In addition to a stellar line up of speakers, SOFA New York has added four
more events of interest to SNAG members.
Thursday, April 14, 2:15 PM
Video Presentation & Show Tour
Keep Your Hands Up
David McFadden
Note this talk will begin at the MAD Video Lounge at SOFA, not in the
Tiffany Room
An overview of some of the most innovative new technologies that are being
seamlessly integrated into the story of art, craft, and design today. The
talk examines the work and processes of some of the leading practitioners who
are expanding the definition of "making" and transforming the visual
landscape.
David McFadden, Chief Curator and Vice President for Collections and
Exhibitions, Museum of Art & Design
Thursday, April 14, 3:00 PM
Booth Talk at the Ornamentum Gallery booth #108/110
Jiro Kamata: Arboresque
Munich-based Japanese jewelry artist Jiro Kamata talks about his latest
body of work.
Friday, April 15, 4:00
Booth Talk at Gallery S O, booth 306
Hans Stofer’s Design Wilderness – A Place Where Art Meets Design
Hans Stofer's work is witty and engaging, his jewelry brings a fresh air to
personal adornment with its openness to the gender of who might wear the
work. But, there is also a sting in the tail with most of his pieces as the
artist questions our traditional cultural values - thinking that is not
dissimilar to that of the DADA movement (interestingly, this irrational spirit in
arts was also born in Zurich).
Professor Hans Stofer teaches at the Royal College of Art, London.
Following the booth talk, Stofer will sign copies of Design Wilderness.
Saturday, April 16, 12:30
Booth Talk: Aaron Faber Gallery, booth 203
Michael Good: Non-Definitive Form in Sculpture
Michael Good shares his vision of sculpture in metal using a technique
called anticlastic raising. Good defines the process as putting non-definitive
curves directly into sheet metal, meaning the form can go from the center
out, like the big bang. At a certain level, the form buckles, goes into a state
of chaos, and then re-buckles into a more sophisticated state. That's what
happened to the universe, this same movement. It is the greatest innovation
in metalsmithing in 2000 years.