https://phedrebarbas.com Phedre Barbas Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:22:13 +0000 https://phedrebarbas.com en https://phedrebarbas.com/Works-2 Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:36:55 +0000 Phedre Barbas https://phedrebarbas.com/Works-2 <img width="1496" height="2048" width_o="1496" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e7c456e4c28a61e325290eddc0f679e302b3de771c6ed107ed18170e7b5fa54/53905792745_a99648c26f_k.jpg" data-mid="253377739" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e7c456e4c28a61e325290eddc0f679e302b3de771c6ed107ed18170e7b5fa54/53905792745_a99648c26f_k.jpg" /> <img width="2001" height="3000" width_o="2001" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff6cbca9b8b800153cdb26dc247c6779551ae97a9cbc56c8e36881f9ba76156d/design-academy-eindhoven_anwyn-howarth-4731.jpg" data-mid="253377751" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fafcbdeb2010491b1b971b05c6a9b96d93cc6929024fca0c456e4d994aa00d50/P1110035.jpg" data-mid="218881568" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fafcbdeb2010491b1b971b05c6a9b96d93cc6929024fca0c456e4d994aa00d50/P1110035.jpg" /> https://phedrebarbas.com/Much-about-nothing-detours Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:22:13 +0000 Phedre Barbas https://phedrebarbas.com/Much-about-nothing-detours What remains of a conversation when the treated subject is erased from it? Words are all of a sudden erased, leaving us contemplating the meaning of a sentence through its construction and the tone of the protagonists. The images are modified accordingly, cut, reverted, expended in time. You find yourself recreating meaning out of absurdity, taking your own path in a deprogrammed, destroyed, detour situation. [subtitles:] The situation has become too common to be noticed, And, the problem, in these kind of situations, When the problem has just become our normality, is that we don’t notice it anymore. How would you make it noticeable then? By transforming the images,&nbsp; so normality becomes a question,&nbsp; and alternatives become an option.&nbsp; Twicking normality is the best way to realize That we were expecting a norm, somewhere,and this norm should not be. &nbsp; Accepting the norm is accepting to be part of a system,&nbsp; without realizing the part of responsability we can take in it, without realizing, the amount of freedom&nbsp; this would grant us.By transforming the words, So the way we used to categories objects,&nbsp; becomes a question again. By regaining free will,&nbsp; through either plain disobedience or through a daily and thorough exercise of randomness. It is an exercise of the absurd,&nbsp; A way to eperiment normality, as simply one possibility among so many others, in order to open better possible scenarios. https://phedrebarbas.com/Mappa Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:37:03 +0000 Phedre Barbas https://phedrebarbas.com/Mappa Mappa Micro-Jacquard apron woven by EE Labels January 2024 Polyester micro-jacquard&nbsp; This project is a collaboration with Oscar Wentz and Ahmet Selçuk Dis, developed with the precious help of EE Labels. Mappa is an apron thought to facilitate the daily life of people working in the hospitality and restaurant industry. This zero-waste pattern design can be folded in multiple different ways, allowing its wearer to better adapt do different situations, and the tasks related to them, and the different types of bindings produced on the machine follow the direction of the folds, allowing easier scenarios of use. The single piece of garment becomes a modular piece with an infinity of functions and aesthetics, showcasing the versatility of an ever adapting job. <img width="2558" height="4546" width_o="2558" height_o="4546" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3456ab3a2d761765d0506d3d8049cfabe4b33f85307afcf2cebd61a09c37e2d/P1110759.jpg" data-mid="218881629" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3456ab3a2d761765d0506d3d8049cfabe4b33f85307afcf2cebd61a09c37e2d/P1110759.jpg" /> <img width="2584" height="4592" width_o="2584" height_o="4592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d11d9ff7cf9a485d5d252ff662078eef349727cfe1c7026bf2a7605b7f5cc4f1/P1110550.jpg" data-mid="218881628" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d11d9ff7cf9a485d5d252ff662078eef349727cfe1c7026bf2a7605b7f5cc4f1/P1110550.jpg" /> <img