The Object is Absent is a radical experiment. It is a theatre, a concert, a cinema, a gym and an exhibition in one. It is a playful gathering to learn and do, by designers and everyone. The Object is Absent is a manifesto to dematerialize design by optimizing optimistic human behaviour. The Object is Absent is a transmedia project constructed as an ever-evolving play, an action against the Action, a designers statement against materialist cheap abundance by creating value out of nothing. Especially in the context of Dutch Design Week The Object is Absent strives to avoid the physicality of the square meter stand, to give space back to people. 

The exhibition took place at MU Art Space during Dutch Design Week from 19th to 27th October 2019

The Object is absent

Designers Alexandre Humbert and Lucas Maassen have made a series of photo collages of established creatives impersonating furniture and household items. Called The Living Room, Maassen and Humbert conceived the project and took pictures of the 187 architects, designers and curators involved during Dutch Design Week 2019.

The project took place at MU Art Space as part of The Object is Absent critical exhibition. 

The Living Room

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