Studio Wieki Somers - « mitate » at Galerie kreo
7 June - 21 September '13
The Galerie kreo is happy to present its forthcoming exhibition "mitate" from Studio Wieki Somers, from the 7th June to the 21st September.
The new lighting collection of Studio Wieki Somers (Rotterdam) brings the pleasure of its evidence and oddity. As we move closer to the collection, the glowing figures become familiar—a familiarity in which we recognize the other. This sensation is not conjured by our everyday lives or background, but by our imagination and fascination for the otherness of a foreign culture, which seduces us as well as subdues our judgment. It is not the easiest form of seduction.
Larger than us, the seven floor lamps united under the name “mitate” fill and protect the gallery space, acting as flamboyant samurais. In Japanese, “mitate” signifies the perception of an object in a non-habitual way, to contemplate an object as if it were something else in order to renew its meaning and experience.
Studio Wieki Somers - « mitate » at Galerie kreo
Studio Wieki Somers - « mitate » at Galerie kreo
Studio Wieki Somers - « mitate » at Galerie kreo
Studio Wieki Somers - « mitate » at Galerie kreo
Studio Wieki Somers - « mitate » at Galerie kreo
Studio Wieki Somers - « mitate » at Galerie kreo
Studio Wieki Somers - « mitate » at Galerie kreo
Studio Wieki Somers - « mitate » at Galerie kreo
Studio Wieki Somers - « mitate » at Galerie kreo
Studio Wieki Somers - « mitate » at Galerie kreo
