Welcome Desk of the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
Designer Martino Gamper, 2011

© Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève
Photos: David Gagnebin-de Bons
www.centre.ch

Le Sentiment des Choses/ The Feeling of Things
Le Plateau
Place Hannah Arendt
75019, Paris
15 Dec 2011 - 26 Feb 2012
www.fracidf-leplateau.com

Lenka Clayton and Michael Crowe, Isabelle Cornaro, Julien Crépieux,
Robert Filliou, Martino Gamper, Ryan Gander, Mark Geffriaud, Ray Johnson,
Chitti Kasemkitvatana, Bruno Munari, The Play, Bruno Persat,
Pratchaya Phinthong, Chloé Quenum, Clément Rodzielski, Fred Sandback,
Mieko Shiomi.
Curated by Elodie Royer and Yoann Gourmel

As the first part of a series of exhibitions devised by Elodie Royer and Yoann Gourmel,
guest curators for the 2011-2012 season, the group show The Feeling of Things takes
as its point of departure the work and spirit of the inventor, artist, designer, writer,
illustrator, graphic designer and teacher, Bruno Munari, “a Peter Pan with the calibre of
a Leonardo”, to borrow Pierre Restany’s words.

By shifting and developing, in everyday life, his continuous research into the circulation
and instability of forms, signs, colors, light, words, and images, he was never ceased to
imagination and method, and logical and intuitive inventiveness, within an approach that
focused on the essentialness of things. From the early Futurist paintings of the 1930s to
his unreadable books, from his useless machines to his talking forks, from his original
xerographies to the high-tension structures of the 1990s, Munari played all his life with
categories and disciplines – using conspicuously limited means – in an attempt to blend them
into a single radical and generous art praxis, urging everyone to develop their own curiosity
and creativity.
taken from the press release

Photo: Martin Argyroglo

Martino & Friends Christmas Totem
With works by Dent-De-Leone, Jochem Faudet, Martino Gamper, Gemma Holt,
Will Shannon, Harry Thaler, Francis Upritchard, Rob Upritchard

Phillips de Pury & Company London Pop-Up Shop
45–47 Brook Street at Claridge’s
London W1 4HR
Open 2 Dec 2011 - 31 Jan 2012*

www.phillipsdepury.com

Bespoke street furniture designed by Martino Gamper is the latest
public art offering in the Olympic fringe area, it was revealed today.

The art works commissioned by the London Thames Gateway Development
Corporation (LTGDC) to deal with poor connections and access to Hackney Wick
- an area which sits next to the Olympic Stadium - provide local community
benefits but have stimulated a lively debate over the role that public art should
play in delivering a legacy for east London.

Called ‘Bench to Bench’, Martino Gamper has created bespoke pieces of street
furniture constructed from recycled materials. The scattering of benches and
stools form a trail from Victoria Park to the Olympic Park leading people along
a route which is currently difficult to navigate.

London Thames Gateway Development Corporation is the key government agency
responsible for delivering social and economic growth to transform east London.

It has significant powers to effect change, by helping to improve the prospects for
new homes, jobs, services and environmental improvements for local people.

For further information please go to http://www.ltgdc.org.uk/
see more here

Bench to Bench
2011
Hackney Wick, London
Concrete, laser cut and rolled steel - galvanised and powder coated, wood composite (made from a composite of recycled hardwood fibre and high density polythene), reclaimed tatajuba (wood) from the Chelsea College of Art, London.

Bespoke street furniture designed by Martino Gamper is the latest public art offering in the Olympic fringe area.

The art works commissioned by the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (LTGDC) to deal with poor connections and access to Hackney Wick - an area which sits next to the Olympic Stadium - provide local community benefits but have stimulated a lively debate over the role that public art should play in delivering a legacy for east London.

Called ‘Bench to Bench’, Martino Gamper has created bespoke pieces of street furniture constructed from recycled materials. The scattering of benches and stools form a trail from Victoria Park to the Olympic Park leading people along a route which is currently difficult to navigate.

London Thames Gateway Development Corporation is the key government agency responsible for delivering social and economic growth to transform east London.

It has significant powers to effect change, by helping to improve the prospects for new homes, jobs, services and environmental improvements for local people.

