Duration: 03.09. - 30.09.2024

As part of the Paper Future Lab, Nicholas Plunkett will be exhibiting Fecal Matters.

Fecal Matters asks questions about personal habits and the social context.

Due to its cultural connotation, its origin and its original use, the material is judged negatively. What are the limits of interacting with used hygiene products? Where is the threshold to disgust and to what extent can it be shifted through design?

Can a material that has been flushed down the toilet become a design object?

Can it be worn as clothing on the body, even used as eating utensils?

Through a communication and design strategy, the project encourages an open

perception of waste products and new materials. At the same time,

about the ecological footprint of toilet paper.

Duration: 04.07. - 30.08.2024

Newspapers, packaging and wire are transformed into "upcycled craft", bowls and trophies. South Africa has a rich heritage of traditional arts and crafts. Contemporary craftsmanship shows the parallel developments as well as the mutual influence of different traditions.

The initiative "wirework - contemporary south african hand craft", founded by Michelle Schingerlin, is a mouthpiece for many artists. The participants act as artist collectives and each project is created in teamwork. With individual and high-quality products, the initiative has been cooperating with exhibition houses, museum shops and shops from Berlin since 1996.  Schingerlin's personal approach from the beginning has been to create sustainable work through the creative use of, in this case, paper.