brustudio is GlogauAIR resident
from January, 2023 to March, 2023
“The aim of our project is to explore the possibilities of the spatial context and transform it into a safe-participatory act. We want to develop an immersive moment in an exposed room, through playful design and inception of sensitive/sensorial experiences. The focus of our project is on identity, belonging, subjectivity – offering the possibility of unfolding, gaining a pocket of personal reality: a temporary setup.” brustudio
Meet the Artist
What’s your name and where you come from?
brustudio is formed by: Ane Crisan from Romania, Covadonga Cueto-Felgueroso Junquera and Sandra Palau Palacio from Spain.
How did your artist journey begin?
We started as an architecture studio and in the past year we discovered the joy of expressing our creative ideas through art. They are still very connected to the practicality of the architecture world but we focus more on topics such as belonging, feminism taking the shape of spatial art in urban structures.
Do you find inspiration in real-life situations and moments you experienced?
We find inspiration in the space between the people we meet, the buildings we pass and the thoughts we discuss together as a group. We respond to challenges in a bold and playful way, imagining new possibilities of living in a city like Berlin.
What is your process? What are your overarching themes in your artwork?
We begin working on projects with the intent of combining social and economic solutions with playful design to overcome challenges of everyday life. We focus on expressing and developing bold concepts with identity and belonging.
Our work transitions across scales and mediums. Through installations and cultural interventions, we experiment with space perception and new materials. Within the built environment, we aim to resolve controversies of the contemporary way of living.
Do you think your art has evolved being in a different environment E.g. Do you think GlogauAIR / being in Berlin has influenced your work?
GlogauAIR gives us an opportunity to connect with a new platform of artists, learn from their practice and, on the other hand, we challenge ourselves for the first time to present a project in a closed space-room.
Statement
The aim of our project is to explore the possibilities of the spatial context and transform it into a safe-participatory act. We want to develop an immersive moment in an exposed room, through playful design and inception of sensitive/sensorial experiences. The focus of our project is on identity, belonging, subjectivity – offering the possibility of unfolding, gaining a pocket of personal reality: a temporary setup.
We bring dynamism in an unmoving room by letting the participants develop an individual womb-space for themselves. They become the language between the statuary room and the artpiece. The social element is brought by also observing that one still-space can be perceived in many different ways, depending on how and who interacts with it. We work with large/medium-size interactive installations/structures, made mostly of wood and textile. A demonstration of a similar purpose can be seen in our previous work – placed in the urban structure.
GlogauAIR Project
Our body of work focuses on spatial art and architecture. We dare to shape existing realities into playful, interactive contextual installations or objects. Our aim is to discover new ways of understanding, perceiving and consuming the spaces around us through sustainable materials.
CV Summary
brustudio is formed by
- Ane Crisan based in Berlin since 2015, operating between the fields of architecture and spatial art, takes interest in developing ideas that initiate new interactions between spaces and participants. Her visual and conceptual intentions mix construction elements, fragments of architecture as rational geometrical forms with a touch of motion.
- Sandra Palau Palacio born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1990. Based in Berlin since 2016. Sandra has developed a broad and multi-faceted design approach, and today her work ranges from architecture to product design, with a strong implementation of visual communication. She graduated in 2016 from the University of Alicante, Spain and had the opportunity to study in Germany (Beuth Hochschule für Technik, Berlin) and Mexico (UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico).
- Covadonga Cueto-Felgueroso Junquera born in Asturias, Spain, in 1988. Covadonga graduated in 2014 from the University of Valladolid including academic training at the Fachhochschule Potsdam, Germany. Her work since then has ranged from small to large scale, from furniture and installation to residential and office building. Her work approach is based on topics such as: community life, participation, gender equality and sustainability.
Exhibitions
- 16th Biennale di Venezia – Spanish Pavilion – Vortex Project – Venice, Italy The exhibition, curated by the architect Atxu Amann, occupied the building “tattooing” its interior walls through 52 relevant concepts to our discipline today.
- 48 Stunden Neukölln – Womb – Berlin, Germany The festival presents and promotes art that contributes to current social issues and reflects them. Discursive, participatory and interdisciplinary approaches are therefore in the foreground.
Awards & Publications
- Al-Tiba9 – Art Magazine – Issue 12, 2023
- Womb – Selected Project – Bee Breeders, Architecture Competitions, 2022
- From Earthscape to Playscape – Honorable Mention – Archstorming, International Competitions, 2022
- Nest – 3rd Prize – Opengap – Open Gate to Architects and Projects, 2020
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