Sit. Stay.
“This is a time of connection, of person, place and thing, a questioning of how we live now and in the future.”
“Right of Return ( By Themselves and of Themselves) | Marc Andre Robinson
In a time of required quarantine, sit, stay brings in a new meaning, expanding beyond utility into necessity and emotion, to meditate solely or to commune intimately. This is a time of connection, of person, place and thing, a questioning of how we live now and in the future.
SENTIENT | SAPIENCE CHAIR
SENTIENT | SAPIENCE CHAIR
“We now see the history of the chair as a portal into the lives of others, a physical document of who, what and when.”
The history of the chair has always been a personal one as it reflects not only how the body works but its tying to the mind. This time line goes deep, speaking not only to wealth of a country as in thrones and the like, but the mental psychology of its citizens. The need for traditions, warmth and connection in private as well as places of social gathering. We now see the history of the chair as a portal into the lives of others, a physical document of who, what and when. A memoir and flicker of time.
CHAIR PAINTING | VINCENT VAN GOGH
SENTIENT | DC1 CHAIR
We crave not only the comfort of a chair but the warmth of its nuances, its materials, veining of wood, stains, the curvature or angle of a line our hand rests upon. This not only soothes the physical body but sparks the ancient echo of maker and user, upheaving memory of high chairs, family gatherings of traditions and long nights of work and study. The chair brings us to the table, asks us to stay, supporting our needs to wonder, nourish and express.
SENTIENT | LOCUST CHAIR
CORONATION CHAIR | WESTMINSTER ABBEY
SENTIENT | SYMPHONY CHAIR
“In Vincent Van Gogh’s hand, the chair becomes self portrait, a documentation of emotion, a journal entry of time, place and even hope.”
The chair in art often stands in for the physical body while it speaks for the self, telling stories of the user, who we are in present day and who we were as we struggle to define. It is both self expression and self analysis, metaphor and celebration of beauty in form and materials. In Vincent Van Gogh’s hand, the chair becomes self portrait, a documentation of emotion, a journal entry of time, place and even hope.
“BARACK OBAMA” | KENINDE WILEY
The chair itself has morphed in many materials and forms, but not in its connection to the body and our need for physical and mental comfort and support. One need not go far into the analoges of history to see this connection, but to find a favorite chair, to sit and to stay.
SENTIENT | ST. LAWRENCE CHAIR
“QUEEN” | THEASTER GATES
SENTIENT | ST. LAWRENCE CHAIR COMMUNAL TABLE
MEDITATION SPACE | TADAO ANDO | PHOTOGRAPHY | SIMONE BOSSI