Bench to Bench was shortlisted in the London Planning Awards 2011/ 2012 for the Best New Public Space.Taken from the press release.

www.ltgdc.org.uk

In collaboration with Adam Kershaw & Laddingford Engineering Ltd
Photography ©Angus Mill

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Vigna Chair
2011
Frame in steel rod, cataphoretically-treated and painted in polyester powder.
Seat made of polypropylene.
Bi-injection moulded.
Suitable for outdoor use.

Vigna Chair with frame in steel rod and seat in bi-injection moulded
polypropylene, a technology allowing to obtain a seat in two colours
(four colour couplings are available). The first project by Martino Gamper
for Magis

Condominium
Martino Gamper
Sep 20 – Oct 24, 2011
Galleria Franco NoeroVia Giulia di Barolo 9, Torino Italy
visits by appointment only
www.franconoero.com

Galleria Franco Noero is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of the designer Martino Gamper in Torino. Condominium is a unique project expressly conceived for the galleryʼs peculiar spaces and underlines its commitment towards contemporary creative research, overcoming the boundaries between different artistic disciplines.

One of the most unusual constructions in Turin, the “slice of polenta” is the result of a series of coincidences. A 37m space occupied by a wedge shaped three storey building, bought in 1859 by Francesca Scaccabarozzi, wife of the architect Alessandro Antonelli (1798-18888). In 1881, the architect added two floors and an attic, raising the total height to 27m, identical to the length. The façade of the building is only 5m wide, while the thin end of the wedge is a mere 70cm. It now houses the Franco Noero Gallery

Gamper tackles the unusual building approaching it in a unique and personal way, conceiving the rooms at the various levels as individual homes owned by as many occupants, a real ‘condominium’, in which the objects are displayed in the spaces as they were portions of houses, in order to create a total living space. The designer moved to Torino for a month to work on found pieces of furniture (cupboards, tables, nightables, chairs, lamps) which make reference to the middle class style interiors from the Fifties to the Seventies. Gamper builds unique pieces by hybridating the found pieces of furniture, cutting and assembling their parts in new forms, repositioning part of their creative and material history in a project fully orchestrated by him.
taken from the press release
see more here

Vigna Chair with frame in steel rod and seat in bi-injection moulded
polypropylene, a technology allowing to obtain a seat in two colours
(four colour couplings are available). The first project by Martino Gamper
for Magis
see more here

Condominium
Martino Gamper
Sep 20 – Oct 24, 2011
Galleria Franco NoeroVia Giulia di Barolo 9, Torino Italy
visits by appointment only
www.franconoero.com

Galleria Franco Noero is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of the designer Martino Gamper in Torino. Condominium is a unique project expressly conceived for the galleryʼs peculiar spaces and underlines its commitment towards contemporary creative research, overcoming the boundaries between different artistic disciplines.

One of the most unusual constructions in Turin, the “slice of polenta” is the result of a series of coincidences. A 37m space occupied by a wedge shaped three storey building, bought in 1859 by Francesca Scaccabarozzi, wife of the architect Alessandro Antonelli (1798-18888). In 1881, the architect added two floors and an attic, raising the total height to 27m, identical to the length. The façade of the building is only 5m wide, while the thin end of the wedge is a mere 70cm. It now houses the Franco Noero Gallery

Gamper tackles the unusual building approaching it in a unique and personal way, conceiving the rooms at the various levels as individual homes owned by as many occupants, a real ‘condominium’, in which the objects are displayed in the spaces as they were portions of houses, in order to create a total living space. The designer moved to Torino for a month to work on found pieces of furniture (cupboards, tables, nightables, chairs, lamps) which make reference to the middle class style interiors from the Fifties to the Seventies. Gamper builds unique pieces by hybridating the found pieces of furniture, cutting and assembling their parts in new forms, repositioning part of their creative and material history in a project fully orchestrated by him.
taken from the press release

Bring down your old furniture and Martino Gamper and the team will help you repair and improve your things.
We have materials, tools , advise and skills to help you.
Open to anyone (under 16’s bring a guardian)

62 - 64 Wallis Road
London E9 5LH
next to Hackney Wick Overground Station