Maison Perrier-Jouët presents The Pollination Dance/ Design Miami/ 2023
by Fernando Laposse
For Maison Perrier-Jouët, Fernando Laposse has created an immersive installation, ‘‘The Pollination Dance”, inspired by the flower and its key role in a series of remarkable relationships within the ecosystem to which all species belong.
Every year since 2012, Maison Perrier-Jouët has commissioned both established and emerging creative talents, with whom it shares a vision of nature, to reinterpret its Art Nouveau heritage for the 21st century. In 2023, Maison Perrier-Jouët is continuing to highlight the need to (re)think our relationship with nature through its new creative partnership with Fernando Laposse. The Mexican artist and designer shares the House’s vision of a world in which all species, mankind included, are of equal importance. From the collaboration between all these life forms, potential solutions may emerge to the environmental problems faced by our societies, holding out the prospect of a brighter future.
Fernando Laposse manifests a profound connection to nature through inspiring projects that raise awareness of ecological challenges, both local and global, including soil erosion and loss of biodiversity. His artistic practice, which is deeply rooted in the rural milieu, has simultaneous cultural, historical, social, political and environmental dimensions. For the past 10 years, Fernando Laposse has been working with native farmers in south-eastern Mexico to develop new materials and systems of production that will benefit the local community and environment. His approach demonstrates that design can be a force for change.
For Maison Perrier-Jouët, Fernando Laposse has created an immersive installation, ‘‘The Pollination Dance”, inspired by the flower and its key role in a series of remarkable relationships within the ecosystem to which all species belong. In particular, he focuses on the process of pollination, with its complex and harmonious interactions between plants and the insects and animals which pollinate them. Pollen is the essential connection between the protagonists in this precious, ephemeral event, which is a celebration of life.
Like pollen swirling in the air in spring, the installation by Fernando Laposse conveys to visitors the joyful vision of nature he shares with Maison Perrier-Jouët – a vision at once positive and mindful. Faced with the accelerating loss of biodiversity, the House has made sustained efforts over the past 10 years to limit the influence of its activities on the environment and to adapt its practices to help nature renew itself.
Like pollen swirling in the air in spring, the installation by Fernando Laposse conveys to visitors the joyful vision of nature he shares with Maison Perrier-Jouët – a vision at once positive and mindful.
Fernando Laposse
Designer
Fernando Laposse is a London-based Mexican artist and designer, who trained at Central Saint Martins as a product designer. He specialises in transforming humble natural materials into refined design pieces, working extensively with overlooked plant fibres such as sisal, loofah and corn leaves. He often works with indigenous communities in his native Mexico to create local employment opportunities and raise awareness about the challenges they face in a globalised world. His projects are informative and educational, addressing topics such as the environmental crisis, loss of biodiversity, community dissolution, migration and the negative impacts of global trade in local agriculture and food culture. His work documents the issues and announces possible resolutions through the transformative power of design. His projects have been exhibited at the Triennale di Milano, the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the World Economic Forum and Miami Basel, among others.
Fernando Laposse is a London-based Mexican artist and designer, who trained at Central Saint Martins as a product designer. He specialises in transforming humble natural materials into refined design pieces, working extensively with overlooked plant fibres such as sisal, loofah and corn leaves. He often works with indigenous communities in his native Mexico to create local employment opportunities and raise awareness about the challenges they face in a globalised world. His projects are informative and educational, addressing topics such as the environmental crisis, loss of biodiversity, community dissolution, migration and the negative impacts of global trade in local agriculture and food culture. His work documents the issues and announces possible resolutions through the transformative power of design. His projects have been exhibited at the Triennale di Milano, the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the World Economic Forum and Miami Basel, among others.
