A brand has been conceived. Now we need to bring it to life. Designers, workers, and consumers wanted!
Nylon Riots, our first show with WOOLOO.ORG, is a multi-faceted, interactive and performative exhibition requiring the participation of a global network of people, as well as the physical presence and labor of willing participants in the gallery. We have transformed the gallery, New Life Shop in Berlin, Germany into a space that simultaneously functions as a factory, boutique, and open marketplace.
This is Caroline Mak and Kevin Chan's first collaborative project together. Mak, from Hong Kong, is an artist based in Brooklyn. She graduated with her Master's in Fine Art from the University of Chicago in 2005, and has exhibited her site-specific installations in a number of exhibitions both in New York and across the United States. She is a recipient of an Emerging Artist Fellowship at Socrates Sculpture Park, NYC, where her sculptural installation is currently on view. Chan, from Vancouver, Canada, graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Digital Media Design from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002. Since then, he has been working with new media in a number of artistic and commercial capacities, namely as an interactive designer at The Barbarian Group, an interactive marketing firm in New York City.
Special thanks to Gregory Damiani for his technical help and support!