width="2444" height="4343" width_o="2444" height_o="4343" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/197c78014231729bd90730bc6ab0ac6ffdd114b8d323d41adea73873da919f87/P1110468.jpg" data-mid="218881626" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/197c78014231729bd90730bc6ab0ac6ffdd114b8d323d41adea73873da919f87/P1110468.jpg" /> <img width="2505" height="4451" width_o="2505" height_o="4451" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/affd0cf3886a221e3c965e8ac3eb5c443b63824cbf8288904f21be6c5c6403af/P1110511.jpg" data-mid="218881627" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/affd0cf3886a221e3c965e8ac3eb5c443b63824cbf8288904f21be6c5c6403af/P1110511.jpg" /> https://phedrebarbas.com/Pavillon-Laprade Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:37:04 +0000 Phedre Barbas https://phedrebarbas.com/Pavillon-Laprade Pavillon Laprade Creating a space from debate, from curated to spontaneous interculturality November 2021Project made under the supervision of AMO The Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris is a private park situated in the South of Paris hosting over 6 000 people from all around the world every year. These people are students, researchers, artists.It was created in 1919 as a tool to avoid a Second World War, by making the young intellectual elites from different countries come to one&nbsp; international place to study together, exchange about their cultures and grow&nbsp; together during their studies. &nbsp;It is now composed of around 40 houses, most of them representing a different country.Throughout the years, the CIUP became a shelter to people running away from the difficult political shifts of their own countries, but also the starting point of important student activism movements.&nbsp;These last few years, the duration of the stay of the inhabitants of the campus has shortened, and their conversation space became virtual, limiting the community aspect of the life there. This project aims to recreate a physical space for this conversation, were conversation can occur freely, out of the frame of curated political events. The location chosen for that purpose is the Pavillion Laprade, built in the CIUP in the 1950s as a student restaurant. It slowly decayed, until it became completely obsolete in the early 1970s and was abandoned.I imagined the pavillon Laprade as a place enriching the student life by the spontaneous exchanges it could produce, considering students as the leaders of today’s and tomorrows main political events. I focused on the two dynamics of group debates: separating and gathering around ideas, to imagine a method of organization of space in which people could improvise around their own ideas . <img width="329" height="130" width_o="329" height_o="130" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/364f50e6d59290fb00d06e5ef2f53f5abfd84ec2c303f21ebb58a27a966fdd68/images.jpg" data-mid="218881634" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/329/i/364f50e6d59290fb00d06e5ef2f53f5abfd84ec2c303f21ebb58a27a966fdd68/images.jpg" /> The Pavillon Laprade, probably in the 1950s&nbsp; <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f77b7d245b4e1805d8c888aad4eb3c8ef40cd80fee5a593377442818299cc557/laprade-interieur-ancien28.jpg" data-mid="218881636" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f77b7d245b4e1805d8c888aad4eb3c8ef40cd80fee5a593377442818299cc557/laprade-interieur-ancien28.jpg" /> Inside the Pavillon Laprade, when it was still in use. <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6bcfffc4cdb626a7998f38d8670cacad2cc4035c67a3963b1242d0a25f105569/IMG_0460.JPG" data-mid="218881643" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6bcfffc4cdb626a7998f38d8670cacad2cc4035c67a3963b1242d0a25f105569/IMG_0460.JPG" /> The Pavillon Laprade in 2021 <img width="4961" height="2215" width_o="4961" height_o="2215" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/285d24ef0cf6916caa1b97480df96b23c260446d65d3f21a94d05b2e8ece48d3/laprade-interieur-ancien7.jpg" data-mid="218881635" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Countries and the houses representing them in the CIUP" data-caption="Countries and the houses representing them in the CIUP" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/285d24ef0cf6916caa1b97480df96b23c260446d65d3f21a94d05b2e8ece48d3/laprade-interieur-ancien7.jpg" /> Countries and the houses representing them in the CIUP. <img