A dog builds its den, a mouse builds its burrow
15 May - 27 Jun 2010
A DOG BUILDS ITS DEN, A MOUSE BUILDS ITS BURROW
2010-05-15 until 2010-06-27
A dog builds its den, a mouse builds its burrow, is the result of Eduardo Padilha’s residency period at the European Ceramic Work Centre in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. Padilha, from Brazil and currently living and working in London, created a spatial installation with ceramic elements that reference or replicate architectural components, such as a life-size door and window frame. Originals and residues from the working process are also incorporated – referencing both the studio and the workplace, and raising questions about industrial mass production of commodities, craft, and the discarding, recovering and reassembling of the object.
With this project, Padilha – who usually works with found domestic objects, industrialized materials, and perishable and discarded materials – challenged the quality of ceramics as a material with a more permanent state. By producing life-sized doors and windows he pushed the boundaries of what was possible with traditional techniques, and created ceramic objects that look in fact like mass industrialized products.
In this installation, Padilha has intentionally transformed recognizable objects from a house into non-functional design artifacts. Most were molded from industrialized products and made in a craft manner. Others, such as the large tiles, have been imprinted with shapes from domestic objects. The installation is comprised of objects that are part of the industrial surplus of production that is overpopulating our world. The original pieces came either from corporate hardware shops selling thousands of the same item, or from flea markets that resell these mass-produced objects.
Padilha deals with the missing links in this chain of production that will allow for an alternative aesthetic approach and attitude towards the artifact. The installation is an open-ended work, to be consolidated by the viewer.
2010-05-15 until 2010-06-27
A dog builds its den, a mouse builds its burrow, is the result of Eduardo Padilha’s residency period at the European Ceramic Work Centre in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. Padilha, from Brazil and currently living and working in London, created a spatial installation with ceramic elements that reference or replicate architectural components, such as a life-size door and window frame. Originals and residues from the working process are also incorporated – referencing both the studio and the workplace, and raising questions about industrial mass production of commodities, craft, and the discarding, recovering and reassembling of the object.
With this project, Padilha – who usually works with found domestic objects, industrialized materials, and perishable and discarded materials – challenged the quality of ceramics as a material with a more permanent state. By producing life-sized doors and windows he pushed the boundaries of what was possible with traditional techniques, and created ceramic objects that look in fact like mass industrialized products.
In this installation, Padilha has intentionally transformed recognizable objects from a house into non-functional design artifacts. Most were molded from industrialized products and made in a craft manner. Others, such as the large tiles, have been imprinted with shapes from domestic objects. The installation is comprised of objects that are part of the industrial surplus of production that is overpopulating our world. The original pieces came either from corporate hardware shops selling thousands of the same item, or from flea markets that resell these mass-produced objects.
Padilha deals with the missing links in this chain of production that will allow for an alternative aesthetic approach and attitude towards the artifact. The installation is an open-ended work, to be consolidated by the viewer.