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The UNIVERSUM ZANKA is based on my workprocess, which starts with an observation [EXPEDITION] followed by curiosity [EXPERIMENT] and transformed into [MATERIA].
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TÂRGU-MUREȘ [ˈtɨrɡu ˈmureʃ] Romanian name, TRANSYLVANIA, ROMANIA MAROSVÁSÁRHELY [ˈmɒroʃvaːʃaːrhɛj] Hungarian name Primary school ‘DACIA’ in TÂRGU-MUREȘ
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Secondary school in SIEGHARTSKIRCHEN, AUSTRIA
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Higher Technical School for Art and Design ‘SPENGERGASSE’ in Vienna, Diploma in TEXTILEDESIGN
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DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN, [MAN AND WELL BEING DEPARTMENT] THE NETHERLANDS
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INTERNSHIPS + WORK 2008
ADVANCED MINORITY [TEXTILE DESIGN] in Vienna, AUSTRIA
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VALENCE STUDIO [ GRAPHIC DESIGN ] in Vienna, AUSTRIA
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SOUND:FRAME [ FESTIVAL FOR AUDIOVISUAL EXPRESSIONS ] in Vienna, AUT
www.facebook.com/advancedminority
www.valencestudio.com
www.soundframe.at
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TALIAYSTUDIO [ SOCIAL DESIGN STUDIO ] in Vienna, AUSTRIA
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TAC [ TEMPORARY ART CENTRE ] in Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS
www.taliaystudio.com
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TALIA RADFORD FOUNDER OF THE TALIAYSTUDIO DESIGNSTUDIO PRODUCTDESIGNER +43 (0) 699 10565641 talia@taliaYstudio.com www.taliaystudio.com MAG. BARRY JOHN HEWSON SENIOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, EDUCATION RESEARCHER, GRAPHICDESIGNER b.hewson@gmx.at
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EXPEDITION GARTNER NOSTALGIA
A LITTLE GIFT OF TIME FOR JOACHIM LOTHAR GARTNER
MULTIMEDIAL INSTALLATION 2012
A multimedial installation was designed for the Austrian artist and curator Joachim Lothar Gartner. His main problem was that he had not enough time for his activities as an artist. With help of 5 senses (vision, audition, gustation, olfaction and tactition) I took him through a time journey of the 60´s. This period was really important in Gartner´s life, because he achieved his breakthrough in theart world. A Little Gift of Time for Joachim Lothar Gartner gave him energy and creative output from the past to have creative success in his future as well.
www.szakacsuniverse.com/a-little-gift-of-time.html SZAKACS UNIVERSE WEBSITE https://vimeo.com/63390146 A LITTLE GIFT OF TIME MAKING - OF VIMEO https://vimeo.com/63390148 A LITTLE GIFT OF TIME THE MOVIE VIMEO
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Collection M V EL IN IEN AN TH NE GE E SE CO SA G F N RA FE AT N E O IE W R IU S ITH M
A love story
HUMAN IMMOBILITY
HUMAN IMMOBILITY FOR TALIAYSTUDIO
This book is a collection of anecdotes that came from informal conversations, observations and conclusions with people mostly in and around Vienna who deal on a daily basis with varying degrees of this issue – either they are mobility-impaired through their age, illness or accidents, or they work with and support people of this disposition.
As summer intern at the Viennese social design studio TALIAYSTUDIO I worked on this research project, which gave for me the first experience from the field research.
www.taliaystudio.com TALIAYSTUDIO WEBSITE http://issuu.com/taliaysebastian/docs/human_immobility_finalendversion HUMAN IMMOBILITY THE BOOK ISSUU
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FIELD RESEARCH 2013
EXPEDITION STIMULUS
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FIELD RESEARCH 2014
I took on the role of a social anthropologist in my exploration of club ambiance and in doing so, collected visual and physical data from observing and recording the scene. I observed from two different perspectives, as a voyeur, monitoring the activity from above and as a groundsman, experiencing the club dynamics from within the street. From my data, I decided to focus on three elements, all of which do not speak of the obvious or literal, but rather exist on the periphery—light, sound and touch, phenomenologies that reference the unconscious, subtle and invisible.
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PIG BLADDER AND PIG INTESTINE 2013
As Transsylvanian born person I took part of lot of pig slaughteries in my childhood during the wintertimes. Since then I became conciouse about this unique tradition. From this personal interest I started my bioplastics experiments to find, combine and create similar materials from pig origin. During the experimental process I found out my own way of working with this materials, always starting with a question. Afterwards sketching the possible solutions, but sometimes those ended up with completely new and different interesting results, which i never thought before My curiosity drove me into challenging situations...
https://www.behance.net/gallery/12037771/Bioplastic-experiments SZAKACS UNIVERSE BEHANCE http://issuu.com/szakacsuniverse/docs/bioplastic BIOPLASTIC EXPERIMENTS THE BOOK ISSUU
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MATERIA DISCOVERY
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The metal precious shell is made for the book ‘Anatomy for the artist’ published by the famous Hungarian drawer Jenõ Barcsay. My aim by the wrapping object was to evoke curiosity on drawing content and important details. The precious shell works as a microscope as well as a translator, which helps the user to discover and understand the essence of this unique edition. If the user looks through the five cylinders, he will immerse in the world of the atlas and in the back site he has to possibility to take the book out.
www.behance.net/gallery/10349133/Precious-Shell SZAKACS UNIVERSE BEHANCE
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PIG BLADDER, PINE WOOD, COPPER METAL 2014
The animal bladder possesses a unique relationship with air humidity, manifesting in a visible change of the material surface. An organic hydrometer was created to connect animal bladder material phenomenology and natural weather phenomena. By forcing air through a bladder hand pump onto the stretched membrane surface, the instrument transforms the air humidity into sound, which varies in moisture sensitivity (high tones for low humidity and deep tones for high humidity).
This rudimentary tool translates an invisible reality (air humidity) into a visible and audible one. It generates an awareness and better understanding of material and nature; a new way of interpreting and perceiving weather phenomena.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/15381947/Natural-hygroscope SZAKACS UNIVERSE BEHANCE https://vimeo.com/88382372 NATURAL HYGROSCOPE ON VIMEO http://issuu.com/szakacsuniverse/docs/natural_hygroscope_final NATURAL HYGROSCOPE RESEARCH BOOK ON ISSUU
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BOROSILICATE GLASS, ARAGONITE, BRASS 2014
The pálinka can be imagined just like the honest, true man: it does not lie, it always tells the truth. It speaks of when it was made, the fruit from which it came, the trees from which the fruit blossomed, the volcanic mountains from which they grew. The pálinka is much more than a liquor, it is cultural artefact, connecting the drinker to the mountainous landscape from whence it came. I wish to reinterpret and redefine the ritual of drinking pálinka and to emphasis it’s cultural role while preparing it in a manner that brings it it’s fullest potential.
http://issuu.com/szakacsuniverse/docs/hargita_final HARGITA RESEARCH BOOK ON ISSUU
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FIG.3. SOCRATEA EXORRHIZA THE WALKING PALM
FIG.4. THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
FIG.5. THE ARAGONITE MINE KOROND TRANSYLVANIA
CREDITS
Tamara Pichler Anna Kacsó Allison Crank Michiel van Gageldonk
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