width="3508" height="1380" width_o="3508" height_o="1380" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27806b73833439d08894a31d735682112714ca80d5f4dc8473d80a336450fbcd/Untitled-12.jpg" data-mid="218881637" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27806b73833439d08894a31d735682112714ca80d5f4dc8473d80a336450fbcd/Untitled-12.jpg" />Two main circulations are thought in the top floor : the black arrow is the circulation of the person going to a conference, an organized conversation or a projection at the back of the main room. On their way, they will go though the debate space. The second one is the circulation of the person going to see an exhibition. The way is forced through the same space. <img width="1286" height="1713" width_o="1286" height_o="1713" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b6455b8848c4fd25e07a4ee8412fe3667db8ad1e14b5358dc1ee7d77d3b27cb/Untitled-14.jpg" data-mid="218881639" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b6455b8848c4fd25e07a4ee8412fe3667db8ad1e14b5358dc1ee7d77d3b27cb/Untitled-14.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="2480" width_o="3508" height_o="2480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25ab07554620905a07293eba90ee0d37e1e64e68b4d894a5195755ec3550f1c1/Untitled-15.jpg" data-mid="218881640" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25ab07554620905a07293eba90ee0d37e1e64e68b4d894a5195755ec3550f1c1/Untitled-15.jpg" /> In the debate space, the seats are thought to create a conversation, to extend to differents hights and uses, to create an intimate circle or gather bigger audiences. <img width="1289" height="1719" width_o="1289" height_o="1719" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b7c935442d2a3451ac501f60e9c16d3910aeee2c0ae92a285c465c50bbc97ae/Untitled-16.jpg" data-mid="218881641" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b7c935442d2a3451ac501f60e9c16d3910aeee2c0ae92a285c465c50bbc97ae/Untitled-16.jpg" /> <img width="3508" height="2480" width_o="3508" height_o="2480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20e4ec27dffc3bf4d9e210e1a9be35de55b7cadeb96ee0bf7c9d2229e1d66c1d/Untitled-17.jpg" data-mid="218881642" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20e4ec27dffc3bf4d9e210e1a9be35de55b7cadeb96ee0bf7c9d2229e1d66c1d/Untitled-17.jpg" /> This room is split by curtains of different length, all transparent, delimiting space without cutting the hearring and the sight of a curious passerby. https://phedrebarbas.com/Oops-a-vamp-ate-my-tuxedo-for-breakfast Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:37:06 +0000 Phedre Barbas https://phedrebarbas.com/Oops-a-vamp-ate-my-tuxedo-for-breakfast Oops, a vamp ate my tuxedo for breakfast Visual exploration book, material samples, patterns, shape exploration&nbsp; April 2022Printed book: 18.5 x 26.2 cm, 44 pages Samples: red cow leather, satin, steel, aluminim, polyester tulle, hot glue Corset: polyester How much do garments say about the society we live in, the social, economic and political background we belong to, our behaviours and what we aspire to? How much does the representation of a certain social cliché say on this same society? What can we take out of the confrontation on the same plan of two very different social clichés? What would come out of the confontation of the imagery building the stereotypical figure of a 16th century British king and of a 20th century femme fatale?&nbsp;Through the making of moodboards, image associations, sketches, material samples, patterns, and shapes, this project explores the notions of sexuality, power, and clothing, as a way to question gender-based power dynamics in society and open new possible narratives for the future.You can find the full book here. <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9265d00972c26e8dea46d3229446f6b7a572324b032b37955086ea621be9e7b2/selected-pages5.jpg" data-mid="218881648" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9265d00972c26e8dea46d3229446f6b7a572324b032b37955086ea621be9e7b2/selected-pages5.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2745bf1c2adbd8ee2593894e058193c475e4fc1dfb99e786e737ca79e4bbe2cc/selected-pages3.jpg" data-mid="218881646" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2745bf1c2adbd8ee2593894e058193c475e4fc1dfb99e786e737ca79e4bbe2cc/selected-pages3.