Floating Landscapes – Net Z33

source: highlike
Work: Net Blow up is a further development of the Net (text see further down) project both in means of construction and appearance. The object is inflated till the outer surface reaches adequate tension for stretching the nets connected on the inner side of the object. This construction excludes any use of additional structure. The result is a soft object which deforms and mutates with every movement of its temporary habitants. The outer membrane acts both like a “soft box” diffuser of the outside light, or a projection screen in case of inner illumination of the installation. Projected shadows of visitors entraped in the internal net structure resemble shadow theatre performances form East Asia.
Net consists of multiple layers of flexible nets suspended in the air. The flat layers of the net are subsequently connected one to another on counterpoints to form a “floating landscape” open for visitors to climb in and explore. The result is an op-art social sculpture (or a community hammock) relating to topics of instability, levitation and regression. The visitors should be able to enter the installation at “ground floor” and climb the transparent structure to the highest level. Or just hang around like in an oversized public hammock. Net evolved from our interest in transparent artificial landscapes of ephemeral architecture in public space. Our ultimate goal is to cover closed backyards from wall to wall, one layer of net per floor, enabling the inhabitants to step out their windows into transparent landscapes. This will not only bring the possibility of sensation of flying but more importantly reinvent a concept of backyard as common place for all people who live there. The aim is creation of a net(work) for integration of neighborhood who became alienated in recent years, a kind of public balcony for a future community. For sure there is also the possibility to climb up to the “last floor” to have there your sun-bath.”
Title: Net Blow-up Yokohama
Designer: Numen/For Use
Client: Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
Location: ZOU-NA-HANA terrace, Yokohama, Japan
Date: 10.2013
Size: 10 x 6 x 6 m
Photoprapher: Tomohisa Tasho and Numen/For Use
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source: rtcgme
Instalacije dizajnerskog trojca “Numen/ For Use” itekako su poznate u svijetu, a publika je mogla da ih vidi u svjetskim metropolama poput Sidneja, Berlina, Melburna, Beča, Milana, Stokholma, Moskve…Pretpostavke su da će nova u nizu instalacija, očarati posjetioce Tokija.
Njihov posljednji projekt “Net Blow-up” biće predstavljen narednog mjescea u sklopu japanskog festivala instalacija “Smart Illumination Yokohama”. Radi se o nastavku instalacije “Net” koja je napravljena od slojeva fleksibilne mreže pričvršćene u vazduhu. Slojevi mreže su povezani tako da čine “plutajući prizor” po kom se posjetioci mogu penjati i istraživati. Rezultat je zanimljiva instalacija koja podsjeća na grupnu ‘hammock’ ljuljašku u kojoj posjetioci imaju osjećaj da levitiraju. Odmah nakon Jokohame Numenovci će u novembru postaviti svoju instalaciju “Tape” u galeriji Spiral u Tokiju.
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source: buro247hr
Instalacije dizajnerskog trojca Numen/ For Use itekako su poznate u svijetu, a publika ih je imala prilike vidjeti u svjetskim metropolama poput Sydneyja, Berlina, Melbournea, Beča, Milana, Stockholma, Moskve i drugdje u svijetu. Njihov posljednji projekt Net Blow-up bit će predstavljen u listopadu u sklopu japanskog festivala instalacija Smart Illumination Yokohama. Radi se o nastavku na instalaciju Net koja je sačinjena od slojeva fleksibilne mreže pričvršćene u zraku. Slojevi mreže su povezani tako da čine “plutajući prizor” po kojem se posjetitelji mogu penjati i istraživati. Rezultat je zanimljiva instalacija koja podsjeća na grupnu ‘hammock’ ljuljačku u kojoj ćete imati osjećaj kao da levitirate. Odmah nakon Yokohame Numenovci će u studenom postaviti svoju instalaciju Tape u galeriji Spiral u Tokiju.
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source: numeneu

Numen/For Use is a collective working in the fields of conceptual art, scenography, industrial and spatial design.

The group first formed in 1998. as a collaborative effort of industrial designers Sven Jonke, Christoph Katzler and Nikola Radeljković under the banner For Use.

In 1999. they establish Numen as a collective identity covering all projects actualised outside the sphere of industrial design.

The group’s early enterprises are characterized by experiments with impersonal design and radical formal reduction, deeply rooted in the tradition of high modernism and mainly applied to various synergetic total-design projects in Croatia.

