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France
Installation, Mixed Media on Other
Size: 0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in
The story of the Cartonero BackFlip begins in 2001 with the collapse of the Argentinean economy and an unemployment rate of 60%. For years, hundreds of thousands of Cartoneros have systematized the recuperation of recyclable materials in a country with no official recycling program. These informal workers travel into Buenos Aires from its outskirts and, like a silent, peaceful army pick through the city's trash before it is hauled to landfills. A meager living is earned selling the recyclables gathered. But the recyclables market is collapsing. Our goal: create a chair the Cartoneros can use, produce, and sell – creating new economic possibilities. A chair by the Cartoneros, for the Cartoneros. An international cooperative asked us for designs utilizing a simple 80x80cm hot-press to be distributed via a chain of collectives in South America. From a single mold The Backflip is easily assembled without tools. and combines the soothing motion of a rocking chair with the comfort of a lounge chair, easily flat packed in the space of 80x80x4cm. To remain viable, the Cartoneros must augment their collection activities with a manufacturing stream. Working off a single press, and extracting shapes from a single mold makes this chair production realizable.
Installation:Mixed Media on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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France
MUT-architecture is primarily comprised of four artists/architects, John Mascaro (artist), Leo Morand (architect), Alice Dufourmantelle (architect), Stephane Juan (architect) they met at Acconci Studio in brooklyn, NY first in 2006, and have been working together ever since. Most of the collective "˜s project involve collaborators from various fields of expertise. Collaborators : Nathan DeGraaf Jürg Bader Carlo Goncalves Sophie Dars Arnaud Depeyre Juliette Mesnage
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