NEWS / JUDITH SENG

EDITION 21 / GALLERY HELMRINDERKNECHT

A former entrance hall of an office building in the heart of Zurich is transformed in our temporary exhibition space.
Our new group show features a variety of works from national and international designers alongside new objects exhibited for the first time - with focus on limited edition design at the interface of art and design.

opening reception: Tuesday, 10 January 2012, 6-9pm
temporary exhibition space
Bleicherweg 21
CH-8021 Zürich / Switzerland
11–28 January 2012, www.helmrinderknecht.com

AUCTION AT NEUMEISTER

The clothing frame Hide 2.0 and three Trifts will be presented at the auction "Moderne" at Neumeister Munich.

Preview: 4th - 8th of November, mo-fri 9 am - 5:30 pm,
sat - sun 11 am - 5 pm
Auction: 10th of November, 10 am

Neumeister Kunstauktionen , Barerstr. 37, 80799 Munich

MISFITS AT MUSEUMSQUARTIER IN VIENNA

The exhibition TOTEM AND TABOO examines the relationship between art and design. It features works by contemporary designers and artists who work on the frontiers and crossovers of their respective disciplines. TOTEM AND TABOO views art as a relative of design. The eponymous collection of essays by Sigmund Freud defines totem as an object representing an absent relative. Taboo stands for the fear of incest, or excessive closeness among family members. The Curators referred to Freud’s text as a model to
describe the relationship between design and art.

Together with Alex Valder Judith Seng explored the high number of factory seconds (70%) as taboos within productions in cooperation with the vienna based glas manufactory Lobmeyr. In order to reveal a different quality which demands an independent evaluation 12 objects were reassembled out of high quality waste glasses.

Opening: 30th of September, 7 pm
Press tour: 30th of September, 10 am
freiraum 21 INTERNATIONAL, quartier21/MQ
Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna

ACTING THINGS I AT HAU 3 IN BERLIN

Acting Things I is the opening event in a series of experiments into
the possibilities of production processes around objects. It rethinks
them by turning a theater stage into a temporary factory in which
guests produce tables themselves in order to dine on them together.
Entrance is free -the only payment is the physical labor the audience
contributes to the project.

The long-term research project Acting Things consists of a series of
experiments with integrating elements from the performative arts -
such as dance, music and theater - into the manufacture and use
of products. The aim is to challenge existing perspectives on
production processes, and to look at those methods holistically,
with all of their potential socio-political, physical, or aesthetic
dimensions unified into one larger system.
The project is funded by a research grant from the at
Graduate School for the Arts and Sciences the University of the Arts.

Reservations - T. +49 30 25900427 and www.hebbel-am-ufer.de
June 24, 2011 - 7 pm at HAU 3, Theater Hebbel am Ufer 3, Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 Berlin
Graduale 11. Showcase of the Graduate School UdK Berlin

Collaborators - Alex Valder, Anna Wolf (Kitchen), Frank Wiedemann (Sound), Maren Boensch, Patricia Mafra.

Video of the happening on vimeo.

GALLERY NEUMEISTER MUNICH

Following an exhibition presenting artists that questioned art towards
functionality this second exhibition "Design Halt Kunst" shows design
works that explore structures and processes beyond serial
production by Heiko Bartels, Andri Bischoff, Konstantin Grcic,
ULTIMO GRITO, Welf Oertel, Judith Seng, Axel Schmidt, Sebastian
Schönheit and others. Curated by Courtenay Smith and Cornelia Büschbell.

Opening June 23, 2011 - 6-8 pm
From June 24 - July 30, 2011 - Wed-Sat 2-7 pm
Galerie Neumeister - Gabelsbergerstr. 17, 80333 München

PHILLIPS DE PURY NEW YORK

The Trift objects are presented amongst an edited selection
of unique pieces, prototypes, limited-editions & printed matter
from established & emerging artists, designers & publishers.

