Artjects

Martin Azúa

08/07/14. (Sala 310)

A collection of special objects, which provide unconventional relationships with users, tell and generate stories. Objects have an influence on our behavior, they are active agents and not mere instruments. The rituals that govern these relationships can be as absurd as transcendent.

“The designer is the archer aiming at the target (problem) with the desire to hit bulls eye, a place of compromise and balance between the many factors of a project. The artist is another type of archer that shoots the arrow consciously outside of the range, with the will to go and look to what’s beyond the bounds of possibility. This outlook, which until now was considered art in itself, is shared by many disciplines including design. Let’s say that what counts is the degree of experimentation in which projects are addressed, the ability to ask questions that challenge reality. The objects observed in their multiple connections, can be very revealing of how we are and how we could be.”