LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE: PAVILION OF CHILE
Reflecting on the extractivist processes of the logging industry in Chile, Materia Prestada is a sensory installation highlighting novel ways of working with wood cellulose as a bio medium. The installation features seven suspended bio-textile works made with natural fibres and cellulose sheets, the largest of which will gradually degrade during the exhibition to reveal hidden layers of information for visitors to discover.
Image: Pavilion of Chile at London Design Biennale 2023. Image courtesy of Taran Wilkhu
The economic development of Chile has been based on an extractivist model; the overexploitation of natural resources used mainly for export. In particular, the forest industry and its activity, which covers 4% of the national territory..................
Image: Pavilion of Chile at London Design Biennale 2023. Image courtesy of Taran Wilkhu
The economic development of Chile has been based on an extractivist model; the overexploitation of natural resources used mainly for export. In particular, the forest industry and its activity, which covers 4% of the national territory..................
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