Glithero (GB) + mudac (CH) + + CMoG (US)

Ol-Factory

juillet 19th – juillet 29th 2017

The Workshop

Sarah and Tim, together with two glassblowers of the prestigious Corning Museum of Glass from New York (CMoG), will guide you on a journey that, through glass and ceramics, leads to perfume. Using Boisbuchet’s wood-fired kiln, you’ll be creating objects that shall enable people to experience scents in unprecedented ways.

The aim of the workshop is to develop prototypes in glass and ceramics, which ultimately shall be used in the scenography of the perfume exhibition that Lausanne's museum of contemporary design and applied arts (mudac) plans for the summer of 2018. In that exhibition, the vessels and other objects that you developed shall showcase approximately 20 different scents. Your challenge is thus to please the visitors' noses and eyes in shape and touch, contain scent and yet allow that to develop, and to provide secure display in an exhibition's installation.

Thanks to our cooperation with mudac and CMoG, we are able to offer four (4) free workshop places to the winners of a competition, which will be launched on Boisbuchet's social media next week - so make sure to follow our newsletter, Facebook and Instagram from February 15th until February 28th.

Workshop Categories

Glithero United Kingdom

Glithero was founded by British designer Tim Simpson and Dutch designer Sarah van Gameren, who met and studied at the Royal College of Art. From their studio in London they create product, furniture, and time-based installations that give birth to unique and wonderful products.

The work is presented in a broad spectrum of media, but follows a consistent conceptual path; to capture and present the beauty in the moment things are made.

From machines that miraculously create wax chandeliers from strung wick, a pouring slide that becomes a ten meter long poly-concrete table, to ceramics that turn vivid blue with UV light, the key ingredients of their work are time and transformation. With their own concoction of creation-performance they aim to bridge creative disciplines and make works that can be understood by all.

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www.glithero.com

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mudac Switzerland

The Museum of contemporary design and applied arts based in Lausanne, is an institution for design that is widely recognised all over Europe. In summer 2018, it will open a major exhibition dedicated to perfumery.

Since the 1970-80’s, perfumers have asked to be recognised as what they really are: artists. The subtle mixtures of different essences resulting in an enchanting scent is indeed a true work of art that implies a delicate balance between smells that only a master can reach. Niche perfumery has only emerged at the end of the 20th century, but it now counts quite a significant group of perfumers who create independently from bigger brands.

The exhibition at mudac shall unveil the references that influence these craftsmen and addresses questions, such as: What induces a “nose” to create perfume? Where does inspirations come from? Which is the story that a perfume shall tell? Where does a perfume’s smell take us? A second part of the show will decompose some scents to make the public understand their components and structure.

http://mudac.ch/en/

Corning Museum of Glass United States

Le Corning Museum of Glass (le musée du verre de Corning) abrite la plus importante collection de verres au monde, notamment les plus beaux exemples de verrerie s’étendant sur une durée de 3 500 ans. Des démonstrations de soufflage de verre en direct (offertes au musée, sur la route et en mer à bord de la Celebrity Cruises) donnent vie aux matériaux. Les expériences quotidiennes de Make Your Own Glass (faites votre propre verre) au musée permettent aux visiteurs de créer un objet dans un studio de fabrication de verre à la pointe de la technologie. Le campus de Corning, dans l’État de New York, comprend une école de verrerie ouverte toute l’année, The Studio, et la Rakow Research Library, dotée de la plus importante collection au monde de documents sur l’art et l’histoire du verre.

En 2015, le musée a ouvert l’aile Contemporary Art + Design de 9290 m2, conçue par Thomas Phifer, qui comprend un nouveau bâtiment de 2415 m2, une galerie d’art contemporain, ainsi que l’une des plus grandes installations au monde prévues pour des démonstrations de soufflage de verre et des sessions en direct de design de verre.

https://www.cmog.org/

Hébergement

  • L’hébergement et la nourriture sont inclus

  • Nous sommes en mesure de répondre aux demandes de régimes alimentaires particuliers

  • Tous les participants dorment dans des dortoirs

  • Pour réserver une chambre privée ou pour venir accompagné d’invités supplémentaires, contactez-nous: workshops@boisbuchet.org

Éducation

  • Notre équipe est disponible pour vous aider à conceptualiser et à produire vos objets de design

  • Les outils et les matériaux sont fournis par Boisbuchet

  • Tous les enseignements des ateliers sont dispensés en anglais

  • Le nombre de participants est limité à 22

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