material changes V – Marcin Rusak

Talk and Discussion:
Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 19:00

Marcin Rusak was born in 1987 Warsaw, Poland. He now
lives and works in London. Marcin situates his work at the
intersection of value, ephemerality and aesthetics. He
studies contemporary patterns of consumption, industry
methods of manipulation, and the complicated systems we
support. In his pursuit of authenticity, Marcin creates work
that asks questions, references history and proposes
possible future scenarios. Utilising the power of materials,
volume and form he moves fluidly from decorative art
objects to sculptures, two dimensional work and back
again each time with a story as his guide.

Marcin has a background in both humanities (BA from
European Studies from University of Warsaw) and art
programmes such as Man and Living at the conceptual
Eindhoven Design Academy, Netherlands as well as
receiving an MA in Design Products from London’s Royal
College of Arts.

From his manifesto: “Decaying and ageing materials have
an important place in my practice. I develop them from
organic ingredients in order to create objects that have en
element of life on their own. Through research, craft and
utilisation of new technology I try to embrace a complex
approach to art in order to re evaluate objects and their
significance while celebrating the organic outcome of
natural materials and processes.”

In Cooperation with Prof Ineke Hans, KM Maciej Chmara /
Design and Social Context.