(Photo by L&G Studio)
During 2019 Paris Design Week, Triode Design Galeri invited Ladies & Gentlemen Studio, Calico Wallpaper, and John Hogan to envision a collaborative exhibition express the spirit of each studio’s work. As long-time friends and collaborators, all three studios came together to explore the phenomena of illusory perceptions through a series of three distinct bodies of works installed in harmony to create an environment where material realities and optical illusions mingle.
Visions / Perceptions – was an installation designed by L&G in collaboration with Calico Wallpaper and John Hogan. The installation explores the connection between material realities and optical illusions through manipulating colors, materials, and surfaces. Calico Wallpaper introduces Singing Sand, capturing the mesmerizing patterns of an atmospheric phenomenon, John Hogan presents works in glass which play with our biological responses to sensory distortion, and Ladies & Gentlemen Studio explores the ambiguity of light and shadow through a new conceptual kinetic sculpture and lights.
An iteration of L&G's past kinetic works, the studio launched Moire, a kinetic mobile that explores new dimensions of optical material effects using bent perforated sheet metal. Through an assemblage of overlapping organic shapes, a smoothly shifting composition insects with the surrounding environment revealing a complex undulation of geometries that alternate between obscured and transparent materiality. The exploration speaks to L&G's fascination with revealing the inherent qualities of ubiquitous materials in unexpected ways - here employing sheet metal to an effect that defies its typical heaviness in favor of airy lightness. The resulting effect is reminiscent of starling murmurations across a twilit horizon. Moire is an editioned series crafted by L&G Studio at their Brooklyn studio. Custom sizes, colors, and variations available on a commission basis.
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