The Very Nature of Materiality is an Entanglement
THE VERY NATURE OF MATERIALITY IS AN ENTANGLEMENT
by Goldwin 0, Lila Matsumoto, OK-RM
âAs with all journeys, ours began with a yearning towards a new horizon of possibilities. We sought to test out new modes and practices of collaborative work, to create forms that would be enriching to us and our communities and participants, and which would set off a generative cycle of extended learning.â
From 2021 to 2024, OK-RM assembled a group of artists, designers, architects, researchers, musicians, and dancers to create new propositions for collective working and making. The very nature of materiality(âŠ), therefore, a report from an archive of research and process work, alongside outcomes in all forms of media that have been edited into this arrangement. The book also features an exploration of alternative forms of design writing which seek to investigate the inner realm of the pursuit of meaning through the project. There are five stages of exploratory researchâEnquiriesâ in which the collaborators pursued a dynamic synthesis of creativity, practice, and communication through the creation of films, performances, publications, poetry, images, sculptures, and musical compositions. Exploring alternative methods of publication and design, it is guided by the principle of âorchestrationâ: the act of creating a single project from the choreography of multiple parts.
The bookâs materiality embodies the Enquiriesâ working methods of transparency, hybrid combinations, lightness, curiosity, and participation. Printed in silver and constructed as a single, circular object, the reader is invited to engage with the book as an open-ended, non-linear experience, and to become a participant in its spirit of enquiry.
softcover
296 pages
175 x 110 mm
silver
limited edition of 1,000 copies
THE VERY NATURE OF MATERIALITY IS AN ENTANGLEMENT
by Goldwin 0, Lila Matsumoto, OK-RM
âAs with all journeys, ours began with a yearning towards a new horizon of possibilities. We sought to test out new modes and practices of collaborative work, to create forms that would be enriching to us and our communities and participants, and which would set off a generative cycle of extended learning.â
From 2021 to 2024, OK-RM assembled a group of artists, designers, architects, researchers, musicians, and dancers to create new propositions for collective working and making. The very nature of materiality(âŠ), therefore, a report from an archive of research and process work, alongside outcomes in all forms of media that have been edited into this arrangement. The book also features an exploration of alternative forms of design writing which seek to investigate the inner realm of the pursuit of meaning through the project. There are five stages of exploratory researchâEnquiriesâ in which the collaborators pursued a dynamic synthesis of creativity, practice, and communication through the creation of films, performances, publications, poetry, images, sculptures, and musical compositions. Exploring alternative methods of publication and design, it is guided by the principle of âorchestrationâ: the act of creating a single project from the choreography of multiple parts.
The bookâs materiality embodies the Enquiriesâ working methods of transparency, hybrid combinations, lightness, curiosity, and participation. Printed in silver and constructed as a single, circular object, the reader is invited to engage with the book as an open-ended, non-linear experience, and to become a participant in its spirit of enquiry.
softcover
296 pages
175 x 110 mm
silver
limited edition of 1,000 copies
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THE VERY NATURE OF MATERIALITY IS AN ENTANGLEMENT
by Goldwin 0, Lila Matsumoto, OK-RM
âAs with all journeys, ours began with a yearning towards a new horizon of possibilities. We sought to test out new modes and practices of collaborative work, to create forms that would be enriching to us and our communities and participants, and which would set off a generative cycle of extended learning.â
From 2021 to 2024, OK-RM assembled a group of artists, designers, architects, researchers, musicians, and dancers to create new propositions for collective working and making. The very nature of materiality(âŠ), therefore, a report from an archive of research and process work, alongside outcomes in all forms of media that have been edited into this arrangement. The book also features an exploration of alternative forms of design writing which seek to investigate the inner realm of the pursuit of meaning through the project. There are five stages of exploratory researchâEnquiriesâ in which the collaborators pursued a dynamic synthesis of creativity, practice, and communication through the creation of films, performances, publications, poetry, images, sculptures, and musical compositions. Exploring alternative methods of publication and design, it is guided by the principle of âorchestrationâ: the act of creating a single project from the choreography of multiple parts.
The bookâs materiality embodies the Enquiriesâ working methods of transparency, hybrid combinations, lightness, curiosity, and participation. Printed in silver and constructed as a single, circular object, the reader is invited to engage with the book as an open-ended, non-linear experience, and to become a participant in its spirit of enquiry.
softcover
296 pages
175 x 110 mm
silver
limited edition of 1,000 copies
