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Socio explores craft as a social and material process. The project begins with wood as a living material and the workshop as a space for exploration, dialogue, and transformation.

In my practice, objects emerge through a continuous dialogue between idea, material, and use. Drawing, models, craft techniques, and experimentation form an open process in which form develops gradually. This process remains visible in the work through joints, construction, and traces of making—elements often hidden in finished objects.

The work consists of two handcrafted wooden benches developed for sociocratic meetings. They function as a simple spatial structure supporting collective decision-making based on listening, equal participation, and consent. At the same time, the benches hold a sculptural presence, balancing between furniture and sculpture while emphasizing the rhythm, volume, and structural logic of the material.

The benches are constructed using traditional craft techniques, including wood bending through moisture and heat and demountable joinery. These methods allow the structure to remain flexible and reversible while making the process of making legible within the object.

In Socio, the process continues when the benches are used—where the slow processes of material meet human processes of dialogue, reflection, and collective decision-making.

background: Artistic Research project at the Institute for Design - Univeristy of Bergen

series: two of its kind

foto: Andreas Dyrdal

price: not for sale

year: 2025