From Mon to Sat 10am -7pm and Sun 12pm – 6pm
Phillips de Pury - 450 Park Avenue, New York

PORTRAIT NZZ ONLINE

Marie-Sophie Müller wrote this portrait for the Neue Züricher Zeitung NZZ.

OPEN STUDIO DURING DMY BERLIN

Lunchtime at Studio Alex Valder and Judith Seng

June 1 - 5 2011, Urbanstrasse 64 // 2nd Yard // 3rd floor left// Berlin
Open: daily noon till 2.30 pm, Lunch 5 Euro
Workshop: Sun, 05.06., 2.30 – 5 pm (please register till the 3rd June here)

We will serve home made Pasta with fresh sauces amid editions of both studios to see and order. Special guests are the new family of furniture Boekkle and the shelf Latte by Alex Valder. On Sunday there will be a workshop open for everybody to personally built a Latte-shelf and take it home.

HUMANITY IN FASHION FASHION AWARD BY HESS NATUR

Our Trift project was inspiration for the design of the launch of a new prize in sustainable fashion design.
We made a special Trift piece in copper to be awarded to the winner 2011. Here you can see it on the poster for the the 2012 award.
http://www.humanity-in-fashion-award.com/

TRIFTS IN NEW YORK AND TORONTO

I would be looking forward to meet you in New York, here are the dates:

New York: May 13 - June 3 2011, 2nd Bond Street,
Opening May 14 2011, 6-9 pm, RSVP

Toronto: June 13 - July 8 2011, 365 Dupont Street,
Opening June 17 2011, 7 - 10 pm, RSVP

A selection of Trifts in special formats will be on show at the exhibition «$h!t happens in Berlin» at Relative Space in New York and Toronto.The show is curated by Juergen Mayer H. and Tyler Greenberg and shows a deiverse selection of berlin based designers such as Bless, Mark Braun, Jerszy Seymour or Sarah Illenberger.

www.berlinhappens.com

FOND NATIONAL D´ART CONTEMPORAIN (FNAC)

Our glass bulbs Starlette being engraved with a design based on errors in glass production was acquisitioned by the Fond national d´art contemporaine.

TRIFTS NOW ON SALE AT

Antwerp: Renaissance
New York/Toronto: Relative Space
Paris: La Librairie chemin des Arts, 46 Rue Hermel, 75018 Paris
Lebanon: Zena Baroudi

THE GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES

Judith Seng is a newly assigend fellow at the The Graduate School for the Arts and Sciences at the Berlin University of the Arts. It is a postgradual, transdisciplinary and international program geared toward highly qualified artists from all artistic and academic disciplines to work on individual artistic research projects.

MUSEUM BELLERIVE

3rd of December 2010 - 27th of March 2011

Textile Chandelier is part of the exhibition „Kronleuchter - Juwelen des Lichts“ at Museum Bellerive in Zürich.

Opening: Thursday, 2 December, 7 p.m.

Greetings by Prof. Dr. Thomas D. Meier, Rektor, Züricher Hochschule der Künste, Dr. Käthe Klappenbach, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser Berlin-Brandenburg, Eva Afuhs, Leitende Kuratorin Museum Bellerive

Museum Bellerive, Ein Haus des Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Hörschgasse 3, 8008 Zürich

STAIRCASE GALLERY

Our glass work Starlettes will be available at Staircase Gallery

DMY DESIGN GALLERY

19th of November till End of December 2010 in Berlin

Starlettes and Colline will be available at the DMY Design Gallery at Stilwerk, Kantstr. 17, 10623 Berlin

Opening: November 18, 6-9 p.m.
Opening hours: Mo-Sat 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

WORKSHOP INTERVENTIONS

6th of November at Entrepreneurship Summit 2010 at the Freie Universität Berlin

Judith Seng and Viktor Bedö conducted two practical workshops amongst many of discussions about entrepreneurial spirit. The workshops aimed to not only talk but instantly create and experiment with new perspectives on the actual context of the summit by means of fast Interventions.

