Exhibition Graduation Show Exhibition of Design Department and Studio for Immediate Spaces of Sandberg Instituut at Het HEM, Amsterdam on 8-10th of October 2021. Navigating in a hazy cosmos of blurry frontiers, how can we perceive any form of reality and where can we place ourselves within it? A question that the students of the Design Department and the Studio for Immediate Spaces investigated in many ways, in between concise taxonomies of fragments of culture and speculated scenarios of potential futures. They now present «Roots and Wings», an exhibition extracting yesterday’s essence and cultivating tomorrow’s possibilities, enquiring on our possible and impossible destinies. In between this multitude of past and future individual journeys, the exhibition unveils itself as a liminal space, an intersection where different origins and bearings meet without the boundaries of time, geography, perspective or dimensions. The presented works are a result of these direct and indirect encounters. From their intertwining, four distinct interpretive characters emerge. The Observers who analyse uses and perception around our current domestic environment as a way to seek their alternatives. The Orators who, by delving into foundations of past uses and rituals, create new means of transmission of knowledge. The Pathfinders who reshape current phenomenons with the ghost of their past as a way to craft their future identity. The Insurgents, who alter perceptions of historical and cultural events, giving them a new possible reality. «Roots and Wings» allows the visitor to experience and engage with alternative readings of different times and places of human history, increasing our general understanding of our resonance into our past and future. Curation and design team: Emilie Bordes, Lukas Engelhardt, Stefania Rigoni, Sheona Turnbull, Matteo Viviano, Katharina Wittling, Aleksandra Zawistowska Artists: Anna Bierler, Daphne Keraudren, Diego Virgen, Eleni Papadimitriou, George Mazari, ghenwa abou fayad, Hannah Rose Whittle, Jun Zhang, Maria van der Togt, Mariel Williams, Niveau Zero Atelier, Pernilla Manjula Philip, Stelios Markou Ilchuk, Toni Brell, Valentine Hhevah Langeard, Various People, Zane Zeivate, Zgjim Elshani
2021
