ODYSSEY
Earlier this year, Andrés Reisinger captured the attention of the design world with The Shipping, a collection of born-digital furniture that announced the arrival of a new mode of practice. With this new presentation at Nilufar Gallery, entitled Odyssey – an allusion back to the historical origins of epic narrative – he extends his reach further still, offering a beguiling and complex interplay of virtual and physical experience. Three furniture works appear in the exhibition, both in the guise of fabricated objects and as the charismatic subjects of accompanying films. These seem to document other worlds, suggestively free of attachment to any particular time and space. The overall effect is to plunge the visitor into a futuristic realm, staging an encounter with new narrative possibilities for design. Immediately compelling as a visual, immersive experience, Reisinger’s work also operates at other levels, sensitively exploring the emotional terrain and theoretical implications of digital-led design. This exhibition at Nilufar – Reisinger’s most ambitious to date – further establishes him as an essential new voice in contemporary design dialogue, who is leading the way to the future. Commissioned by Aorist.
Release Date: September 5, 2021
Complicated Sofa [Film]
> ABSTRACT
Charcoal-grey wandering star
> GEOLOGY
The surface is scarred by several impact craters resulting from collisions with meteoroids and
comets. Punctuating large areas of smooth terrain covered in moss, cliffs stretch for hundreds
of miles and soar up to one mile high. To the human eye, the uneven surface appears as
graphite with an emerald-green tint. Bright silver blots emerge, revealing fine particles of
crushed rock and spots of metal-like material. Liquids may be found here, too, but only in
regions of permanent shadow.
> CLIMATE
Conditions are extreme and oscillate between hot and cold peaks. During the day, surface
temperatures can reach 430 degrees Celsius before dropping to minus 180 at night,
as there is no atmosphere to retain the heat.
> LIFE FORMS
No living things are currently thriving due to the extreme climate. There are, however, signs
of life that existed long ago, when the celestial body was protected by the atmosphere and the
surface was covered in water.
> SAMPLES
Silver particles, dust, argent liquids