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/351dea030ea29dd0acfb013c3a0d634bb24e5564ccfd4d0b63a67262be0f0106/selected-pages.jpg" data-mid="218881644" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/351dea030ea29dd0acfb013c3a0d634bb24e5564ccfd4d0b63a67262be0f0106/selected-pages.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcdea7a47482a8e772a3a2e34efdc4bcf41a085a154d68f127eb2239082e32de/selected-pages2.jpg" data-mid="218881645" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bcdea7a47482a8e772a3a2e34efdc4bcf41a085a154d68f127eb2239082e32de/selected-pages2.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a62f0cc059fbab98197c25232b5509e2c74597075460b094ec44d8f6c5605b6/selected-pages6.jpg" data-mid="218881649" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a62f0cc059fbab98197c25232b5509e2c74597075460b094ec44d8f6c5605b6/selected-pages6.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4dee5c3e27def236771bf05cab14e5b943018ed641f84955bc389508c1c2690b/selected-pages7.jpg" data-mid="218881650" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4dee5c3e27def236771bf05cab14e5b943018ed641f84955bc389508c1c2690b/selected-pages7.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/602b638c1121b31c7751e11ea2bf0a80d10842d629d77db14b0fdc180c66e4f5/selected-pages10.jpg" data-mid="218881653" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/602b638c1121b31c7751e11ea2bf0a80d10842d629d77db14b0fdc180c66e4f5/selected-pages10.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e17a12a43f4c8e746338333e5871fe8d81560ba5cd13ba9c08a0d059522f45e/selected-pages8.jpg" data-mid="218881651" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e17a12a43f4c8e746338333e5871fe8d81560ba5cd13ba9c08a0d059522f45e/selected-pages8.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0acb6ece3c917f619b33bce0311a5e71b95f2b2154a1f995027b7c3f2a97ced/selected-pages9.jpg" data-mid="218881652" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0acb6ece3c917f619b33bce0311a5e71b95f2b2154a1f995027b7c3f2a97ced/selected-pages9.jpg" /> https://phedrebarbas.com/Gleaning-the-city-1 Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:37:10 +0000 Phedre Barbas https://phedrebarbas.com/Gleaning-the-city-1 Gleaning the city Installation&nbsp; July 2024 Machine and hand knitted enameled copper electric wire, copper pipes, oxydized copper plates, stainless steel, anodized aluminium, led tubes, chains, electric components Photos by the brilliant&nbsp; Anwyn Howarth As a continuation of the project “Unravelling the city”, developped within the frame of the collaboration between the Textiel museum and Design Academy Eindhoven, the project “Gleaning the city” explores, both through theorical and embodied research, the potentialities of the transformation of a trivial material through craft. Through that process, the practice of collecting objects and materials in the city becomes a new form of gleaning&nbsp; and appropriating this city, exploring, ultimately, the tension between the functional aspect of copper and its preciosity when used for aesthetic reasons, focusing on its ubiquity in urban environments. To see copper as the precious veins of the city also implies engaging with the different social narratives around it, from precarious sections of the population who survive by harvesting it in an urban environment, to its historical use in precious and tedious copper works that blur the line between common objects and artefacts. Eventually,&nbsp; it questions our right to the city, what makes the city possible; who modifies it and how to modify it; how do we evolve in it and make it evolve in both a symbolic and material way. You can find the full essay on this page. <img width="3688" height="5532" width_o="3688" height_o="5532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d4b63ef0b75de6287fc9e0b1d3c657e67242d6398bcc93013c1aef5a9087e56/design-academy-eindhoven_anwyn-howarth-4742.jpg" data-mid="218881673" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d4b63ef0b75de6287fc9e0b1d3c657e67242d6398bcc93013c1aef5a9087e56/design-academy-eindhoven_anwyn-howarth-4742.jpg" /> <img width="3065" height="4598" width_o="3065" height_o="4598" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/410929f4f880bce7b3a3cabcb82506288e0835c2ff5d79b14ef5fbcfdef3fab5/design-academy-eindhoven_anwyn-howarth-4741.jpg" data-mid="218881672" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/410929f4f880bce7b3a3cabcb82506288e0835c2ff5d79b14ef5fbcfdef3fab5/design-academy-eindhoven_anwyn-howarth-4741.jpg" /> <img