MOVEMENT ANALYSIS TABLE
Analyzing the interactions and movements of everything put on the table gives an insight into a diagram which looks almost like its own infrastructure.
During the one hour documentation the video was ana-lyzed with each time a focus on each single pieces move-ment. Th e movements were connected to the participants interactions, media device usage, as well as hight-move-ment, interest and positioning of each piece.
Plates create a blank neutral space in between the location of making a meal and the food in consideration. Growing up I learned to see them as an object of practicality, cancelling out coherance of art, design and opinion. The object plate is unique considering its quotidian interwovenness with our lifes. Its circumstances shape a perfect platform of conversation. In a culture of overstimulation and untangled relationship to objects and material satisfaction, we are also confronted with creating strong opinions -towards values and reflection of systems and culture.
How do we position ourselfes towards objects and and space of neutrality? Where is the line between the value of neutral
space and missed opportunity to express statement -such as the manifesto embodies itself?
Plates make me stand up, leave the table and experiencie inside and outside surroundings within their context and situatedness.
Carrying within me what has shaped me, I aim to reflect this through the exploration of action and reaction
within the typological objecT.How do/can plates guide our approach of eating?
It is a personal conversation in which the plate becomes the stylistic device: Which topics do I want to put on the table?
The warmth symolically standing for com-fort allows to take time and eat slowly, hence the slowed down cooling time. Meanwhile, the simple act of filling the bottom piece with hot water creates an easy but impactful act of ceremonial preparation. The components can also be used seperately and adapt to multiple needs: Big bowl, bulky plate, and little plate
PLATE NOSTALGIA
The plate symbolizes safe space and comfort through the resemblance of a home entrance door.
Is a home tangled to space? How do we create a feeling of home at a space where we do not have a sense of belonging?
The unique metal molds act as a personal trigger, resonating only with those for whom it holds meaning. The feeling of home is turned into a tangible object of interaction, carrying an emotional value no matter the where abouts.
It is compelling to imagine that someone, somewhere, might encounter it and be reminded of home and of memories tied to it.
OMA’S SHELF OF SPECIAL MOMENTS
A SHORT MEMOIR
I remember flowerprints and the colours yellow, cream, pink, and a bright but soft green. Eventually,
there was also blue at the rims.
On vacations, I came to visit my Oma. Starting off our time together, we had a cup of tea and something sweet from the bakery, all served
on her special-moment set of tableware. She never called it that, but I figured, it only sometimes made its way onto the table. I seemed to be a special moment, and it made me proud to use the set.
It is difficult to tell if their beauty comes from how they look, or from the fact that when I think of them, they give me the same warmth of her. The one I felt when we were together.