Tafelzetting #1 Generiek

In the new exhibition series Tafelzetting, young designers from Flanders and Brussels take their places on the square in front of DE SINGEL. They do this with the help of a set of display tables and accompanying attributes. In Tafelzetting #1 the young architecture firm Generiek explores the relationship between green space and homeliness. The result is both an exhibition and an installation, in collaboration with textile designer Sofie Van Aelbroeck.

Heaven is a Place on Earth
Tafelzetting #1 explores the subjective relationship between green space and homeliness. A well-maintained garden or lawn in a (sub)urban context often reveals the social status of the household. Within a household context, nature is more than a simple piece of green space; it is loaded with a symbolic story. These individualised natural landscapes are artificial. They are carefully sculpted, personal ideals of what paradise on earth might look like.

Generiek’s exhibition and installation interrogate these individualised pieces of nature. A patch of grass serves as a place in which to relax, against a background of printed and stitched fabric. A wall of stacked tables forms the framework for the exhibition and works as a support for the roll of fabric. The central question is: “What role does architecture play in the subjectification of gardens?”