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Symposium ‘Care of the Margins’, 2021, IT After having spent a few months in the artist residency of Robida in Topolò (IT), my interest for the concept of hosting, residing, dwelling grew over my interest to create individualistic work. Together with Robida Collective, (especially Vida Rucli) we developed the symposium ‘Care of Margins’.

The invited participants of the symposium came with valuable experiences, practises and ideas of how to rethink the existing model of an art residency (especially in marginal areas) to one which is more engaged with the site, the community it is embedded in, the land and its seasons, the needs of place and people and the ecosystem which holds it all together. As a retrospective, together with Francesca Lucchitta and Vida Rucli, a publication was made where contributions of participants, collective writings, drawings and sketches find a format to be passed on and learned from.









Seed ABC-Darium, edition 0, 2023, CH
Seed ABC-Darium is a bilingual glossary addressing terminology related to seeds and food sovereignty. The publication emerged from the aim to provide more precise vocabulary to discuss the complex world of seeds and seed politics. It presents terms in both English and German, reflecting existing language barriers by showing that some terms can’t be easily translated. Published as “Edition Zero” in a printrun of 30 copies, the work is explicitly presented as a draft intended for expansion and development, a starting point for building more comprehensive seed-related vocabulary.








Ceramic work
What a special material, that finds its way into my hands again and again. I had the chance to learn about it when studiying at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and ever since it ‘calls me’ to pick it up again. I love to turn it on the wheel and build it into different shapes. I like when it becomes useful after it has met the fire and prefer shapes that keep you curious for what it could be used for. 










Carrier Bags, since 2018
After having read ‘The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction’ by Ursula K. Le Guin, containters have been all around me, i have become a container myself and couldn’t stop from making some. Here are three of about 10 bags.










Phenological Calendar, 2023, CHThe phenological calendar is a format with which to perceive time through the phenological seasons. Instead of working with the four seasons, this calendar offers an approximation to the complexity of the natural world by working with Winterly Rest, Pre-Spring, First Spring, Full Spring, Early Summer, HighSummer, Late Summer, Early Autumn, Full Autumn and Late Autumn. These ten phases of the natural yearly circle are called phenological seasons.











Ajda Pratika, Design Biennale Ljubljana, 2021, SVN
For 7 months i found myself working together with 7 others on a project for the production platform of the Design Biennale in Ljubljana under the title ‘Grains for Brains’.

With two others we designed the small booklet ‘Ajda Pratika’ (Buckwheat Almanack) and i was happy to share the Phenological Seasons in there as well as observation and gardening excersises linked to them. 

During the opening days of the Design Biennale in Ljubljana we hosted different workshops such as a buckwheat seed planting day with Trajna collective at Krater, as well as a soba noodle workshop and a foraging course of wild family members of buckwheat. 

The exhibition lasted until October 2022.  







Soil / Soap, 2020, NL   
S/oil Soap was part of the graduation project which was realised during the Bachelor TXT (Textile and Text) at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. 





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Kim Lang
mail@studio-lang.ch
part of Institut Plapamco

A dance at the intersection of the fictional and the practical, between design and art, with the aim of offering inspiration and exploring what lies beyond the human condition and its spectrum. Based on extensive material research, objects are created that help to experience that material is landscape – alive – a substance that matters. Kim Lang (b. 1993) is living and working in the eastern Swiss Alps. 


 














































































































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Symposium ‘Care of the Margins’, 2021, IT After having spent a few months in the artist residency of Robida in Topolò (IT), my interest for the concept of hosting, residing, dwelling grew over my interest to create individualistic work. Together with Robida Collective, (especially Vida Rucli) we developed the symposium ‘Care of Margins’.

The invited participants of the symposium came with valuable experiences, practises and ideas of how to rethink the existing model of an art residency (especially in marginal areas) to one which is more engaged with the site, the community it is embedded in, the land and its seasons, the needs of place and people and the ecosystem which holds it all together. As a retrospective, together with Francesca Lucchitta and Vida Rucli, a publication was made where contributions of participants, collective writings, drawings and sketches find a format to be passed on and learned from.









Seed ABC-Darium, edition 0, 2023, CH
Seed ABC-Darium is a bilingual glossary addressing terminology related to seeds and food sovereignty. The publication emerged from the aim to provide more precise vocabulary to discuss the complex world of seeds and seed politics. It presents terms in both English and German, reflecting existing language barriers by showing that some terms can’t be easily translated. Published as “Edition Zero” in a printrun of 30 copies, the work is explicitly presented as a draft intended for expansion and development, a starting point for building more comprehensive seed-related vocabulary.











Carrier Bags, since 2018
After having read ‘The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction’ by Ursula K. Le Guin, containters have been all around me, i have become a container myself and couldn’t stop from making some. Here are three of about 10 bags.







Phenological Calendar, 2023, CHThe phenological calendar is a format with which to perceive time through the phenological seasons. Instead of working with the four seasons, this calendar offers an approximation to the complexity of the natural world by working with Winterly Rest, Pre-Spring, First Spring, Full Spring, Early Summer, HighSummer, Late Summer, Early Autumn, Full Autumn and Late Autumn. These ten phases of the natural yearly circle are called phenological seasons.










Ajda Pratika, Design Biennale Ljubljana, 2021, SVN
For 7 months i found myself working together with 7 others on a project for the production platform of the Design Biennale in Ljubljana under the title ‘Grains for Brains’.

With two others we designed the small booklet ‘Ajda Pratika’ (Buckwheat Almanack) and i was happy to share the Phenological Seasons in there as well as observation and gardening excersises linked to them. 

During the opening days of the Design Biennale in Ljubljana we hosted different workshops such as a buckwheat seed planting day with Trajna collective at Krater, as well as a soba noodle workshop and a foraging course of wild family members of buckwheat. 

The exhibition lasted until October 2022.  







Soil / Soap, 2020, NL   
S/oil Soap was part of the graduation project which was realised during the Bachelor TXT (Textile and Text) at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. 





Seed Letters, since 2020, E-MailIrregular half poetic, half informative E-Mails about what circles around me and the community i live and work with.

Sign up for receiving Seed Letters by texting mail@studio-lang.ch.