panatom gallery with aart van bezooyen: materials utopia

‘marterials utopia’ panatom gallery, berlin 10th june – 1st july 2010 image © designboom

‘utopia’ refers to a place which is not there yet, a good place. panatom gallery with dutch born, hamburg based materials expert aart van bezooyen invited visitors to join efforts in envisioning a better tomorrow during this year’s DMY international design festival berlin 2010.

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using natural chewing gum sourced from the rainforests of mexico, an interactive installation was powered by the participating visitors – making them an essential part of the show. individuals were asked to make little sculptures of their own liking using the ‘working materials’ of gum made from an ancient process known in mexico long before the aztec empire.

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the sculptures were then put on display and assigned a number, as each piece will become a part of an online gallery. 
in doing this exhibition, the show hopes to make people think about the future of materials.

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in designboom’s visit of the exhibition, we also participated and created this little piece of sculpture.

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a collaborative effort by a visiting french group, who each spelt out a letter of the word ‘utopia’ image © designboom

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‘chicza’ gum in mint, lime and peppermint flavours image © designboom

food coloring in powder and liquid form image © designboom

paula raché and aart van bezooyen portrait © designboom