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FAMILIARITIES
A new collection of colourful and shapeless puppets at Fabrica Features Lisboa
When: 26 April, 2006
Where: Fabrica Features Lisboa
What: Exhibition
Spring has arrived at Fabrica Features Lisboa, the Lisbon concept store of Fabrica: on April 26th at 5:00 p.m. the young Spanish designer Miren Marañon Tejedor will present “Familiarities”, a new collection of colorful and multiform puppets all made using recycled fabrics.
As Miren entered that huge textile storage space, she immediately felt she had to do something to rescue that big amount of fabrics from oblivion, allowing them to become new ideas, concepts and characters and to breathe a new life. Through a process of combination and experimentation, she created a family of different dolls, each of them with a special and unique personality and made of different kinds of fabrics: rugged, printed, colorful, bright, ugly, transparent, thick or delicate. Besides reminding us of our childhood, when our aesthetic sense and imagination were completely free of rules and preconceived notions, these little dolls also speak of affection and underline the importance and the value of artisanship. A new family of fancy creatures stimulating our imagination and making us appreciate the beauty and fascination of unusual things.
Fabrica Features is a network of cultural and commercial spaces open in Lisbon, Istanbul, Hong Kong, Bologna and Montecatini, where one-person shows, exhibits of local artists, concerts, video projections, live performances, workshops and lectures become key opportunities for gathering together.
Within Fabrica Features there is also room for different cultural “products” which define modern life: cds, books, videos, international art and design magazines and design objects created by Fabrica or selected across the world. These objects become a real gallery of modern art, which is no longer just an object to look at, but a concrete product that is both useful and accessible to visitors.
“Familiarities”
April 26th – June 1st, 2006
Opening: Tuesday, April 26th at 5:00 p.m.
FABRICA FEATURES LISBOA
Rua Garrett, 83
4°piso, 1200-203 Lisbon
Tel: +351 21 3256765
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