UPCYCLED! UPGRADED!
Bulky trash, waste, cheap materials: pure gold! At least in the eyes of many active designers.
In cooperation with IfA (the German Institute for International & Cultural Relations) and TCDC (Thailand Creative & Design Centre), the Goethe-Institut Thailand presents
Pure Gold – Upcycled! Upgraded! This exhibition explores the subject of rubbish and presents approaches to using trash to create useful, valuable products. The exhibits can be seen in the Gallery Room of the TCDC Bangkok from May 18th to July 22nd 2018. Admission is free.
Global industrialization and ever greater levels of consumption make upcycling an urgent matter. IfA has chosen to address this issue with a design exhibition and the creation of a platform via a series of workshops and conferences. The cornerstones of this project are ethics, responsibility, internationalization and co-creation. The Pure Gold exhibition consists of two complementary parts: the physical and material exhibition and the virtual platform, which offers a space for dialogue, discussion and the storage of knowledge.
Working with seven curators from Europe, Latin America, North Africa and the Near East, East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, IfA has brought together 76 exhibits and a total of 53 designers (including Thai designers), thus offering a diversity that adds extra value and appreciation to the exhibition within its many diverse contexts.
The workshops take place at the exhibition venues together with local design students and in cooperation with FabCafé Bangkok. Results are presented in the shape of instructables , providing a further platform for discussion and exchange of knowledge.
At every venue of the Pure Gold tour, IfA invites local designers to exhibit their work. In Bangkok, three Thai designers will be presenting their creations related to upcycling and using trash to create useful products.
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