Inside black nets. Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse
02/09/2015.
aut. architektur und tirol [Innsbruck] Austria 16.07 > 10.10.2015
metalocus, CELIA RODRÍGUEZ
metalocus, CELIA RODRÍGUEZ
The new exhibition in Aut. architektur und tirol museum in Austria comes out of the head of Numen / ForUse. An interactive exhibition that tries to manage with ropes a "giant worm" that seems suspended in space.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse..
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Günter Richard Wett.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Günter Richard Wett.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Tube Innsbruck by Numen / ForUse. Photography © Numen / ForUse.
Numen / ForUse creates an installation that the user can cross over a network forming an airborne by ropes tube thereby producing a feeling of lightness and space exploration differently.
Description of the project by Numen / ForUse
Tube is a new installation concept constructed of stitched safety nets which assume a form of a closed hose that pulsates and oscillates in the longitudinal section. The object is suspended from surrounding surfaces with numerous elastic strings, channelling a giant convulsing centipede. Such dispersed structural support enables even distribution of forces and allows the structure to feel soft and fully transparent as it transcends the architectural void, causing the sensation of free floating for the person inside. The orthogonal scheme of host-space is fractured by irregular diagonals and oblique perspectives created by the jagged progression of the tube.
The human crawler within experiences architectural environment from unexpected, surreal angles as he moves through the mesh artery which supports the body but lets the eyes fly and explore, resembling a strange case of "bird-worm" amalgamation. Tube's irregular geometry defined by varying disposition of support strings makes it a perfect parasite - universally adaptable to new contexts and spaces.
CREDITS.-
Dates.-16 July to 10 October 2015.
Location.- aut. architektur und tirolInnsbruck, Austria.
More information
NUMEN / ForUse
Numen/ForUse is a Croatian-Austrian design collective working in the fields of scenography, industrial and spatial design and conceptual art. The group first formed in 1998. as a collaborative effort of industrial designers Sven Jonke, Christoph Katzler and Nikola Radeljković under the banner For Use. In 1999. they establish Numen as a collective identity covering all projects actualised outside the sphere of industrial design.
The group's early enterprises are characterized by experiments with impersonal design and radical formal reduction, deeply rooted in the tradition of high modernism and mainly applied to various synergetic total-design projects in Croatia.
From 2004. onwards, after setting up a large scale site-specific project for the production of “Inferno” in the National Centre for Drama in Madrid, Numen/ For Use become intensely involved with scenography. Further realisations in theatres across Europe ensue.
Since 2008. the collective turns its focus towards configuring objects and concepts without a predefined function, an activity resulting in the more hybrid and experimental works such as the Numen-Light series and Tape Installation. Parallel to these publicly exposed ventures, the group wins several international awards for their accomplishments in the field of industrial and set design.
