The Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst (MAK) in Vienna will host a solo exhibition of works by Formafantasma, from September 14th - December 1st, 2013.
Titled 'The Stranger Within', the exhibition is the latest design intervention to inhabit the Geymüllerschlössel - a celebrated, historic building on the MAK campus which provides a stunning backdrop for contemporary works to 'converse' with disparate eras. The aim of the exhibition series is to "invite internationally renowned designers to deal with this one-of-a-kind cultural legacy in order to set up aesthetic and thematic links to the present and open up new perspectives".
Pieces from Formafantasma's collections 'Craftica', 'Colony', 'Botanica' and 'Moulding Tradition' - as well as a selection of various other works - will be on display, and will "provide the occasion and the content for a number of events linking the supposedly historical to the contemporary, while also musing about the foreign and breathing new life into the 'salon' format". According to Formafantasma, their "intervention invites visitors to search for the foreign within themselves". The exhibition is curated by Thomas Geisler.
August 1, 2013