Tuesday 8 February 2011

Inga Sempe

Awful lot of stuff by Inga Sempe, (most of which is by no means bad), but the reason for post is the lighting section, which in my mind is where the real interest lies. I challenge anyone who says they do not like seeing a hot air balloon floating in the sky, and Vapeur captures this escapism and serenity by using that form. The way it's slightly wrinkled (deflated) makes me think its nearing the end of a journey; where has it been? what has it seen? Beautiful, evocative stuff.
And it does not stop there, Grande Plissee is firmly rooted to terra firma, with its mushroom like form.
But Sempe can reference the industrial world too, with Plissee being a extending rectangular form whose workings remind me of a old lift (elevator) door or rivet gun mechanisms.

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