STUDIO DRIFT (LONNEKE GORDJIN & RALPH NAUTA) FOR CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY §
FRAGILE FUTURE 3.8, 2010
£2,520
Auction: MODERN MADE Part II | 01 November 2024 | Lots 80 to 444
Description
edition number 6/8, from an edition of 8 plus 4 Artist's Proofs, dandelion seed, phosphorus bronze, LED and Perspex, in fitted wooden case
Dimensions
21cm high, 21cm long, 21.6cm wide
Provenance
Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London;
Property of a Private Aficionado.
Footnote
This work is sold together with a certificate of authenticity from the Carpenters Workshop Gallery.
Dutch artists Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta founded studio DRIFT in 2007 after graduating from the Design Academy in Eindhoven. The first time the pair collaborated was on the project Fragile Future, which formed part of Gordijn’s graduation project, for which they were awarded the first prize Stichting ArtiParti award. The piece consists of numerous ball-shaped LED lamps with real dandelion seeds attached to them, giving the bulbs a flower-like appearance, and the present work is part of this Fragile Future series from 2010.
Now working with a multidisciplinary team of 65, studio DRIFT work on experiential sculptures, installations and performances. With both depth and simplicity, DRIFT’s work illuminates the parallels between man-made and natural structures through deconstructive, interactive and innovative processes. The studio’s work manifests the phenomena and hidden properties of nature with the use of technology to learn from the Earth’s underlying mechanisms, and to re-establish our connection to it. DRIFT have exhibited worldwide and have won numerous awards such as the Dezeen Designer of the Year award in 2017, and their work is held in numerous important institutions such as the V&A in London, LACMA in Los Angeles, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.