Creative [SIN]ergy presents SWAP{box}, a cross-disciplinary design experiment aiming to showcase and explore creativity across cultures, design disciplines and individuals.
The format of the experiment is an online and real-life experience. The objects are exchanged through Creative SINergy between participants and they can track its evolution (images and descriptions) on its online blog.
Participants are given a portable cardboard box each to insert an object that is both related personally to their line of work and to the theme. The objects and subsequent resulting affectations are confined to the dimensions of each box. The sides of the box are available for participants to “verbalise” or explain (through diagrams) their design choices. These will then be transposed onto the blog.
Objects can be used either as “raw” material or as inspiration, so if the participant at the beginning of the thread puts in a book or a poster and says “Read it.” The resulting design object can be derived from a response to the previous material. The collection of objects in one box will then be showcased as a collective. Please note, participants are free to interpret this and need not follow instructions left by previous participants. Participants may use the box and affect itself but must provide another box to hold the objects.
Creative response can be interpreted into performance pieces that can be taped and added to the box. Creative [SIN]ergy will endeavour to showcase these if the situation arises.
Creative [SIN]ergy will be curating the experiment as it goes on so that we are creating and assimilating things, and do no end up with a bunch of meaningless objects.The boxes will have a rotation period of one week for the initial 2 rotations then 2 weeks for the final 2 rotations (4 rotations in total) before the final showcase after 6 weeks.
Out of the resulting boxes, Creative [SIN]ergy will hold a poll amongst its member community to choose the top 3 boxes which would then be showcased at our launch party. The other projects will be featured online and maybe in some form at the showcase.
Participants must agree that their objects may not (and hopefully will not) be returned to them in the same state in which it began the experiment.
The theme that binds the work together is a reflection of Creative [SIN]ergy’s concerns and cultural ties to Singapore, that may also be very relevant to any other country and culture especially in these similarly difficult times. The deliberate inclusion of non-Singaporean participants is to promote ideas of cooperation and multi-culturalism that is important to any society. We reiterate that the theme should not be seen as propaganda for the promotion of Singapore in a literal sense but through an insight into thought processes and issues that drive overseas Singaporean designers. The specific theme for this series will be provided in the boxes.
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Interested? Please contact:melisa.chan@creativesinergy.com
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Creative [SIN]ergy presents SWAP{box}, a cross-disciplinary design experiment aiming to showcase and explore creativity across cultures, design disciplines and individuals.The format of the experiment is an online and real-life experience. The objects are exchanged through Creative [SIN]ergy between participants and they can track its evolution on the online blog. Altogether, there will be 4 rotations before the final showcase after 6 weeks.Creative [SIN]ergy will be holding a poll amongst its member community to choose the top 3 threads which would then be showcased at our launch party. The other projects will be featured online and possibly in some form at the showcase.The theme that binds the work together is a commentary of Creative [SIN]ergy members’ response to current global events and explores the diversity in cultures amongst its participants. The specific theme will be announced to participants at the start of the series.
In simple terms, we send you a box with instructions as to what to put inside it. You send it back to us. After we receive your item, we will send you another box, which someone else has put their 1st item in already (and we send your item to someone else to manipulate). Think about their item and you have 1 week to give your CREATIVE RESPONSE to it in whatever form you think is appropriate – deconstruct it, use it in a surprising way, film it doing something, destroy it… stick it down, make a pretty picture, make a pretty dance… Send it back to us… we send you a third box that someone has done stage 1 and 2 for. The Third and Forth time round you will get 2 weeks to think of adding to the “Artwork”. After the 4th box, we will have an exhibition and a drink to mark the first series of SWAP{box}!
We will be holding a poll amongst our members and only the top 3 boxes get shown so make it a good one!
All the while, you can track each box (total of 10) as it makes its journey to each participant.
SWAP{box} : Format + Theme
Interested? Please contact:melisa.chan@creativesinergy.comwww.creativesinergy.com
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