SMALL STEP
25 Oct - 18 Dec 2002

Small step exhibits work by young author designers that are at the start of their journey into the public realm. The Experimental or New Work Gallery is interested in their explorations and ideas as they are translated into new typologies and inventive uses of materials. At the core of each of the furniture, lighting, communication designs and photographic artwork is a unique point of view that lead to the development of playful, thought provoking designs.

THE EXHIBITION INCLUDES WORK BY

FX Balleri
Hugo Glover
Marcus Hirsts
Aviva Leemans
James McAdam
MosleyMeetsWilcox
Karen Ryans
Mika Tolvanen
Janina Vogelsang

Blue foam, traditionally reserved for model making and insulation takes a leading structural and aesthetic role in the Hiedi furniture by FX Balleri.

Dip moulding technology, which serves for coating tool handles is used here by MosleyMeetsWilcox to make playful, cleverly made lamps, in what is the first show of their new partnership.

Lenses’ become objects also to be looked at as the light falls on the subtly engraved messages in Aviva Leemans ceiling installation.

Photographed discarded small found objects, often bits of rubbish, present a linguistic challenge to furniture imagery in Karen Ryans prints.

The safe bedside table that doubles up as a club and a shield, by James McAdam, reflects, with a smile, on the latent role and hidden potentials that furniture may serve beyond the first impression.

The multi legged assembled bench, by Hugo Glover, uses no bonding materials as it is woven into a comfortable weight bearing seat that glides gently as it is pushed around the space.

The inviting square bench by Mika Tolvanen, suggests a relaxed group seating typology that can accommodate up to 12 people facing each other.

The alert curious camera of Janina Vogelsang picks up on the essence of the small step exhibition as she samples from her surroundings while on her journeys in an ever-changing point of view.

Experiments in light structure, new forms of transparency and the play of technical solutions as decoration are evident in Marcus Hirsts, fabric supported vacuum formed chaise and in the blister pack calendar and ghost table by MMW. The green shelf, also MMW, that houses growing ivy offers a new idea of live decoration, a shelf you have to take care of, maybe a reaction to the cold ‘show-tech’ translucent products that we know from lifestyle electrical goods.

This exhibition, we hope, presents a fresh and alert collection of creative people that will continue to make interesting work in the future.

Curator: Daniel Charny
Gallery Director: Zeev Aram