21 - 29 . OCTOBER . 2022
HOW to hope to be teaser. Dutch Design Week
Biotechnology is slowly becoming the next ‘coding’, only instead of computers we then program with living organisms. What are possible social and political implications of this? And what would society look like if biotechnology would be set as a social instrument to help redefine the bond humanity - nature?
Catinca Tilea uses household organic waste (H.O.W.) as a substrate for mycelium forming to create an open source material, one that people can obtain and use themselves. She is planning to build a waste-grown canopy together with people in 2023, studying what using biotechnology at the heart of community could look like. Who is the creator and who is the benefactor? What can such a practice change in our culture? And can building with organic waste give a glimpse of what a sustainable future would look like?
As teaser for her experiment in 2023, Catinca Tilea is presenting a bio-brick prototype during Dutch Design Week at BioArt Laboratories.
21 - 29. October. 2022 || 11:00 - 17:00
16 - 24 . OCTOBER . 2021
HOW, a participatory material at Dutch Design Week
After a too long of a period without public gatherings it’s time for an exhibition again during Dutch Design Week!
The first research results of the study “HOW, a participatory material” will be presented live for the public at BioArt Laboratories, as part of the collective exhibition “The Symbiocene Forest”. This study is published open source and you can read it here. The exhibition will showcase the about 50 different samples of material obtained from household organic waste, during a period of about 6 months.
16 - 24 October 2021 || 10:00 – 17:00
26 . MARCH . 2020
Fungifest: What does patenting nature mean for social participation?
We all produce household organic waste (HOW), but what if HOW was a resource that we all crowd sourced instead of discarded? Imagine a whole world participating, using their HOW to grow objects at home with the help of fungi. What would that mean to ownership as we know it?
Catinca Tilea will talk about this during Fungifest Rotterdam. In highlight of her most recent design-science study: HOW (household organic waste), a participatory material, Tilea will discuss possible relations between circularity, social participation and bio-patents.
Fungifest is hosted by BlueCity Lab, Rotterdam. Due to measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, this event will take place online. Subscribe online via BlueCity Lab
26 March 2020 || 16:00 – 19:00
NB: HOW (household organic waste), a participatory material is an open source study that you can read online for free.
15 . NOVEMBER . 2019
Bioneers during Design Chewing, Friday afternoon
Multi-disciplinary designer Catinca Tilea will join the bio-design talk during the Design Chewing festival. Together with bio-designer Emma van der Leest, and circular solutions specialist Nienke Binnendijk (BlueCity Lab) they will share their work and discuss the importance and implications of bio-tech production in the creative sector and beyond. Hope you can join!
Design Chewing festival @Tent Rotterdam || 15 November 2019 || 14:00 – 16:00 || Witte de Withstraat 50, Rotterdam, map
5 . OCTOBER . 2019
Fungi as the factory of the future - Science Weekend Rotterdam
For the last 5 months I've been busy with the research in practice “HOW (household organic waste): a participatory material”. I used this time to investigate together with micro-biologist Emmy Jaarsma the possibility of obtaining a HOW material through controlled bio-processes that involve organic waste and fungi.
During the Science Weekend Rotterdam I'll be very happy to present the evolution of this study for the first time in front of an audience, in BlueCity Lab. BlueCity Lab is also home to my HOW experiments and I hope to see as many of you on Saturday 5th October as possible. I've been given 1 hour of the program (14:00 – 15:00) for my project, but attending the whole event is definitely a plus.
Science Weekend @BlueCity Lab || 5 October 2019 || 10:00 – 16:00
Maasboulevard 100, Rotterdam, map
12 . APRIL . 2019
Announcing The Future of Craft exhibition, 9 - 12 May, London
The studio and its interactive installation #1minuteLamp are going to London!!! Curated by Oxo Tower Wharf, 'The Future of Craft' will present a carefully selected line up of innovative and forward-thinking craft organisations, practitioners and collectives in the industrial settings of Bargehouse, London, and I'm thrilled to announce I'll be part of this show.
The event is part of the London Craft Week, and will feature a thought-provoking talks programme, group discussions and presentations, workshops, creative learning experiences and many more other things. Join us if you'll be around!
