Description
This class will start by observing and repurposing the work developed for the
exhibition ?Italy: The New Domestic Landscape? curated by Emilio Ambasz in
1972 and displayed at MoMA in New York. The exhibition presented the work of
prominent and novel Italian designers such as Superstudio, Archizoom, Gae
Aulenti, Mario Bellini, Gaetano Pesce, Ettore Sottsass, etc. The contents of this
exhibition were arranged in two categories: Objects and Environments.
During the first classes we will catalog both Objects and Environments, as they
were presented at the MoMA exhibition. After that initial research we will develop
our own series of Objects and Environments, we will look at everyday objects of
the domestic realm, as well as everyday environments that transform the
ordinary domestic into extraordinary landscapes.
The output of the class will be a MINIATURE model similar to the one developed
by Superstudio for MoMA?s exhibition (see image above).