'Moving Meshes' at Domaine de Boisbuchet
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The sunlit interiors of Domaine de Boisbuchet come to life with Dutch designer Maria Blaisse's bamboo structures in the Moving Meshes exhibition. Part organic sculpture, part costume design, these lattice-like forms suggest new possibilities for textile applications in architecture and design. -
An expanding and contracting bamboo mesh by Dutch designer Maria Blaisse tests the resiliency of woven materials and the art of gesture in defining space and volume. Moving Meshes includes five spherical forms like this one as well as accompanying video to demonstrate improvisational interactions in the gallery's exhibition setting. -
Diagrams along the gallery walls show the permutations that the user might explore when interacting with Blaisse's lattice frameworks. Materials are delicate to the touch but resilient in nature. -
Here's a detail of the diagram. -
The pieces illustrate both the delicate and robust qualities of bamboo, and the strength that comes from fluid design properties. Blaisse encourages her participants to be challenged by what "control" means in this new context. -
The exhibition is informed by the designer's extensive background in textiles and materials research. Her work with choreographers, fashion designers, and filmmakers explores interactions between environments, interior spaces, and people. -
The interiors of Domaine de Boisbuchet serve as a raw backdrop for Maria Blaisse's movement research investigation. -
Maria Blaisse has collaborated with designer Issey Miyake; dancers Kenzo Kusuda, Makiko Ito, Marcela Giesche, and Michael Schumacher; and select contemporary filmmakers. The span of these multi-disciplinary investigations have reached audiences in theaters, on the catwalks, and in major exhibitions internationally.
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