PRACTICE FOR THE LOVE OF THEORY

    

Maxime Prananto runs an artistic design and production practice. It intervenes in the domain of architecture and infiltrates art spaces. The practice consists of public and private commissions as well as autonomous work. It sometimes functions as a production studio for other artists and makers.

The practice deals with the simultaneous conception and production of objects, scenography, furniture, exhibitions and sculpture. While its output is varied, each undertaking relies on a voluntary set of conceptual and physical boundaries. This practice attempts to reserve a substantial portion of its efforts for theory and reflection.

Underlying themes of the practice include manufacturing, logistics and iconography in the built environment. The attempt within the practice is for work to materialize intelligently within certain circumstances and references without the result of a self-intelligent work. In this sense, the aim is to be neutral and to propose a matter-of-factness about the conditions in which work is being made. Nevertheless, all interventions reflect a sensitivity to the beauty of constraints and gather meaning throughout the entirety of their process. 

This practice is linked to several courses and studios in architecture and interior architecture at the University of Leuven.


Oasis
2024



Sculpture in collaboration with Shervin/e Sheikh Rezaei
Shown at:

L’Univers Unique, 2024, Menen BE
Curated by Benoit Villain, Chiel Vandenberghe & Henk Delabie


9th Biennial of Painting ‘Stories from the Ground’, 2024 Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle BE
Curated by Martin Germann

Stainless steel, UV-printed glass, rubber, cotton
When a woman and her lover, lying down, face to face and she curls, like wraps, her legs around the legs of the man, with the windows open, wide, that is the oasis. - Rebecca Horn

It seemed rather evident for Oasis' structural appearance to be dominated by the glass itself. By both internalizing and fragmenting each structural direction, Oasis' structure became more of a matrix than a clear backbone. Rather than being strong-armed, the glass is held as though by slender fingertips and lips.