KNOW HOW
KNOW HOW, the theme of the fifth Tallinn applied art triennial, will challenge participants to cast aside artist-, designer- and producer-centred approaches, to share their professional know-how, and to offer exhibition visitors an opportunity to (re-)create the items themselves.
The exhibition welcomes high-quality designs where the artist is behind the concept and form—but the actual production of the items makes a transition to the users.
Artists will be requested to submit to the exhibition a (sample) work as well as instructions on how to make it. Both will be put on display. The instructions should not merely be a description of how the work was created, but rather a manual for the exhibition visitor explaining how to re-create the object. Text and photographs can be used, as well as freehand and computer graphics, stencilling, and many other techniques. The exhibition will also have a website where virtual visitors will be able to download manuals. The exhibition catalogue will feature the sample works as well as instructions on how to make them.
KNOW HOW is statement: good design rests on a good idea. As such, the quality of work must be preserved even if concept and execution are separated from each other. KNOW HOW will allow ordinarily passive exhibition-goers to become participants in the design process.
KNOW HOW
Tallinn Applied Art Triennial Society
Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
Lai 17
10133 Tallinnn
Estonia
www.trtr.ee