The Future of Craft // 9 – 12 May 2019
Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House St, South Bank, London SE1 9PH, map
5 . MARCH . 2019
Mecanique Magique at Collectibles, 14 - 17 March, Brussels
Mecanique Magique is a very soon to be launched project that Studio Catinca Tilea developed in collaboration with 100 Ideas, for the Horta Museum in Brussels. I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise, but the project is freshly out of production and it will see the public next week in a double opening, first during this year's Collectibles design fair in Brussels, and very soon after with the exhibition 'Collector Collection' hosted by the Horta museum. Curious to find out more? Join us in Brussels or keep tuned online.
Collectibles design fair // 14 – 17 March 2019
Vanderborght building, Rue de l’ Ecuyer 50 Schildknaapstraat, 1000 Brussels, map
Horta Museum // Rue Américaine 25, 1060 Brussels (Saint-Gilles), map
19. fEB . 2019
TIME + DESTRUCTION evening on the 26th February @WORM
After launching the installation 'Time said: Can you see me?' in one of the windows of WORM #Wunderbar on 20th January, the artwork has undergone a major change. This process has been documented as a film performance and we have the pleasure to present it to you on the 26th February in collaboration with Worm Pirate Bay.
Multidisciplinary artist Catinca Tilea and artist Philip Vermeulen will both present their video work, showing two artistic perspectives on destruction, time, and preservation. The evening will continue with an open discussion between the two artists, so join us for a cosy talk:
26th February 2019, 20:00 (doors open at 19:00)
WORM Rotterdam, map
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This project is supported by CBK (Centre of Visual Arts Rotterdam), and Chaos Films
20. JAN. 2019
Opening WORM Mezzanine Windows exhibition, 24th January 2019
In the windows of the WORM #Wunderbar, 5 time-based installations will be seen for exactly one year. In this time frame the individual works will undergo an alteration, a change that is triggered by light, time, degradation and/or movement. The installations are an initiative of the Worm Pirate Bay in collaboration with concept designer Catinca Tilea and members of WORM Filmwerkplaats.
Catinca's work, entitled “Time Said: Can You See Me?” is one of the artworks displayed. It is a reflective piece on destruction and preservation, and about time as an violent agent that inflicts degradation on the physical world.
The kick-off and opening of the show will take place during the Sound Vision program, IFFR 2019.
Join us for the opening!
opening on 24th of January 2019, 21:30
WORM Rotterdam, map
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Catinca’s project is supported by CBK (Centre of Visual Arts Rotterdam), and Chaos Films
25. JUNE. 2018
Upcoming exhibition during London Design Fair, 20 – 23 September 2018
It's time for new adventures right after the summer holidays, and this time the studio is travelling to London. #1minuteLamp interactive installation will be presented in the Tent London section of the London Design Fair 2018 edition, all ready for new experiments. Hope to see you there, pay us a visit!
#1minuteLamp @London Design Fair
Location:
Tent London (Old Truman Brewery, 1st floor) Hanbury Street, London E1 6QR, UK, map
5. APRIL. 2018
IKEA HACKED. A new exhibition at IKEA Museum, opening on 28th April 2018, in Älmhult
Hacking today is almost a lifestyle; individuals create a specific emotional bond to something that they have built or re-built by themselves. The exhibition 'IKEA HACKED. OUR PRODUCTS, YOUR IDEAS' takes on this phenomenon, and what it means to alter and remake IKEA items, an otherwise already known practice. Hacking, altering, and remaking design items can be anything from people changing the legs of a sofa, to creating a detailed tailored dress from bags.
Opening its doors on the 28th of April 2018, the exhibition will transform the Ikea Museum in Älmhult into a forum for inspiration, imagination, creativity, and sharing ideas, for all ages. A wide range of art and design pieces will be displayed, ranging from a “pencil chair” made out of 6971 short pens from the IKEA store, to an interactive light table on which visitors can create a lamp in a very short time. Guessed it yet? The #1minuteLamp interactive installation is back, this time providing the instrumentals for playing and building with Ikea materials and products.
The studio is happy to announce its participation in this IKEA Museum exhibition in Älmhult, along with more than 30 other international artists and designers.
'IKEA HACKED. OUR PRODUCTS, YOUR IDEAS'
28 April 2018 – 1 February 2019
IKEAgatan 5, Älmhult, Sweden, map