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Kamasutra. Art in the best positions
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Fagagna, Italy
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Kamasutra. Art in the best positions
Fagagna, Italy
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2022
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$0 - 10K
The carpentry Burelli Matteo and the architect Gabriele Pitacco are pleased to present Kamasutra, the modular, transportable and self-supporting exhibition support born from the collaboration in the "Falegnameria 4.0" project, financed by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia pursuant to the Regional Law 02/11 / 2021, 16, art. 6, paragraphs 3-7.
The name "Kamasutra" alludes with irony to the innumerable positions that the support assumes to guarantee the pleasure of enjoying the works of art on display.
The project is developed jointly in collaboration with artists, curators, designers, galleries and cultural associations within the 2021 call for the selection of Pilot Projects of the European project INTERREG Italy-Slovenia DIVA funded by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Starting from the collaboration between the traditional artisan firm Falegnameria Burelli Matteo and the creative cultural firm Gabriele Pitacco, architect and by the project partners BIC Incubatori FVG, Casa dell'Arte Trieste, Comunicarte, Cultural Association S @ NGIORGIO 2020, the project involved co-planning by curator Massimiliano Schiozzi, curator Silvia Vatta (Giada - CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY • ART & CRAFT CREATIONS), artist Ines Paola Fontana, illustrator Jan Sedmak (creator of the name), junior engineer Marco Gnesda for the stability checks, the Valle thermotechnical engineering firm for the fire load and Cristian Deklic for the photographs.
THE QUESTION.
KAMASUTRA was born from a careful analysis of the needs of contemporary art and design curators and artists from Trieste and Friuli Venezia Giulia.
KAMASUTRA responds creatively to a concrete and real need of the sector: the availability of modular, transportable and self-supporting display supports with high aesthetic quality solutions.
A participatory co-design process allowed to define in detail the list of the characteristics of the supports listed below:
- modular: several elements must be able to be combined with each other, not only flat but also three-dimensionally, in a way that is functional to the exhibition purposes;
- transportable: the support must be light (less than 20kg in total), foldable and / or demountable in order to minimize the overall dimensions, in order to be handled independently even by one person;
- self-supporting: the walls of the exhibition spaces may NOT be available for installations, particularly in prestigious locations. The support must therefore be able to perform the exhibition functions even with only support on the ground;
- adaptable: both the exhibition spaces and the elements on display have very different sizes and shapes. The support must interact creatively with this diversity and complexity;
- tiltable: the display support must allow the display of objects and works being used alternatively horizontally, vertically or tilted;
- reusable for transport: once the display function has been fulfilled, the support must be able to be transported easily and possibly become a container for the safe transport of some of the works. It must therefore be both a support and a communication and packaging tool;
- leave room for the works: the support must not compete visually with the works, but enhance them. Therefore, the most common colors for the display supports are preferable for the display surface, therefore the neutral tones of the wood or a dark color, from gray to black;
- lighting: the support must allow, in particular for design objects, the insertion of adjustable light points or diffused solutions, both connected to the electricity network and autonomous and powered by power-banks with a capacity such as to guarantee the duration of the lighting for the entire exhibition day;
- standard sizes: the display surface in the strict sense must be flat and have standard sizes (ideally 50x70 cm or A1 format, maximum dimensions 70x100cm) to simplify the set-up with serial solutions (for example Bristol cardboard or ad hoc prints).
MORE THAN AN ANSWER.
KAMASUTRA responds creatively to these concrete and real needs with a modular, modular and adjustable support. The support consists of several elements that can be assembled together in different ways to obtain a wide range of display solutions.
THE DESIGN PATH.
The exhibition support project starts from a flat display surface, 50x70cm in size. A three-dimensional frame, extruded towards the user, creates an open box, while a shutter, set back of the same thickness as the frame, visually detaches the two elements. The edge of the frame towards the user is beveled with a sharp edge to visually minimize the thickness of the frame and house a polycarbonate / perspex sheet. A removable "false bottom", always 50x70cm in size and beveled at a sharp angle, allows, if necessary, to reduce the thickness of the frame and to house diffused lights and / or the power supply for point lights.
The adjustment system allows it to be used horizontally, vertically or at an angle. It consists of a series of holes present both on the edge of the frame and on the supports, specifically designed for the project. The frame and the supports are fixed to each other at different angles by means of a system of flat-head round nuts with hexagon socket and metric thread, while the free holes are available for fitting. This solution allows to have a horizontal display surface (0 ° inclination), 45 ° inclined or vertical (90 ° inclination).
The supports are made with two holes that define the axis. The frames, on the other hand, are characterized by a central hole that acts as a pivot, around which 3 other holes “rotate” that define the three angles of the display support. Starting from the intermediate position inclined at 45 °, it is possible to lock the frame in the other required positions.
