Please do not sit! - Exhibition catalog
Please do not sit! - Exhibition catalog
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Exhibition catalogue in collaboration with herbts.freitag for our joint exhibition: "Please do not sit down!"
“Please do not sit!” is a temporary space for new perspectives, unusual, accessible, humorous, provocative and contradictory.
Sitting is more than a physical gesture; it signifies dwelling, coming together, negotiating. It is communication between body, object, and space.
The exhibition at the Japanese Palace in Dresden explores sitting as a formal, social, and political posture. Where does sitting begin? What do we sit on, and when? What do our seats tell us?
Approximately 30 selected seating objects, ranging from functional designs to sculptural gestures, are arranged in a floor grid to form a walk-in archive of sitting.
The aim is a contemporary topography of sitting: a collective reflection on posture, design and deviation, created by artists, designers and craftspeople.
A group exhibition curated by yardshedoffice & herbst.freitag
An exhibition at the Japanese Palace Dresden from August 13th to September 7th, 2025
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