Handle with Air
MAIA BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART ‘19 IMPORT/EXPORT 11.05 – 27.07.2019
a project by Popticum
CURATORS
Andreia Garcia
Diogo Aguiar
Javier Peña Ibáñez
Dimension: 6m/3m/3m
Media: Shipping container, SD Foil, Dunnagebags, Ropes, LED lights, Air
While humans ship an increasing amount of goods around the planet, the most transported good in terms of volume isn’t coal or car parts or even bananas, but air.
Air is transported in our goods, everpresent in the voids and in-betweens and increasingly used for wrapping products and protective packaging.
For our contribution to the MAIA BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART ‘19 we explore the world of transported air. The territory of inflatable packaging, of bubble wrap, air bags, tubes and dunnage bags. Speculating the consequences of modern consumerism, where every imaginable commodity is shipped and delivered straight to your doorstep, often in half empty boxes.
Air is transported in our goods, everpresent in the voids and in-betweens and increasingly used for wrapping products and protective packaging.
For our contribution to the MAIA BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART ‘19 we explore the world of transported air. The territory of inflatable packaging, of bubble wrap, air bags, tubes and dunnage bags. Speculating the consequences of modern consumerism, where every imaginable commodity is shipped and delivered straight to your doorstep, often in half empty boxes.
