Batten and Kamp (NZ)
Stone Poems: Sculptural Furniture
août 17th – août 23rd 2025

Batten and Kamp New Zealand
Batten and Kamp is the collaborative art and design practice of Alexandra Batten (b. 1990) and Daniel Kamp (b. 1991), an Aotearoa New Zealand-born duo who create conceptual furniture and sculptures. Their work blends organic and artificial elements in meticulously crafted, minimalist compositions. Drawing on science fiction, natural history, and the primordial, their creations explore contrasts—bolting angular chairs to raw boulders, dripping delicate neon lights from aluminum branches, and immortalizing flowers in titanium. At times precarious and thought-provoking, their works challenge notions of comfort and progress, while others evoke calm, reflecting the natural landscapes of their Aotearoa upbringing. In 2023, Design Anthology recognized them as the leading emerging designers from the Asia Pacific region. In 2024, they debuted Titan, a pair of monumental lounge chairs, alongside the announcement of their representation by the world’s leading design gallery Carpenters Workshop Gallery.
Batten and Kamp have exhibited globally, including solo shows at Art Central Hong Kong (2022), Novalis Art Design (2021), and Design Art Tokyo (2020) where they won the Design Art Tokyo Under 30 Award. They have participated in many group exhibitions including with Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris, Objective Gallery in Shanghai, and Love House in New York. Their work has been featured at prestigious fairs such as PAD Paris, and Art Basel Hong. Commissions include projects for the Palace Museum of Hong Kong and Art Central. Their works are in the permanent collection of OMM Museum, Turkey, currently on display in the institution’s fifth-anniversary exhibition, Creatures of Comfort.
www.battenandkamp.com
The Workshop
Noguchi said, each stone in a Japanese garden is placed as a “perturbance from the primordial mass”—a reminder of the rocky planet beneath us that unites everything. He also observed that in America it makes sense to try to make a stone float because Western culture is about overcoming the limitations of nature. And while Europe has a long tradition of stone being reshaped by human hands for the expression of ideas, in Aotearoa, New Zealand, stones are considered ancestors of the tangata whenua (people of the land).
In our time of global connectedness and overlapping cultural influences, how do we define our personal philosophy regarding our relationship with the earth? Design is about intervening in nature, reshaping our surroundings to suit human needs. But how much intervention is too much? And at what point does too little cease to be Design at all? Should stones be made to float, or should they be left to anchor us?
Join us for a few days of hunting, gathering, and creating contemporary, site-specific objects in the natural surroundings of the Domaine. Drawing inspiration from the landscape—including its forests, open fields, and the river—we will work with found materials such as stones and follow our ideas while respecting the found forms and textures. By combining natural elements and metal extrusions, we will explore concepts of symbiosis, harmony, discord, and precariousness through experimental compositions. We will use simple tools and our hands to assemble these elements into functional or sculptural objects.
Alongside the making process, we’ll encourage participants to immerse themselves in the landscape—swimming, walking, and engaging with the site’s natural elements. At the end of the week, these creations will form installations as material dialogue that invite reflection on our connection to the land. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of material behaviors, spatial relationships, and the ways in which design can respond to and integrate with a specific context.
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
Activités
Feu de camp hebdomadaire, exposition et visite guidée du Domaine
3 conférences de designers
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