An exhibition and publication on the investigation of design as a
carrier bag practice
Opening on November 15, 2024, 7pm
Closing November 21, 2024, 7pm
Visit by appointment, contact: (hello(a)leajohannabecker.com)
Further information and German version:
https://synnika.space/events/bag-full
What if mankind's first tool wasn't the spear, but the carrier bag?
This question is posed by science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin in
her essay "The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction". Le Guin tells an
alternative history of humanity that places collection and the
collective above power and growth and "uses storytelling as a tool for
shaping the world." It is less about an accurate display of human
history than about disrupting familiar narrative structures, rewriting
old stories and showing that narratives can change our view of the world
and even the world itself.
Following these thoughts, Lea Johanna Becker applies the carrier bag
theory to design in the sense of a carrier bag practice. She expands
this to include the act of collecting, opening up her work from the
individualistic "me" to the collaborative "we". The result is an
interdisciplinary exhibition of projects, texts and artistic
explorations of bags, the act of collecting, holding and keeping, and of
feminist utopias. The exhibition is accompanied by a modular
publication, the contents of which can be collected and compiled
individually on site.
With works, projects and thoughts by EVJ Bags, Lara Sharleena Böhm, Ines
Claus, Louisa Victoria Clever, Carmen Simon Fernandez, Franziska
Herbert, Helene Hohmann, Kathleen Judith Hughes, Jesse Jacobsen, Anne
Klausmann, Sophia Krayc, Jil Kunkat, Johanna P., Lea Sailer, Lynn
Stechert, Robin Theis, Isabella Tritthart, Marisa Velthuis
--
www.synnika.space [1]
Synnika e.V.
Niddastraße 57
60329 Frankfurt am Main
Tel: +49 156 783 939 73
Email: hello(a)synnika.space
Links:
------
[1] http://www.synnika.space
