Dozie Kanu / Timur Si-Qin

In occasione della Milano Design Week 2018, KALEIDOSCOPE è lieta di annunciare l’uscita del nuovo numero Primavera / Estate e l’apertura di due mostre presso lo Spazio Maiocchi, la nuova sede e lo spazio espositivo della rivista a Milano.

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KALEIDOSCOPE x RIMOWA present
Dozie Kanu. STRETCHED

Public opening: April 18–22, 11AM–7 PM
Private view: April 17, 6–9 PM (by invitation only)

On the occasion of Milan Design Week 2018, KALEIDOSCOPE teams up with the iconic luggage company RIMOWA on a multi-platform project developing in print, online, and live. Featuring American artist/designer Dozie Kanu (b. 1993), the collaboration unfolds through three separate but intertwined activations: a short film, an installation, and a printed publication.

In the short documentary directed by filmmaker Sam Hiscox, Kanu is captured at work in his newly-set up studio in the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal. In conversation, the 25-year-old Houston native explains his personal creative process—how he mixes high and low in creations “commingling hometown symbolism with a sleek modernism,” as described by The New York Times. The film follows him as he explores Lisbon to find inspiration in the city’s architectural landmarks and discusses the importance of travelling and constantly researching new environments.

Melding street culture with design sensibilities, Kanu creates objects that are sculptural but still functional. The exhibition will present new artworks resulting from Kanu’s remix of RIMOWA materials, and will be accompanied by a photo zine designed by Bureau Borsche and enclosed in KALEIDOSCOPE’s newest issue, providing exclusive insight into to the making of this one-of-a-kind collaboration.

TIMUR SI-QIN. NEW PEACE

Public opening: April 18–22, 11AM–7 PM
Private view: April 17, 6–9 PM (by invitation only)

A New York-based artist of German and Mongolian-Chinese descent who grew up in Berlin, Beijing and in a Native American community in the American Southwest, Timur Si-Qin (b. 1984) has developed work in conceptual, branded cycles which serve as frameworks for his sculptural environments, sculptures, light boxes, and CGI videos. While his most enduring concern over the last decade has been with the dynamics of branding and the formation of patterns in commercial imagery, his most recent series, “New Peace,” further develops this line of thought into a proposal for a new mysticism.

In the exhibition “Campaign for a New Protocol” at Spazio Maiocchi, Si-Qin launches a drive to communicate a new sense of non-dualistic and secular spirituality adapted for the future. Here, the natural and the synthetic coalesce beyond the dualities through digitally rendered landscapes and an immersive virtual reality experience.

The exhibition will also take over the 3x6m billboard in the courtyard of Spazio Maiocchi, and will be accompanied by a book and limited-edition merchandise. Published by KALEIDOSCOPE, the book “A New Protocol” presents a collection of Si-Qin’s digital landscapes and elaborates on the conceptual foundations of New Peace in the evolution of religion, science and philosophy.

On the occasion of Spazio Maiocchi Design Week, KALEIDOSCOPE will launch the magazine's newest issue (Spring/Summer 2018). Come and visit us at our open studio and choose your favorite among four covers starring Arthur Jafa, Anna Uddenberg, Telfar and Tobias Zielony.

SPAZIO MAIOCCHI
Opened in October 2017, Spazio Maiocchi is a new social space where art, design and fashion blend to shape new cultural experiences. Originating from the convergence of visionary founding partners Carhartt WIP and Slam Jam, Spazio Maiocchi is a cross-disciplinary ideas aggregator hosting exhibitions and events in a former-industrial complex in central Milan, redesigned and repurposed by architecture firm Andrea Caputo.