 Second Skin 2007/3/10 ~ 2007/5/6 Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei Curator: Ellen Lupton Exhibition curated by Cooper-Hewit... | |||||
About Second Skin
Every object has a skin. Thick or thin, smooth or rough, porous or
impermeable, skin is the line between a hidden interior and a surface
that we can touch and see. Contemporary products, furniture, fashion,
and architecture reflect the convergence of natural and artificial
life. Designers today manipulate surfaces to create skins that both
reveal and conceal, skins that have depth and complexity.
As advances in science dissolve the boundaries between technology
and nature, a new organicism has emerged, expressed in the conjunction
of artificial materials and fluid forms. As our bodies become more like
industrial products-subject to miraculous procedures of maintenance,
repair, and redesign-we expect objects to be more like us: responsive,
erotic, and soft to the touch.
Second Skin presents examples of products, furniture, fashion,
architecture, and media that are expanding the limits of the outer
surface. Reflecting the convergence of natural and artificial life, the
exhibition will show how enhanced and simulated skins appear throughout
the contemporary environment. Designers today continually manipulate
the relationship between the inside and outside of objects, garments,
and buildings, creating skins that both reveal and conceal, skins that
have depth, complexity, and their own behaviors and identities.
Second Skin is a sequel to Skin: Surface, Substance + Design,
organized by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian
Institution in New York City, 2002. Second Skin contains new objects
and projects as well as selected works from the original installation.
Second Skin_Lecture by Jon C. Cordova
Place: 2F Audio Room
Time: 2:00~5:00pm
(free with admission ticket)
1. Date: 2007/03/10 Saturday 2:00~5:00pm
2. Date: 2007/ 03/ 17 Saturday 2:00~5:00pm
3. Date:2007/03/24 Saturday 2:00~5:00pm
4. Date:2007/04/14 Saturday 2:00~5:00pm
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