Vitality 2015: Beyond Craft and Design

Exhibition-IN

Curator
Kyung Ran Choi
Site
Cité du design
3 rue Javelin Pagnon
Date
From 12/03/2015
To 12/04/2015
Hours
every day
10am to 7pm
late opening every
friday until 9pm
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Vitality 2015: Beyond Craft and Design

This exhibition reveals the new momentum enjoyed by Korean craftsmanship through a veritable symphony of enchanting objects, animated by considerable wit, enhancing the mundane with a brilliance that goes beyond the frontiers of design. What our forty artisans and designers reveal is an unprecedented use of modern living space, with these containers delivered by airfreight from Seoul. This novel artistic experience nonetheless rests on the use of natural materials in line with the purest Korean craft tradition, such as ceramic, paper or wood. These materials emphasise the aesthetic and artistic characteristics of the object whilst adapting perfectly to its new forms, so that it emerges anew in our daily lives. To give life to this artistic experiment, the designers have spent months travelling the world and reflecting. Each container contains a separate universe. Videos present their methods of working and give us the impression that we are in their workshops with them, as well as showing us how to use these objects in our daily lives. The public will also be able to see how these craft and design objects are moved, exhibited and dismantled, and learn how to handle and display them in a sustainable way. It is to their immutable value that these objects owe their identity. The meaning and value of a piece are malleable: they evolve according to the cultural attributes of the space and according to the empathetic human experience that surrounds it. This exhibition allows us to appreciate the new value of craftsmanship in modern society and to access a joyous experiment that transcends the domains of design and craftsmanship in the day-to-day world. Among the designers exhibiting pieces are Ga Jin Lee, Il Hoon Roh, Keum-Sung Kang, Kyung Jo Roe, Myoung Kim & Hayoun Won, Yong Hyun Chung.

WITH

Alessandro Mendini
Gang Geumseong
Kyung Jo Roe
Il Hoon Roh
Mi Hye Nam
Mil Ha Suh
Ka Jin Lee
Myung Kim
Helena Hayoun Won
Jaehoon Choi
Soo Hyun Lyu
Yumi Oh
Chae Young Kim
Sang-kyu KIM
Eunhee Lee
Daniel Libeskind
Byeung Yong Yang
bangim craft
Byunghun Choi
Seung H-Sang
Yong Hyun Chung
Misun Chung
Yang Seog Joong
Sangsil Kim
Han Lim Wee
Kim-Sang In
Jong Jin PARK
Kap Sun Hwang
Sam-woong Lee
Park Seo Yeon
Kim seong cheol
Park Jung Hong
Kim Deokho
Min-soo
Lee