Irene Alvarez + Rafel Oliva | Gordon Cheung + James Cadogan | Alex Chinneck + Kim Thome | Richard Cramp + Luke Smith-Wightman | Corinne Felgate & Ludovica Gioscia (Factice) + Oscar Wanless & Attua Aparicio (Silo Studio) | Harry Meadows + Max Frommeld
Plus William Smith & Elina Jonsson
Private View: Friday 7 September, 6-9pm Exhibition Continues: 8 September - 30 September Friday to Sunday 12-6pm, or by appointment
Product Placement brings together a range of artists and product designers who share an interest in how objects are made, displayed and sold in contemporarion explores the processes of production and marketing commodities, but on a wider scale, how (and by whom) participation in consumer activity is structured or framed.
Each artist and product designer has been ‘paired’ in order to produce a new object, multiple or edition for the exhibition. Via their cross-disciplinary collaboration, new and combined working processes will be found and explored. The resulting objects (perhaps neither product or artwork) are placed in a specifically constructed installation for the exhibition. Through an architectural re-working of the gallery, the space will become a parody of 'catalogue' stores - mimicking their structure of experience with catalogue kiosks, service point (with uniformed assistant) and market hall/storage space. Merging this structure into the space intends to amplify and question the functional similarities and behavioral prompts of gallery, retail and warehouse spaces.
An accompanying publication will be launched on the opening night.
Further information on the collaborators and the project can be found on the Product Placement Website: www.productandplacement.com