The geometry and dimensions of the supports are determined by the intersection of two conditions. To ensure maximum portability, the supports, at the end of the exhibition, must be able to be housed inside the frame, and therefore be included in a shape of 50x70cm and a limited thickness. The second condition to be respected is defined by the limit conditions in height to offer the best conditions for the use of the exhibited works.
The height limit conditions are defined by two positions: the minimum height is given by the support in a horizontal position with elements exposed at a height between 80 and 100 cm from the floor; the maximum height is given by the vertical support with elements exposed at eye level of a standing user.
Given the size of the frame, none of the conditions can be met with a single element. Various solutions have therefore been developed with pairs of elements, connected with the same type of solution envisaged to connect the support to the frame.
The optimal solution involves two elements for each of the two supports. The ground element has an "L" shape with approximate dimensions of 50x70cm creating a sufficiently wide base to guarantee stability and prevent the support from overturning. The second element also has a footprint contained approximately in the dimensions of 50x70cm, it is a single element with a first vertical part that tilts at 45 ° to meet the frame in its intermediate position. The vertical part allows you to adjust its position with respect to the "L" element, while the inclined part guarantees the optimal position to rotate the frame.
Starting from these purely functional needs, the project develops original, fluid and organic forms, with an aesthetic solution that develops in the opposite direction to the linearity of the display support. Defined a constant minimum thickness, the ends widen and extend until they reach a circular shape that creates interesting combinations in the different positions in which the elements combine. The edges are beveled and rounded while the constant rhythm of the holes that allow the connection is always connected to the different elements.
The extensible steel spacers (from 53.4 + 20cm) and the tie rods in transparent nylon thread (possibly coated in fluorocarbon) guarantee box-like behavior and avoid unwanted deformations.
The set of these elements allows them to be combined together to obtain numerous different positions, both for optimal use and for new and innovative solutions. From the maximum extension in height at eye level to solutions where to expose elements very low. A catalog of different possible positions to trigger a creative dialogue with curators, artists and fitters.
The different positions that can be obtained, together with the modularity of the support, offer the possibility of infinite solutions for setting up: traditional solutions with combinations of vertical and horizontal elements; solutions with several supports all horizontally (or all vertically) but at different heights; rows of pairs or triples of supports with different inclinations depending on the exposed element; solutions combined with elements on the ground such as pedestals and (where possible) elements fixed to the wall; combinations with supports that house tablets or interactive screens and graphics applied on the back of the supports; captions inside the exhibition area or hung outside it; solutions that connect different supports by means of cables or coordinated panels to define or limit spaces. The combinations are unlimited!
The name "Kamasutra" alludes with irony to the innumerable positions that the support assumes to guarantee the pleasure of enjoying the works of art on display.
The project is developed jointly in collaboration with artists, curators, designers, galleries and cultural associations within the 2021 call for the selection of Pilot Projects of the European project INTERREG Italy-Slovenia DIVA funded by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Starting from the collaboration between the traditional artisan firm Falegnameria Burelli Matteo and the creative cultural firm Gabriele Pitacco, architect and by the project partners BIC Incubatori FVG, Casa dell'Arte Trieste, Comunicarte, Cultural Association S @ NGIORGIO 2020, the project involved co-planning by curator Massimiliano Schiozzi, curator Silvia Vatta (Giada - CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY • ART & CRAFT CREATIONS), artist Ines Paola Fontana, illustrator Jan Sedmak (creator of the name), junior engineer Marco Gnesda for the stability checks, the Valle thermotechnical engineering firm for the fire load and Cristian Deklic for the photographs.
THE QUESTION.
KAMASUTRA was born from a careful analysis of the needs of contemporary art and design curators and artists from Trieste and Friuli Venezia Giulia.
KAMASUTRA responds creatively to a concrete and real need of the sector: the availability of modular, transportable and self-supporting display supports with high aesthetic quality solutions.
A participatory co-design process allowed to define in detail the list of the characteristics of the supports listed below:
- modular: several elements must be able to be combined with each other, not only flat but also three-dimensionally, in a way that is functional to the exhibition purposes;
- transportable: the support must be light (less than 20kg in total), foldable and / or demountable in order to minimize the overall dimensions, in order to be handled independently even by one person;
- self-supporting: the walls of the exhibition spaces may NOT be available for installations, particularly in prestigious locations. The support must therefore be able to perform the exhibition functions even with only support on the ground;
- adaptable: both the exhibition spaces and the elements on display have very different sizes and shapes. The support must interact creatively with this diversity and complexity;
- tiltable: the display support must allow the display of objects and works being used alternatively horizontally, vertically or tilted;
- reusable for transport: once the display function has been fulfilled, the support must be able to be transported easily and possibly become a container for the safe transport of some of the works. It must therefore be both a support and a communication and packaging tool;
- leave room for the works: the support must not compete visually with the works, but enhance them. Therefore, the most common colors for the display supports are preferable for the display surface, therefore the neutral tones of the wood or a dark color, from gray to black;
- lighting: the support must allow, in particular for design objects, the insertion of adjustable light points or diffused solutions, both connected to the electricity network and autonomous and powered by power-banks with a capacity such as to guarantee the duration of the lighting for the entire exhibition day;
- standard sizes: the display surface in the strict sense must be flat and have standard sizes (ideally 50x70 cm or A1 format, maximum dimensions 70x100cm) to simplify the set-up with serial solutions (for example Bristol cardboard or ad hoc prints).
