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Inflorescence

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Work: INFLORESCENCE Inkjet, Edition 1/3 Photographic series of plants in a constructed and artificial state of bloom, documenting a meeting between the fictional and the real. A new species or hybrid emerges which attempts to create a visual diversion and investigates the recognizability of common objects in a new and unexpected context. The ‘Inflorescence’ series represents a contemporary take on still life both in terms of subject matter and composition.

Established in 2011 by Stefan Friedli (CH) and Ulrik Martin Larsen (DK), PUTPUT is an interdisciplinary artist collective perched at the intersection where contemporary photography, sculpture and design meet. Seeking to occupy the space between input and output PUTPUT explores the duality of objects and situations associated with everyday life, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary and attempting to capture the previously unseen.
Perception and recognizability are challenged through distinctly staged scenarios and tableaus that underline a metaphysical relationship to the material world, thus creating a new transcendent logic where images become the manifestation of ideas. The highly stylized visual universe has clear references to Pop Art, surrealism and reinterprets classical genres such as still life through a contemporary lens. With a focus on causing a visual double take, subtle connections are build between idea, meaning, expression and artifact. PUTPUT reconfigures, re-invents and questions the purpose, context and expression of objects and situations by engaging in a visual dialogue and interrogation with the subject. An artistic practice based on collecting and meticulous research
constitutes an archeology of the present pointing towards a fictional cabinet of curiosities for the future.
Photographer: PUTPUT
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source: sightunseen

In some ways, the work of the Danish-Swiss duo Putput could be considered a response to sites like this one: If we’re constantly bombarded by scrolls of images, the two designers seem to ask, how can we be convinced to reconsider objects that at first glance seem so quaintly familiar? Projects like their Popsicle series (above), which found the icy treats replaced by scrubbing sponges, or Inflorescence — for which the two employed the visual language of still life to depict cleaning implements as potted plants — play with subverting our expectations in a way that could seem cliché if the resulting images weren’t so exceedingly lovely. The two work at an increasingly trafficked intersection where photography, styling, art and design meet, which allows creators to control both the product and the way it’s presented — both the input and the output, as it were, which is where their clever studio name comes from. We recently caught up with the two recent grads as they were dipping a toe into the contemporary art world and looking for new studio space.

1. Describe your most recent project and how it was made:
“The most recent completed project is a series of images entitled Inflorescence. The work references classic still-life photography and presents highly staged and stylized scenarios where household cleaning and personal hygiene paraphernalia simulate flowers. The series aims to cause a visual double take through an exploration of the duality of objects we surround ourselves with everyday. We hope that the images will prompt the viewer to look twice and to reconsider the aesthetic quality of things that we usually never question or notice. The notion of the double take or looking twice is significant in all of our work; we are constantly flooded with imagery in our daily lives and convincing a viewer to look at an image more than once is a challenge.”

“Most of the cleaning utensils were found in Copenhagen but we have, since the completion of the project, developed a compulsion for collecting sponges wherever we go and now have quite an extensive collection from The Netherlands, England, Sweden and Germany. Also we have sponges coming from South Korea and Japan, as most of our friends have been recruited to look out for interesting specimens when they travel!”

“The Inflorescence images are currently on show in our first solo exhibition at Galleri Naboløs in Copenhagen and will also be shown at Art Copenhagen this month. Both occasions mark our entry into the commercial aspect of the art world, a slightly daunting but also very exciting development for us.”

2. Describe your next project and how you’re currently making it:
“We are continually fascinated by everyday objects, and in our next project we’re taking a slight departure from photography and venturing into the three-dimensional realm. We are collaborating with extremely skilled craftsmen on sculpture-based experiments that deal with material transformation, recognizability, perception, and value. It’s still quite early days and the project is expanding as we gain more knowledge of certain techniques and material properties. It is a very rewarding process and discovering the expressive capability of materials and how a simple shift in materiality completely alters the expression and reference frame of an object is very interesting. We hope that these experiments will provide a method of investigation that we can apply in other projects as well.”

“We have no images of the next project, but our Soft Construction project (above) is a good example of our approach to sculptural work. The Soft Construction series are standard building components rendered in soft foam, which eliminates the intended function and highlights the object as pure form.”
3. Tell us one thing that’s been inspiring you lately and why:
“We’ve been discussing the idea of inspiration and being inspired a lot lately and find it intriguing to examine why we latch onto certain things more that others. We’re having a difficult time with the word “inspiration;” we might be affected by other people or things we encounter but it doesn’t mean that this influence will actually lead to anything. Everything has the potential to be a starting point for the emergence of something new as long as it captures our interest and sparks a new development. In our work we try to interrogate objects and situations to see what they may become and of course that process starts by observing what they already are. We generally try to separate liking someone else’s work or expression and finding something that ignites an urge to reinvent or interpret which to us is where the real potential lies.”

“But of course there are people we admire and whose work we relish. An example is the Italian artist, designer and all around genius Bruno Munari. We appreciate his philosophy and approach to creating. The idea of the work is explicitly central which is something we aspire to achieve, also fun and passion is very present in everything from his hand.”

4. Show us your studio and tell us what you like about it:
“We are working from home at the moment. We are roommates as well as collaborators. We have included an image from the Gallery where our work is currently on show, it’s in one of the old central streets of Copenhagen and the building is around 300 years old. Somehow having a physical presence in the city where we work and live makes what we do tangible and gives us a very direct reaction to our work.”
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source: putput

PUTPUT is an interdisciplinary Swiss/Danish artist duo established in 2011 and currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Operating at the intersection where conceptual photography, styling, art and design meet, read more about our practice, past exhibitions and press. For a visual overview of recent work have a look at our projects which are based in contemporary art photography and sculpture. Occasionally we are fortunate to create commissions for printed media as illustrations for articles and current themes. As an additional visual response to our immediate surroundings we have started working with publications and more titles will be added soon.
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source: tendenciasfashionmag

Un colectivo empeñado en crear caos por medio de la forma, nos descubre los híbridos artísticos que ha fundado bajo la etiqueta Putput, arqueología del presente dirigida hacia indagaciones para el futuro.
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source: festival-circulations

Comme son nom l’indique, la série « Assembly » est un « assemblage » de plusieurs séries aux thématiques similaires que nous avons créées ces deux dernières années et qui font partie de notre recherche formelle visant à réinterpréter de manière radicale notre environnement immédiat. Le contenu des images elles-mêmes fait référence au mot « Assembly ». Le point commun de notre langage visuel est la rencontre d’éléments contrastés où des objets entrent en contact avec d’autres éléments pour construire de nouvelles réalités, créer un nouveau sens, raconter de nouvelles histoires.
La construction des scénarios et les natures mortes font allusion à une relation métaphysique entre des objets qui nous entourent au quotidien. Il s’agit à travers ses images de rendre visible ce qui était invisible pour questionner notre perception et nos valeurs.
L’objectif de cette juxtaposition d’images issues de différentes séries est de créer un dialogue visuel dans lequel de subtiles différences ont pour effet de construire un univers visuel complet.
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source: tigaminit

Rekaan artist duet dari Switzerland dan Denmark., Putput mempunyai cara luar biasa untuk melihatkan potensi seni dari objek di rumah setiap hari. Apabila barangan2 ni ditanam bersama tumbuhan sebenar.

Dari asalnya span bilik mandi ataupun alat pembersihan namun ianya kini seperti bunga eksotik apabila di antara daun hijau. Ini menunjukkan sesuatu objek biasa boleh menjadi luar biasa dengan perspektif segar dan sedikit kreativiti.