an unexpected encounter

it is through their acting that organisations leave massive corrosive traces which not only endanger the fragile ecological and climatic balances in that thin layer of earth and atmosphere to which we are confined, but also create a continuous agony of attention that affects our well being.

where to look for answers to overcome that? what do we need to take care of to reverse this situation and work toward a world of non-disposability?

these issues emerged as an important subject during a two day workshop with a small group of designers and artists whom i invited to work on the notion of scenarios of acting in free format setting.

and it was by incident that we visited the exhibition at the bourse de commerce in paris about the arte povera movement. it provided an unexpected reference.

in this update i explore what scenarios of acting could be developed when we look into the possibilities of distinctive and reduced materiality, while creating unseen meaning.

as a variation on a theme: arte povera as organisation

the scenario of acting

for the wonder of insurance

listen

solve

receive

guiseppe penone, albero di 4 metri (il suo essere nel dodicesimo anno d’età in un’ora fantastica), 1969  (detail)

the scenario of acting

for teamwork

it is like it looks simple

and it is simple

but the effort to get there is large

jannis kounellis, sans titre, 1969

giovanni anselmo, torsione, 1968 (detail)

a scenario of acting

to escape the notion of growth

just

a little

love and wonder

gilberto zorio, untitled, 1966 (detail)

a scenario of acting

exclusivity

become hard to find

i would like to thank lorenzo gerbi, johanna musch, edith winkler and émile kirsch for their contribution and collaboration during the two-day workshop in december 2024 at the atelier néerlandais in paris.

all photo’s by hein duijnstee