Skin فن تنصیب by Maja Kirovska is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award آہنی انعام in لطیف فنون اور آرٹ تنصیب ڈیزائن Competition Category.

لوہالطیف فن· 2024

Skin فن تنصیب

by Maja Kirovska

Client: Maja Kirovska

A' Design Award آہنی انعام Winner in لطیف فن Category

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The Design

About Skin فن تنصیب

یہ فن تنصیب تین ہلکے پھلکے انسانی شکلوں پر مشتمل ہے جو ہلکے قدرتی مواد (درختوں کے پتوں کے ڈھانچے) سے بنی ہیں، جو آزاد فضا میں تیرتی ہوئی معلوم ہوتی ہیں۔ یہ ایسے لباس کی مانند ہیں جو جسم کی تشریحی شکل کی پیروی کرتے ہیں۔ پتوں کے ڈھانچے دراصل درخت کے پتے کا نظام دوران ہیں، یعنی وہ نظام جو انہیں پانی فراہم کرتا ہے اور انہیں زندہ رکھتا ہے۔ یہ شکلیں، اپنی شفافیت کے ساتھ، بیک وقت اس جلد سے مشابہت رکھتی ہیں جو سانپ تنگ ہو جانے کے بعد اتارتا ہے۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award آہنی انعام

Skin فن تنصیب A' Design Award آہنی انعام کا فاتح ہے، جو ان اچھے ڈیزائنز کو دیا جانے والا باوقار اعتراف ہے جو اچھی طرح ڈیزائن کی گئی تخلیقات سے متوقع پیشہ ورانہ اور صنعتی تقاضوں کو پورا کرتے ہیں۔ آہنی انعام کے فاتحین اپنے تخلیق کاروں کی عظیم مہارت، اعلیٰ تخصص، ماہرانہ فہم اور تخلیقی صلاحیت کو ظاہر کرتے ہیں۔ Skin فن تنصیب سے توقع کی جاتی ہے کہ وہ ایک نہایت قدر کی جانے والی، سراہی جانے والی اور عزیز تخلیق ہوگا جو عملی اور جدید ہے۔ A' Design Award آہنی انعام جیتنے والا یہ ڈیزائن صنعت کے بہترین طریقوں کو یکجا کرتا ہے اور مہارت اور ہنر سے جڑی ہوئی قابل تکنیکی خصوصیات رکھتا ہے۔ Skin فن تنصیب اپنی باریک بینی کی وجہ سے قابل احترام ہے اور معیار زندگی کی ایسی بہتری فراہم کرنے کے لیے ڈیزائن کیا گیا ہے جو دنیا کو ایک بہتر جگہ بنانے میں مدد دیتی ہے۔

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This art installation is composed of 3 airy human figures made of light natural material (skeletons of tree leaves), which seem to float in free space. They resemble costumes that follow the anatomical shape of the body. Leaf skeletons actually are the circulatory system of a tree leaf, that is, the system that supplies them with water and keeps them alive. These figures, with their transparency, at the same time resemble the skin that the snake sheds after it becomes too tight.
Dimensions & Packaging: 3 pieces:
50cm x 20cm x 160cm
40cm x 22cm x 140cm
50cm x 20cm x 165cm
Tags: skin, leaf skeletons, skeletonized leaves, natural material sculpture, ethereal sculptures, airy sculptures
Production Technology: This installation is made of natural tree leaf skeletons. These leaf skeletons were colored and aligned along the human figure to accentuate the anatomical shape.
Design Challenge: The process required material testing of adaptability and durability, as the material was not usual and technique of creating the objects needed to be established. Most challenging was to find the bonding material and technique of binding that will allow to create anatomically correct but airy objects. The result was achieved wit transparent fast drying glue and the anatomy of the leaf itself, more precisely the stronger parts of its skeleton that created three-dimensional net-structure, which helped the objects to keep their shape while remaining transparent and airy.
Research: This project includes new and unique technique of creating textile-like ethereal objects that are not clothes, but sculptures made of natural material - leaf skeletons. The process required material testing of adaptability and durability, various bonding materials testing and several prototypes were made until the right technology and technique was established.
Inspiration: These figures resemble costumes that follow the anatomical shape of the body, and lack limbs and heads similar to the remains of ancient sculptures. With their transparency, at the same time resemble the skin that the snake sheds after it becomes too tight. The form of the human is present as a remnant, as a testimony of his previous state, and he did not disappear, but grew, transformed, overcoming the challenges.
Project Duration: The art Installation was created for the thematic exhibition of 3 Macedonian artists, Maja Kirovska, Ana Ivanovska and Hristina Zafirovska, titled "Regeneration", that was shown in the Youth Cultural Centre in Skopje from 18 to 30 of October 2023.
Operation Flow: The art installation Skin consists of 3 lightweight ethereal objects that are hung on clothes hanger in the space of the gallery at height and position of real person. They are human sized and positioned in relation one to another as coherent non coherent group depending of the characteristics of the gallery. They move freely as they hand due to air circulation thus receiving dynamic characteristic.