Daniel Lopez Lomeli

Nostalgia.
tête-à-tête bench and table.

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1. Sterling silver, magnets, graphite on paper. 2. Aluminium golden packer, 3 x dsw chair bases, 2 x seats, burnt and sealed laminated cross timber

Nostalgia. (From alebrijes 2.0)
tête-à-tête bench and table (on proximity and conversing)

The timber was salvaged from a skip bin located at one of those beacons of knowledge aka (bla, bla, bla) university, specifically the engineering laboratory which has an abundace of this material (clt {cross laminated timber})... after “important data” has been extracted it then becomes rubbish... the object of information, not the information gathered... (...- is that a joke?...) or does it only reinforces that our processes are wasteful from the seed to the grave…

the chairs (replicas of the dsw ray and charles plastic chairs), are what we have identified as one of the most popular acquisition to be thrown away, even when their components are generally in fair and usable conditions… //[funny right, an object deemed as good design spanning more than eighty years of age with the dominant idea that plastic is the material of mass consumption emphasizes how we are getting close to the hundred year mark of disposing off a man made material]// .... in this case, we decided to cut the height of the chair legs considering the thickness of the recovered clt timber, to allow for a comfortable sitting height... the seats were located very close to each other to prompt a very intimate situation between the two individuals using it... the enquiry here is: what type of interaction will this chair(s) promote… physical contact and face to face interactions are at play….

So from there describe what you see with opposing views.

Daniel Lopez lomeli acts as Atelier Kodama a product of a joint venture... an empowering exercise… one amongst multiples and multiples in one… founded in early twenty twenty as a response to the overwhelming restrictions imposed... we walked out our homes, we caught a train or drove a van, a truck, rode a motorcycle or push bikes for intermittent periods... to then walk into the blue mountains… we quickly realised that the only place where we could find sanity was in our actions... fruition, materialization, learning, helping, camping, testing, experimenting, building, sharing… we deny individuality, since it is widely fostered in a time that reeks of collective and disobedience… using discarded materials to reflect on the everyday we intend to make sense of this brief period of time called life.

Daniel Lopez Lomeli

Nostalgia.tête-à-tête bench and table.

Nostalgia.
tête-à-tête bench and table.