MATERIALITY Side Table/Stool

FROM THE OLDEST OF TIMES, OUR SPECIES HAS EXPERIENCED A STRONG SYMBIOSIS WITH MATTER. HUMANS HAVE LEARNED TO MODEL MATTER, TURNED IT INTO TOOLS, AND THEN USED IT TO CREATE OBJECTS. THE MAN OF THE 21ST CENTURY HAS SHAPED THE ANTHROPOCENE ERA TO HIS LIKING AND PLASTICIZED IT TO HIS MIRROR.

THE PROJECT, CALLED MATERIALITY, IS CENTERED AROUND THE LAST GEOLOGICAL ERA, POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE PLASTIC AGE. AN ERA IN WHICH HUMAN IMPACT IS THE DOMINANT FORCE ON THE EARTH’S NATURAL MATERIALS.