width="1208" height="1812" width_o="1208" height_o="1812" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdc6d166d88c92f94d38665cbce7be75ff5748500fabad408cdad9ec3d9e6466/design-academy-eindhoven_anwyn-howarth-4747.jpg" data-mid="218881674" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fdc6d166d88c92f94d38665cbce7be75ff5748500fabad408cdad9ec3d9e6466/design-academy-eindhoven_anwyn-howarth-4747.jpg" /> “To go on construction sites, in abandoned buildings, around abandoned buildings, destroyed buildings, was something I was quite well used to, usually to collect images, to film, to document what was about to not be there anymore. I realized we could integrate this daily exercise into a wider practice. When looking at it, there was not much difference between us, living in the city, collecting what, around us, had been abandoned, in order to find a new use for it, and what, in another timeframe, in another context, was called gleaning. “ <img width="1000" height="627" width_o="1000" height_o="627" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f58a56e85b3abde672fcdfa6bed7f7693b0d64230dd1efd812c5b1eaa2edba47/Schermafbeelding-2024-04-29-211106.png" data-mid="218881677" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f58a56e85b3abde672fcdfa6bed7f7693b0d64230dd1efd812c5b1eaa2edba47/Schermafbeelding-2024-04-29-211106.png" /> <img width="1000" height="627" width_o="1000" height_o="627" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12f9360204d96d02bb90973125e95f11ef9e907c4e2f3fd71728613510997bf4/Schermafbeelding-2024-04-29-211742.png" data-mid="218881678" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12f9360204d96d02bb90973125e95f11ef9e907c4e2f3fd71728613510997bf4/Schermafbeelding-2024-04-29-211742.png" /> <img width="2951" height="4426" width_o="2951" height_o="4426" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15959837be8d6e7319f474397046b9ad606134f8f6a0ca717fb51aa32409d677/design-academy-eindhoven_anwyn-howarth-4731.jpg" data-mid="218881671" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15959837be8d6e7319f474397046b9ad606134f8f6a0ca717fb51aa32409d677/design-academy-eindhoven_anwyn-howarth-4731.jpg" /> <img width="3688" height="5532" width_o="3688" height_o="5532" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15c920a167643265d296d91ec5abda6cf31cff1ca66d64921e23664e30b0678e/design-academy-eindhoven_anwyn-howarth-4757.jpg" data-mid="218881676" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15c920a167643265d296d91ec5abda6cf31cff1ca66d64921e23664e30b0678e/design-academy-eindhoven_anwyn-howarth-4757.jpg" /> <img width="2341" height="3511" width_o="2341" height_o="3511" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5779fef0b24e90881886177858362aaec371aac1eced089b6830d53fbf2316c/design-academy-eindhoven_anwyn-howarth-4755.jpg" data-mid="218881675" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5779fef0b24e90881886177858362aaec371aac1eced089b6830d53fbf2316c/design-academy-eindhoven_anwyn-howarth-4755.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Phedre Barbas https://phedrebarbas.com/Hecatoncheires-chair Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:37:11 +0000 Phedre Barbas https://phedrebarbas.com/Hecatoncheires-chair Hecathoncheires chair Steel, copper January 2023 In Greek mythology, the Hecatoncheires are the sons of Uranus and Gaia. These extremely strong giants, bearers of fifty heads and a hundred arms, are commonly known as the builders of the palace of Zeus, and the keepers of a prison of hell.They could be seen as the caretakers of the warmest and the coldest architectures one could be responsible for. This chair combines scrap steel pieces with copper pipes. The organic shape of the first material contrasts with the industrial rigidity of the latter, the cold and stable color shades of the steel balance the wide range of warm copper colors. The industrial becomes warm, the organic becomes cold. A multitude of legs answer the multitude of small scrap pieces, giving its name to the chair, the Hecatoncheires chair. <img width="4592" height="2584" width_o="4592" height_o="2584" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3257f9f24e30f5747fc32bcb43361ddc3d2f175e071eb4afa0e4da0dbc3cd04a/retouches_268_06.08.23.jpg" data-mid="218881680" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3257f9f24e30f5747fc32bcb43361ddc3d2f175e071eb4afa0e4da0dbc3cd04a/retouches_268_06.08.23.jpg" /> <img