size (cm):
Limited edition of 8ex. + 2 E.A + 2 prototypes
photo : Morgane Le Gall
Interview of Adrien Gardère about his work with SAAZS institute :
How important is light in your creations ?
Huge - essential even, whether in the field of light fixture design or of space and museology in particular.
What is the name of this lighpiece ?
Balafon.
What is your creative starting point for this piece, what is it all about ?
The starting point is the plate itself, its format and its serigraphed light patterns. They're what inspired ythe project - their 'calabash' format, their logic, their reason for existing. PErhaps this piece is about an encounter between a 2-dimensional drawing (the serigraphed plate), volume and functiunality - an encounter prompted by light.
As a creator, what does this material/light bring to you ?
A reflection on light as a material, with one precise drawing as a starting point. AN almost organic material, quite like nutrient broth, animated by a strange vibration.
What was your reaction when you first saw this light ? ANd now that you have worked with it ?
Same answer to both : a living organism, 'mounted' so to speak in a set volume of glass to play with.
How would you qualify this new light in a few words ?
A luminous, living organism.
What would you say is most characteristic of lightpieces published by SAAZS or SAAZS institute ?
Objects where light transcends its typical functionality to become a material in its own right - organic matter.
Why did you agree to work for SAAZS, a very young publishing house - how did that collaboration come to be ?
Quite simply, through my encounter with Tomas Erel.
Light prose exhibition / Milano, APril 2008
