Global Design Forum - Wolfgang Buttress
Global Design Forum - Wolfgang Buttress
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The Global Design Forum is the Festival’s annual programme of talks and discussions exploring the role of design in a sustainable and prosperous future.
Returning for a fourth year to the V&A with a series of Masterclasses, the 2015 Forum will focus on profiling the industry’s pivotal figures who will each discuss their work against the background of a particular topic.
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Thursday 24 September 4-5.30pm
Wolfgang Buttress in conversation with Christopher Turner
The Nottingham-based artist Wolfgang Buttress will talk about his innovative design for the UK Pavilion at this year’s Milan Expo, a golden orb made of fine aluminium lattice and LEDs that is based on the design of a beehive.
The 'Hive', which is reminiscent of one of Buckminster Fuller’s experimental domes, is approached through a wildflower meadow and is designed to pulsate and buzz with the energy and noise of a real bee colony to which it is synced. Buttress, known for his award-winning public sculptures of an architectural scale, and Dr. Martin Bencsik, a scientist at Nottingham Trent University who has developed an ingenious system to monitor the health of bee colonies, will discuss how the pavilion highlights the plight of the honeybee.
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About Wolfgang Buttress
Wolfgang Buttress creates simple, elegant sculptures which seek to define and celebrate a sense of place. Stepping out of the cacophony of the modern world, the artworks seek to establish a connection to something timeless and elemental. Through the integration of engineering, his works arrive at an almost essential form: light and delicate, yet strong and explore the inherent tensions between these qualities. Increasingly, he has drawn inspiration from nature, collaborating with experts to explore and interpret scientific discoveries. Over the last two years Wolfgang has won numerous national and international awards, including the 'Best of Best' Iconic Award for the UK Pavilion Milan Expo (2015), International Structural Steel Award for projects under £2million (2013) and the first Western artist to win the prestigious Kajima Gold Award in Japan for ‘Space’ (2014). He is the artist and creative lead behind the UK Pavilion Milan Expo 2015 working alongside architects BDP and structural engineer Tristan Simmonds.
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Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL London
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Global Design Forum - Wolfgang Buttress
From GBP 15.00