width="2584" height="4592" width_o="2584" height_o="4592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/099c8365992f746f517e8dc4f86b80d05fc7fa0f0424585275dea7de1de9f8fc/retouches_279_05.06.2023.jpg" data-mid="218881682" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/099c8365992f746f517e8dc4f86b80d05fc7fa0f0424585275dea7de1de9f8fc/retouches_279_05.06.2023.jpg" /> <img width="2584" height="4592" width_o="2584" height_o="4592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0954c005bec51720530df14553876a6be7ba8f0d90ea9bb40d73a7c65ebba64/P1110308.1.jpg" data-mid="218881679" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0954c005bec51720530df14553876a6be7ba8f0d90ea9bb40d73a7c65ebba64/P1110308.1.jpg" /> https://phedrebarbas.com/Moving-icons Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:37:12 +0000 Phedre Barbas https://phedrebarbas.com/Moving-icons Moving Icons Multimedia installation &nbsp; September 2025 Steel, PLA, car polyester resin, video <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a9fe4bab397701d17e72a6af28d4ede718871a038d739843c23481a53443d1e/DSC05950-copy.jpg" data-mid="240759015" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a9fe4bab397701d17e72a6af28d4ede718871a038d739843c23481a53443d1e/DSC05950-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3074b64f15748e4e4a69401e5d167f466ac2bbd274536490655864e6c0cd2ae/DSC05963-copy.jpg" data-mid="240759017" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3074b64f15748e4e4a69401e5d167f466ac2bbd274536490655864e6c0cd2ae/DSC05963-copy.jpg" /> https://phedrebarbas.com/My-Big-Fat-Greek-kitsch-fantasy Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:37:13 +0000 Phedre Barbas https://phedrebarbas.com/My-Big-Fat-Greek-kitsch-fantasy My Big, Fat, Greek Kitsch Fantasy Publication and series of furniture pieces, Installation July 2024 Graduation project exhibited at the Graduation show,&nbsp; Dutch Design Week 2024 “Greek cultural heritage is complex, often shaped by fantasised representations of classical antiquity and other signifiers associated with the country’s history and geography. Whether these are accurate depictions of Greek culture or not, such clichés have been adopted by the diaspora in many parts of the world in order to recreate a sense of identity when settling abroad. In a dialogue between visual research and production, Phèdre Barbas translated many of these symbols – from classical architecture to the fake stucco walls that might be found inside a Greek restaurant – into a series of furniture pieces that act as a pastiche of different archetypes, each questioning the semiotic language used in the construction of a national identity.”&nbsp; Colin Keyes.&nbsp; The publication is structured around five intertwined axes differentiated by their format and type of paper, following a non-linear narration. «The Greek Kitsch Essay, the creation of a myth» retranscribes the way the national narrative of the newborn Greek state of the 19th century is following a continuity with the Classical Greek civilization, under the impulsion of the Greek diaspora and of an&nbsp; European cultural elite wishing to break centuries of Byzantine and Ottoman tradition. In the very same perspective, some elements of the Antique Greek culture, once extracted and re-contextualized, integrate contemporary culture, creating a phenomenon of commodification of Greek culture. «The boat» traces, through photography, my itineraries in Greece, during my research. They are representative of my relationship to Greece, and, at the end, of the relationship one coming from a diasporic community has. It is a relationship of movement, a relationship of in-between. «A world tour in fantasized Greece, the architecture of restaurants as non Greek-Greek stereotypical architecture» presents a collection of images of restaurants in Greece around the world, showing the homogenization of a Greek identity that has its main relevance outside of Greece, where it becomes necessary to signify that something is Greek ; therefore, the paradox of authenticity. The Big Atlas of Kitsch is a collection of kitsch images following the theme of Greece, collected on internet or by my own means. «The process» retranscribes the way I translated and materialized this research, in order to create my very own, physical fantasy of Greece. You can find the chapters « The Greek Kitsch Essay, the creation of a myth » and “The Big Atlas of