PRADA FRAMES HONG KONG

Materials in Flux

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M+, Hong Kong - March 21- 22, 2023
Prada presented Prada Frames - a symposium exploring the complex interaction between design, art and the environment - on March 21 and 22, 2023 at M+ in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, Asia's first global museum of contemporary visual culture, dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design, and architecture, moving image and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
The two-day program, curated by M+, presented an opening lecture by architect Jacques Herzog about the M+ building on March 21, followed by two sessions on March 22 that responded to ‘Materials in Flux’, bringing together local and international speakers, including Ute Meta Bauer, LAAB Architects, Lisa Reihana, Charles Lim and Formafantasma.

Lecture by Jacques Herzog, Herzog & de Meuron (March 21, 5pm-6:30pm)
In his lecture Jacques Herzog told how museums act as containers and circuits for the flow of ideas from the past and look to the future, activated by people.
In addition, the architect explained how the architecture of a museum plays a significant role in shaping and cultivating fundamental and imaginative ideas for a sustainable society.

Introduction: Keri Ryan
Speaker: Jacques Herzog
Interlocutors: Suhanya Raffel and Ikko Yokoyama

Panel 1: Sea States (March 22, 11am-2.30pm)
The panel brought together cross-disciplinary perspectives on the role of oceans and seas across the globe through the lenses of artists, designers, and scientists.

Introduction: Simone Farresin and Keri Ryan
Speakers: Christian J. Lange, Charles Lim Yi Yong, CT Low and Lisa Reihana
Moderator: Ute Meta Bauer

Panel 2: Reconceiving Material Circulation (March 22, 5pm-6.30pm)
The panel explored the theme of the potential of waste and its circulation. This topic was approached from the vantage point of Hong Kong as a hub of circulation.

Introduction: Simone Farresin and Ikko Yokoyama
Speakers: Edward Burtynsky, Yung Ho Chang, Formafantasma (Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin), LAAB Architects (Otto Ng and Yip Chun Hang) and Marisa Yiu
Interlocutors: Charmaine Chan, Ikko Yokoyama and Shirley Surya