Imago: The World We See
July 7–September 7, 2024
Domaine de Boisbuchet—an international research centre for design and architecture—announces the Summer Workshop Programme 2024, inviting professionals and students, from all areas of applied arts to join.
“Imago: The World We See” is this year’s motto to fuel experimentation, discussion and celebration with forward-thinking creatives joining us from all over the world.
Our view of the world and of what is presented to us as official or even scientific is being called into question every day, not least by digital media. To what extent can we still trust our own eyes, let alone those of others? Searching for a common reality of the shared environment seems necessary for all social aspects and is by no means egalitarian – on the contrary. It is therefore the postulate and motto for Boisbuchet’s workshops this year. Our programme is focused on design as a discipline that needs to observe, investigate attentively, and consolidate all relevant perspectives or requirements in order to imagine and develop prospects that enable a better future. Let’s get together to build such viable visions!
Founded in 1986, Boisbuchet has a unique campus with an architectural park of historic and contemporary buildings on a 150 hectares property of protected nature in southwest France. Our workshops, exhibitions, and events as well as a design collection and library serve professional guests and visitors from the neighbouring and global community alike.
Be part of our community this summer! The workshops’ calendar listing all topics and tutors appears here below. Please visit our website for detailed information and the registration form, or email us at workshops@boisbuchet.org. Places are limited. Early bird registration deadline: April 30.
July 7–July 13
Alice Moireau + Caroline Perdrix (France): Sunday Lunch—Food, Rituals, Setting
Izaskun Chinchilla (Spain): Pic Nic The Earth—Architecture, Outdoors, Textile
Nicole McLaughlin (US): Resources and Forces of Clothing—Clothing, Fashion, Upcycling
July 14–July 20
Lex Pott (Netherlands): Paper Play—Experimentation, Materials, Paper
Space Caviar (Italy): Camera Obscura—Curating, Publication, Representation
July 14–July 24
Maxine Alvarez (Mexico): Ashes in a Living Earth—Ceramics, Craft, Vernacular
July 21–July 27
Alexandre Farto aka Vhils (Portugal): Destroy to Create—Installation, Land Art
Uchronia (France): Spacious Colour — Colour, Interior
Miriam Josi and Stella Lee Prowse (Aléa) (France) + Park Associati (Italy): Myco-fabrication—Biodesign, Mycelium
July 28–August 3
Fango (Colombia): Nature Back to Nature—Experimentation, Materials, Nature
dach&zephir (France): Remnants Become Flowers—Landscape, Re-use, Storytelling
BLESS (Germany): Designing Disappearance—Contextual, Situated-learning
August 4–August 10
The Gramounce (Spain): Landscape Cooking—Experience, Food, Research
Ben Reason (UK): Re-designing Prosperity—Futures, Service, Strategy
Jorge Penadés (Spain): My Rural Office Landscape — Casting, Metalwork, Products
August 11–August 17
Wagner Kreusch (Brazil): Flower Rituals—Flowers, Installation, Landscape
Studio Inma Bermúdez (Spain) + Notpla (UK): A Radical Perspective for Living—Bio-materials, Storytelling, Sustainability
Tsuyoshi Tane (Japan): Archaelogy of the Future—Architecture, Memories, Time
August 18–August 24
James Shaw (UK): The Sum of its Parts—Beauty, Objects, Waste
Marlène Huissoud (France): The World of Bees—Bees, Bio-materials, Insects
Philip Beesley (Canada) + Rob Gorbet (Canada) + Matt Gorbet (Canada) + LASG (Canada): Shadows and Whispers 2024—Installation, Interaction, Sound
August 25–August 31
Gabriel Santos (Australia) + Shawana Grosvenor (UK) + Aesop (Australia): The Seeing Skin—Experience, Senses, Well-being
Studio Ossidiana (Italy): Drawing Ground—Geography, Outdoors, Tools
Audrey Bigouin (France) + Cité internationale de la tapisserie (France) + Lainamac (France): Felt Playground — Craft, Textile, Wool
Septembre 1–September 7
Ahmed and Rashid bin Shabib (United Arab Emirates): Building an Arab Pigeon Tower II—Architecture, Earth, Vernacular
Nathanaël Abeille (France): We’ll Bask in the Sun—Installation, Lighting, Solar
Satoshi Yoshiizumi (Japan): Craft as Dialogue—Craft, Materials, Nature
Ongoing projects
Residency Programme 2024: Boisbuchet welcomes artists, writers, architects, designers, filmmakers, musicians, and researchers, among many other disciplines, to develop, alone or with collaborators, their own projects (ten places available). Residencies will start from May 13 onwards.
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