MORE THAN AN ANSWER.
KAMASUTRA responds creatively to these concrete and real needs with a modular, modular and adjustable support. The support consists of several elements that can be assembled together in different ways to obtain a wide range of display solutions.
THE DESIGN PATH.
The exhibition support project starts from a flat display surface, 50x70cm in size. A three-dimensional frame, extruded towards the user, creates an open box, while a shutter, set back of the same thickness as the frame, visually detaches the two elements. The edge of the frame towards the user is beveled with a sharp edge to visually minimize the thickness of the frame and house a polycarbonate / perspex sheet. A removable "false bottom", always 50x70cm in size and beveled at a sharp angle, allows, if necessary, to reduce the thickness of the frame and to house diffused lights and / or the power supply for point lights.
The adjustment system allows it to be used horizontally, vertically or at an angle. It consists of a series of holes present both on the edge of the frame and on the supports, specifically designed for the project. The frame and the supports are fixed to each other at different angles by means of a system of flat-head round nuts with hexagon socket and metric thread, while the free holes are available for fitting. This solution allows to have a horizontal display surface (0 ° inclination), 45 ° inclined or vertical (90 ° inclination).
The supports are made with two holes that define the axis. The frames, on the other hand, are characterized by a central hole that acts as a pivot, around which 3 other holes “rotate” that define the three angles of the display support. Starting from the intermediate position inclined at 45 °, it is possible to lock the frame in the other required positions.
The geometry and dimensions of the supports are determined by the intersection of two conditions. To ensure maximum portability, the supports, at the end of the exhibition, must be able to be housed inside the frame, and therefore be included in a shape of 50x70cm and a limited thickness. The second condition to be respected is defined by the limit conditions in height to offer the best conditions for the use of the exhibited works.
The height limit conditions are defined by two positions: the minimum height is given by the support in a horizontal position with elements exposed at a height between 80 and 100 cm from the floor; the maximum height is given by the vertical support with elements exposed at eye level of a standing user.
Given the size of the frame, none of the conditions can be met with a single element. Various solutions have therefore been developed with pairs of elements, connected with the same type of solution envisaged to connect the support to the frame.
The optimal solution involves two elements for each of the two supports. The ground element has an "L" shape with approximate dimensions of 50x70cm creating a sufficiently wide base to guarantee stability and prevent the support from overturning. The second element also has a footprint contained approximately in the dimensions of 50x70cm, it is a single element with a first vertical part that tilts at 45 ° to meet the frame in its intermediate position. The vertical part allows you to adjust its position with respect to the "L" element, while the inclined part guarantees the optimal position to rotate the frame.
Starting from these purely functional needs, the project develops original, fluid and organic forms, with an aesthetic solution that develops in the opposite direction to the linearity of the display support. Defined a constant minimum thickness, the ends widen and extend until they reach a circular shape that creates interesting combinations in the different positions in which the elements combine. The edges are beveled and rounded while the constant rhythm of the holes that allow the connection is always connected to the different elements.
The extensible steel spacers (from 53.4 + 20cm) and the tie rods in transparent nylon thread (possibly coated in fluorocarbon) guarantee box-like behavior and avoid unwanted deformations.
The set of these elements allows them to be combined together to obtain numerous different positions, both for optimal use and for new and innovative solutions. From the maximum extension in height at eye level to solutions where to expose elements very low. A catalog of different possible positions to trigger a creative dialogue with curators, artists and fitters.
The different positions that can be obtained, together with the modularity of the support, offer the possibility of infinite solutions for setting up: traditional solutions with combinations of vertical and horizontal elements; solutions with several supports all horizontally (or all vertically) but at different heights; rows of pairs or triples of supports with different inclinations depending on the exposed element; solutions combined with elements on the ground such as pedestals and (where possible) elements fixed to the wall; combinations with supports that house tablets or interactive screens and graphics applied on the back of the supports; captions inside the exhibition area or hung outside it; solutions that connect different supports by means of cables or coordinated panels to define or limit spaces. The combinations are unlimited!
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