From 2004. onwards, after setting up a large scale site-specific project for the production of “Inferno” in the National Centre for Drama in Madrid, Numen/ For Use become intensely involved with scenography. Further realisations in theatres across Europe ensue.

Since 2008. the collective turns its focus towards configuring objects and concepts without a predefined function, an activity resulting in the more hybrid and experimental works such as the N-Light series and Tape Installation.

Parallel to these publicly exposed ventures, the group wins several international awards for their accomplishments in the field of industrial and set design.
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source: enelpaisdelashadas

Numen/For Use es un colec­tivo croata-austriaco de dise­ña­do­res y artis­tas que se mueve en los cam­pos de la esce­no­gra­fía, diseño indus­trial y arte con­cep­tual. El grupo se formó en 1998 y su pri­mer pro­yecto a gran escala fue pre­ci­sa­mente en Madrid, donde rea­li­za­ron la esce­no­gra­fía de la obra Inferno en el Tea­tro Nacio­nal María Guerrero.

Desde el 2008, el colec­tivo se enfocó a explo­rar obje­tos y con­cep­tos sin una fun­ción pre­de­fi­nida, con tra­ba­jos más expe­ri­men­ta­les como las series de Numen Light y sus ins­ta­la­cio­nes de cinta adhesiva.

Aun­que sus dise­ños no ten­gan nada que ver con la infan­cia, su esté­tica resuena en mi inte­rior de niña. Quizá por su monu­men­ta­li­dad que me hace sen­tir chi­quita. Pro­ba­ble­mente por su espec­ta­cu­la­ri­dad, sus crea­cio­nes me asom­bran, me dejan con la boca abierta como cuando Lola des­cu­brió el árbol de Navi­dad gigante todo ilu­mi­nado que pusie­ron en la Puerta del Sol este año. Pero sobre todo por las ganas que me pro­vo­can de explo­rar y jugar.

Las ins­ta­la­cio­nes que más fama han dado a este colec­tivo son las de cinta adhe­siva. Si el juego de gomas elás­ti­cas de Tan­gle os gustó, espe­rad a ver esto. Con kilos y kilos de celo crean gran­des escul­tu­ras, con túne­les que se ensan­chan, se estre­chan, cre­cen, como un orga­nismo viviente. Ocu­pan espa­cios públi­cos, a veces están sus­pen­di­das en el aire y siem­pre están abier­tas a explo­rar. Entrar supone jugar con el miedo y la emoción.

Dicen sus crea­do­res que una vez estás den­tro, arras­trán­dote y des­cu­briendo, las barre­ras socia­les se rom­pen y de pronto es más fácil inter­ac­tuar con quien te encuen­tras, vol­viendo a actuar como un niño.

Par­tiendo de los mis­mos con­cep­tos pero jugando con otro mate­rial que les per­mite reuti­li­zar la crea­ción, su ins­ta­la­ción Net. Un pai­saje arqui­tec­tó­nico de redes a dis­tin­tos nive­les, que se inter­co­nec­tan entre sí.

O esta otra variante, Tuft Pula, donde la estruc­tura de cinta adhe­siva en forma de alta­voz se ha recu­bierto con una alfom­bra roja, como un gran órgano que late col­gado a gran altura.

En una escala total­mente dife­rente, su serie Numen Light que con espe­jos y luces juega a ence­rrar el infi­nito den­tro de figu­ras geo­mé­tri­cas. Seguro que a los que jugáis estos días con la mesa de luz y los espe­jos, os encantará.
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source: laboitevertefr
Ce cube est formé de miroirs sans tain et de néons pour lui donner cette apparence d’être infini.
Là où la vidéo devient nécessaire c’est que l’appareil à sa droite est un soufflet qui gonfle périodiquement le cube en verre pour en déformer les reflets et lui donner l’apparence d’une respiration.
Il a été créé par un collectif croate et autrichien nommé « Numen« .
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source: prostoriahr

Numen/ForUse je hrvatskoaustrijski dizajnerski kolektiv koji radi na području scenografije, industrijskog dizajna, dizajna interijera i konceptualne umjetnosti. Osim za Kvadru, dizajnirali su namještaj za Cappellini, ClassiCon, Desalto, Interlubke, Magis, MDF Italia, Moroso i Zanottu.
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source: palaisdetokyo

Numen/For Use est un collectif qui, depuis les années 2000, travaille également dans le domaine de la scénographie et des arts visuels. Leurs créations expérimentales et sans usage prédéfini sont souvent immersives et toujours activées par le public.