Lernert & Sander at Design Indaba Conference 2017

Art & Photography/2017/35 min/Reel № 17.001

ByLernert & Sander

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A close reading, kept within reach.

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Lernert & Sander takes art & photography as a lens on the larger question the festival keeps returning to: what design owes to the people and places it works among. The talk moves from specific projects toward a broader argument about practice.

Recorded in Netherlands in 2017, the conversation is grounded in Lernert's own working method — the compromises, the constraints, and the moments where the work taught them something they didn't expect.

The closing turn is characteristic of the archive: less a conclusion than a provocation, handed to the audience to carry into their own disciplines.

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Their approach to their talk at the Design Indaba Conference 2017 was no different to their stunningly cheeky designs.

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Lernert & Sander

Amsterdam/Netherlands

Dutch artists and filmmakers Lernert & Sander are known for their installations and high-conceptual art films.