Within Hors-Studio, designers Rebecca Fezard and Elodie Michaud specialized in material, surface and textile design. Based in Tours, the pair has been conducting research and experimentation on materials since 2016, from its choice to its treatment and finishing. For this purpose, Hors-Studio uses the decorative heritage, defended and re-examined in the light of contemporary technologies, forms and uses.
Concerned about the designer’s responsibility and the impact of its productions on the environment, the studio is particularly involved in the recovery of waste produced by the industrial and craft sectors. From these falls, Hors-Studio imagines new materials and new uses to develop. It is in this spirit that the studio founded in 2020 the collaborative and open source platform Precious Kitchen[1].
[1] Précious Kitchen is a project developed by Hors Studio and Catherine Lenoble. He was the winner of the call for Digital Creativity Project 2019 in the Centre region.
This digital space allows to list the identified falls and to share recipes of materials open to all. This innovative research in the field of material design was hailed by the Grand Prize for Creation of the City of Paris of which Rebecca Fezard and Elodie Michaud were laureates in December 2020 in the Design category. Hors-Studio invests in transparent galleries with an installation designed specifically for this exhibition space, visible from outside the art center. Oscillating between anchoring in tradition and experimental research, between artisanal materiality and digital immateriality, this exhibition is in the image of the practice of designers, which permanently connects the past and the present.
Circulating like a common thread on the windows of the three galleries, the motif of a «jacquard cardboard» establishes this first link between the ornamental tradition and the programming language. Invented in 1801 by Joseph-Marie Jacquard, the loom can indeed be considered the ancestor of computer tools or even artificial intelligence, since it invented the first programmable mechanical system with punch cards.
We find here the rhythm of these silent «scores» which print, intermittently, their vibration at the different phases of the installation.
Il a été Lauréat de l’appel à Projet Créativité Numérique 2019 en région Centre.
Hors-Studio investit les galeries transparentes avec une installation conçue spécifiquement pour cet espace d’exposition, visible depuis l’extérieur du centre d’art. Oscillant entre l’ancrage dans la tradition et la recherche expérimentale, entre la matérialité artisanale et l’immatérialité numérique, cette exposition est à l’image de la pratique des designers, qui relie en permanence le passé et le présent. Circulant comme un fil conducteur sur les vitres des trois galeries, le motif d’un « carton jacquard » établit ce premier lien entre la tradition ornementale et le langage de programmation. Inventé en 1801 par Joseph-Marie Jacquard, le métier à tisser peut être considéré en effet comme l’ancêtre de l’outil informatique ou même de l’intelligence artificielle, puisqu’il invente le premier système mécanique programmable avec des cartes perforées. On retrouve ici le rythme de ces « partitions » muettes qui impriment, par intermittence, leur vibration aux différentes phases de l’installation.