Online conversation
Carved to Flow
With Otobong Nkanga, Nuno Vasconcelos and Clara Meister
Part of the exhibition Otobong Nkanga: There’s No Such Thing as Solid Ground
Otobong Nkanga, Carved to Flow, Workshop room, Gropius Bau, 2019–2020 Photo: Laura Fiorio
To the livestream
The artist Otobong Nkanga and the architect Nuno Vasconcelos talk about the project Carved to Flow at the Gropius Bau. The conversation aims for an exchange about the conceptual ideas of the project, introduces the workshops of the past weeks and gives an insight into the research around building methods with earth.
The project Carved to Flow is a support structure embedded within art and the social sphere. It consists of three phases, the first was the Laboratory, the second Warehouse and Distribution and the third phase Germination. At the Gropius Bau this third phase was part of Nkangas solo exhibition There’s No Such Thing as Solid Ground and was managed as a workspace by Nuno Vasconcelos. It focused on local ecologies through research and knowledge sharing, and was an open invitation for talks in the space.