A short trailer composed by animoteure here

THE WORKSHOP AT STUDIO EGRET WEST

21st – 26th of September 2010 in London

Places and Spaces curates a show space within the workshop of the highly acclaimed architects Studio Egret West in the heart of Clerkenwell. Studio Judith Seng with Alex Valder will be showcased amongst international designers and brands such as Mater, Moustache, Merry and Droog.

Opening hours: 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Workshop at Studio Egret West, Compton Courtyard,
40 Compton Street, EC1 V 0AP
www.placesandspaces.com

GIVE AND TAKE

16th of September – 14th of November 2010 in Nürnberg

For the exhibition Mathilde ter Heijne, Any Day Now at Kunsthalle Nürnberg we designed the interior of a gift shop where products can be taken not for money but in exchange for a personally chosen value.

Opening on Wednesday, 15 September, 8:00 p.m.
Greeting: Ellen Seifermann, director of the Kunsthalle Nürnberg
Introduction: Dr. Harriet Zilch, curator of the Exhibition
Performance Double Action: from Mathilde ter Heijne and Jen Ray

Kunsthalle Nürnberg im KunstKulturQuartier,
Lorenzer Straße 32, 90402 Nürnberg
www.kunsthalle.nuernberg.de

NEW STUDIO ADDRESS

we moved our studio to Berlin Kreuzberg.

Urbanstrasse 64, 2. HH
10967 Berlin

T. +49-260 335 08

BOOK DESIGN REAKTOR BERLIN

was awarded the prize for the most beautiful German books of 2009.

The exhibition is on from 10.-30.5.2010 at the Kunstbibliothek der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Matthaeikirchplatz 6, Berlin

CHAMPAGNE & COLLINE

15th - 18th of May in New York

Colline & Champagne is a collaborative work in glass by Alex Valder & Judith Seng shown at Design Deutschland 2010, curated by German Design Council at ICFF International Contemporary Furniture Fair, hall 1, booth 1632 Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street New York, NY 10001

Opening hours: May 15 to 17, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
May 18, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Reception: May 16, 12 a.m. in hall 1, booth 1632

ECDYSIS

13th - 18th April 2010 in Milan

shown at Totem and Taboo – Complexity and relationships between art and design at Oratorio della Passione, Sant’Ambrogio, Piazza Sant’Ambrogio, Milano.

Works by Stephane Barbier Bouvet, Florian Borkenhagen, Martino Gamper, Jeppe Hein, Joerg Hundertpfund, Manfred Kuttner, Michaela Meise, Michael Sailstorfer, Judith Seng, Jerszy Seymour, Ettore Sottsass, Osko+Deichmann, Tatiana Trouv´e, Johannes Wohnseifer.

Curated by E. Agudio, B. El-Asmar, T. von Oppeln, S. Seidl, A. Waldburg in collaboration with Gallery Johann Koenig (Berlin) and Galeria Jean Blancheart (Milan).

Opening: 13.4.10, 18.30h
Press Preview: 13.4.10, 17.30h
Opening hours: 13.-17.4.10, 11-20h, 18.4.10, 11-17h

www.totemandtaboo.net

CHAMPAGNE & COLLINE

14th –19th of April in Milan

Colline & Champagne is a collaborative work in glass by Alex Valder & Judith Seng shown at Design Deutschland 2010, curated by German Design Council at Spazio Romeo Gigli via Angelo Fumagalli, Milano

Opening hours: 14.-19.4.10, 10-20h

TRIFT

from 12th of March till 8th of April 2010 at Staircase Projects, Rosenthaler Strasse 3, Berlin

DATA FLOW 2

The object Fingerbowl is presented in the Book "Dataflow 2 - Visualizing Information in Graphic Design" by Gestalten Publishers, edited by R. Klanten, N. Bourquin, S. Ehmann, T. Tissot.

DECOR.UM

Contemporary interpretations of traditional glass decoration – from 1st of October to 22nd of November at Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin

VORBOTEN

Judith Seng exhibiting at The Dock – curated by Tom Dixon – from 21st to 27th of September in London