ES DEVLIN ON DRAWING 50 DISPLACED PEOPLE IN NEW PORTRAIT INSTALLATION
designboom speaks to es devlin before the unveiling of 'congregation', her new large-scale installation at london's st mary le strand church in time for frieze london 2024. created with the UK for UNHCR, the united nations refugee agency, the project centers around fifty portraits depicting displaced people forced to leave their homelands due to wars and conflicts. 'I did the project to perceive, draw, and learn about my own structures of separation, my own biases,' the english artist explains. 'we can’t dismantle architectures of separation until we recognize them. the first step is to recognize that this is there—it’s an architecture. it’s there because I’ve been brought up like this, and I’ve grown up like this.' read our conversation in full here, and discover more recent interviews here.
BAKING BIODEGRADABLE SLIPPERS WITH CORK AND ALGAE
an experimental footwear collection maps out the process of creating biodegradable vegan slippers at home. the project uses algae-based ingredients and everyday kitchen utensils, demonstrating how household items can serve as sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics. see more submissions by our readers here, and find out how to upload your own project here.
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