Kitsch” here. <img width="3142" height="4713" width_o="3142" height_o="4713" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49706d8e1e91288226b0214aa69db9dc4ec67b611296b1ac2666710af389473a/ddw24_anwyn-howarth-ddw24-9146.jpg" data-mid="220478570" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49706d8e1e91288226b0214aa69db9dc4ec67b611296b1ac2666710af389473a/ddw24_anwyn-howarth-ddw24-9146.jpg" /> <img width="2973" height="4459" width_o="2973" height_o="4459" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5fd671567ac76dc3510737c4be545f50432f45fb5451d3f382ee041bc43f1c73/ddw24_anwyn-howarth-ddw24-9150.jpg" data-mid="220478571" border="0" alt="Photos by Anwyn Howarth" data-caption="Photos by Anwyn Howarth" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5fd671567ac76dc3510737c4be545f50432f45fb5451d3f382ee041bc43f1c73/ddw24_anwyn-howarth-ddw24-9150.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="5760" width_o="3840" height_o="5760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/203183873c6362a06d93cc76d84c0f0ae0ce77b4e1628fb135a209b1af6d881f/ddw24_anwyn-howarth-ddw24-9152.jpg" data-mid="220478568" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/203183873c6362a06d93cc76d84c0f0ae0ce77b4e1628fb135a209b1af6d881f/ddw24_anwyn-howarth-ddw24-9152.jpg" /> &nbsp; <img width="1496" height="2048" width_o="1496" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32f347017ae6de0b475345f43a6a1e57401c7d625c813436b0163a0198bac07b/53905792745_a99648c26f_k.jpg" data-mid="218881696" border="0" alt="Photo by Femke Reijerman" data-caption="Photo by Femke Reijerman" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32f347017ae6de0b475345f43a6a1e57401c7d625c813436b0163a0198bac07b/53905792745_a99648c26f_k.jpg" /> https://phedrebarbas.com/Chrysalis Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:37:15 +0000 Phedre Barbas https://phedrebarbas.com/Chrysalis Chrysalis Poster Visual research bookAnimation June 2022Poster : 85 x 70.5 cm Printed booklet: 20.5 x 28.7 cm, 46 pages Animation: ︎ 7 seconds Unravelling tuxedo pants, both figuratively and litteraly,&nbsp; comes to questioning, ultimately, their social status, in relation to the way they are produced, the materials composing them and the way they are produced.&nbsp; The contrast between the different narratives possible around this (not so) simple object creates a monster, which, once seen and accepted as such, can become the starting point of new, more responsible and sensible social productions. The outcomes of this project was an animation and a visual research book. You can find some selected excerpts of the book on this page, and the full work on isuu by following this link. <img width="6924" height="9803" width_o="6924" height_o="9803" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcda2f1f2f203da294f76af1f187b30ed91a2b5acfa435ed146744c89ed9d6a1/PAPILLON-POSTER.jpg" data-mid="218881702" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fcda2f1f2f203da294f76af1f187b30ed91a2b5acfa435ed146744c89ed9d6a1/PAPILLON-POSTER.jpg" />︎︎︎Poster of the metamorphosis of the pants into a chrysalis <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd4aa206036dff61cde0e0172bb7c2037041e87d7de949922b22fe806ed56c1b/BOOKLET-PAGES-WEBSITE2.jpg" data-mid="218881704" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd4aa206036dff61cde0e0172bb7c2037041e87d7de949922b22fe806ed56c1b/BOOKLET-PAGES-WEBSITE2.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f5b6edd39d621a02c230a0f8ebb89284b524f3cde7e15de4d2c504f32f80ddf/BOOKLET-PAGES-WEBSITE3.jpg" data-mid="218881705" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f5b6edd39d621a02c230a0f8ebb89284b524f3cde7e15de4d2c504f32f80ddf/BOOKLET-PAGES-WEBSITE3.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53b0e33bb71a8cc18125dce718789dfc76ef47ad5da22fa599c040957adb9faf/BOOKLET-PAGES-WEBSITE4.jpg" data-mid="218881706" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53b0e33bb71a8cc18125dce718789dfc76ef47ad5da22fa599c040957adb9faf/BOOKLET-PAGES-WEBSITE4.jpg" /> <img width="4961" height="3508" width_o="4961" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/600d12cfca9efe75121254190e578a24ce941ad27a0688e06e9a0a348b64e5c2/BOOKLET-PAGES-WEBSITE5.jpg" data-mid="218881707" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/600d12cfca9efe75121254190e578a24ce941ad27a0688e06e9a0a348b64e5c2/BOOKLET-PAGES-WEBSITE5.jpg" /> ︎︎︎ Selected pages of the visual research book