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WHISPERS AFTER DUSK IS AN INDEPENDENT PLATFORM FOR EXPERIMENTAL FUNCTIONAL SCULPTURE AND COLLECTIBLE DESIGN.
BASED IN OSLO AND LOOKING TOWARDS THE WIDER EUROPEAN DESIGN SCENE, IT EXPLORES THE SPACE BETWEEN FURNITURE, SCULPTURE AND THE INTERIOR - FOCUSING ON OBJECTS THAT RESIST A NEAT DEFINITION AS EITHER FURNITURE OR ART.
THROUGH CONVERSATIONS, RESEARCH, GATHERINGS AND AN EVOLVING ARCHIVE, WHISPERS AFTER DUSK DISCOVERS AND CONNECTS WITH DESIGNERS AND ARTISTS WHO ARE RETHINKING THE OBJECT, ITS FUNCTION AND ITS PLACE WITHIN THE INTERIOR AND SPACES WE EXISTS.
THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ONLINE, FROM OSLO, AS A PLACE FOR DISCOVERY, EXCHANGE AND RESEARCH. IT IS AN ONGOING COLLECTION OF PEOPLE, OBJECTS, IDEAS AND PRACTICES - A WAY OF LOOKING MORE CLOSELY AT THE THINGS THAT SURROUND US AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEM.
AT THE CENTRE IS THE OBJECT: ITS MATERIAL, FORM, FUNCTION AND PRESENCE. BUT ALSO THE LESS TANGIBLE THINGS - DESIRE, MEMORY, ATTACHMENT, ATMOSPHERE AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT FORM BETWEEN AN OBJECT, A SPACE AND THE PEOPLE WHO INHABIT IT.
A PHYSICAL SPACE WILL COME IN TIME.
UNTIL THEN, WHISPERS AFTER DUSK IS A PLACE TO LOOK, TO ASK QUESTIONS, TO GATHER REFERENCES AND TO FOLLOW THE THREADS BETWEEN OBJECTS, INTERIORS AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND THEM.