A one-of-one vinyl record commissioned by Dublab, featuring real meteorite pieces from the Admire Pallasite, discovered in Kansas in 1881. I created this art object over the course of 5 days, pouring 4 layers of epoxy resin, using a custom silicone mold I also created.
Featured at Alcova Miami for Miami Art Week 2023
Press: DesignBoom, Dwell, Dezeen, Miami New Times, EDM.com
Website: hear.space
Record Designers: Dyan Jong (sculptor and co-designer), Rucker Manley (co-designer)
Packaging Designers: Marijke Jorritsma, Daniel Perlin, John Vieweg & KamranV
A design project benefiting pioneering non-profit internet radio station dublab debuts Space Chairs assembled from vinyl record album packaging at Alcova’s art motel during Art Basel’s international art fair in Miami.
The project entitled decades ( in space ) commemorates two decades of dublab’s space-making cultivation of global experimentation through community-generated radio. The limited edition copies of the album conceptualize connective space of all kinds. The album’s “make space” kit includes a chair assembled from the album packaging designed by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory UX Designer Marijke Jorritsma, Sustainable Experience Designer Daniel Perlin, Architectural Designer John Vieweg & Arts Technologist KamranV, who is also the album’s producer.
The project’s installation at Alcova Miami is presented in a golden room inspired by outer spacecraft which use gold for thermal protection of the craft through space. In the room attendees sit on the unique, galaxy-laden chairs while listening to the rare quadraphonic spatial vinyl record, immersing the listening space via four speakers for temporal bliss. A one-of-one edition of the record designed with multi-disciplinary artist Dyan Jong and design researcher Rucker Manley has real outer space rocks embedded and will also be on display as a part of the exhibition.
decades ( in space ) is a non-profit project of 10 songs by 20 musicians on quadraphonic vinyl supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts with artists donating works with all proceeds benefiting dublab.
Quadraphonic collaborations include:
Emily Kokal (Warpaint) + Suzanne Ciani
Shruti Kumar + The Koreatown Oddity
Dntel (The Postal Service) + Mia Doi Todd
Laura Escudé + Sudan Archives
Alex Lilly + Kolars
Drum & Lace + Jeff Parker (Tortoise)
Randy Randall (No Age) + Flula Borg (The Suicide Squad)
Beatie Wolfe + Laraaji & Arji OceAnanda
Jeremiah Chiu + Sam Prekop (The Sea and Cake)
Daedelus + Molly Lewis (World Champion Whistler)
