 2016
handiCRAFT. Traditional Skills in the Digital Age
curated by Rainald Franz
MAK
Stubenring 5, Wien