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.
Opening
Saturday 15 May 2010, 21.00 hrs