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FOAM IS NOWADAYS THE MOST USED MATERIAL IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. IT CAN TAKE ANY SHAPE, BE HARD ENOUGH TO CARRY A WHOLE HOUSE, OR EXPANDABLE TO FILL ANY MOUSE HOLE. STILL, ITS STRANGE TEXTURE AND THE LOVELY CANDY COLORS ARE NEVER VISIBLE! MACIVER-EK CHEVROULET EXPLORES THE UNEXPECTED POTENTIAL OF THIS OVERLOOKED MATERIAL. SMOOTH AS VELVET, HARD AS CONCRETE, AND LIGHT AS A FEATHER. BY STACKING FOAM PLATES, A FAMILY OF DIFFERENT SHAPED OBJECTS HAS BEEN CREATED FOR THE EXHIBITION. THE CLEAN ARCHITECT OFFICE WHERE MACIVER-EK CHEVROULET NORMALLY WORK HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A CANDY-COLORED CAVE FOR MONTHS. A BIT OF INSOLATION WAS STOLEN FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SITE TO PRODUCE ONE MORE PROTOTYPE. CUT, HACK, MELT, GLUE, BITE, SCRATCH, A PURPLE CLOUD FLOATED IN THE ATELIER FROM THE HOT-WIRE CUTTING. SITTING IN THE NOT-YET-SO- COMFORTABLE MOCK-UPS OF THE CHAISE LONGS, THE ARTIST’S ALMOST FELT AS IF IN AN OPIUM DEN. AN ESCAPE FROM THE NEVER-ENDING BUILDING PROJECTS THEY NORMALLY WORK WITH AND INTO THE QUICK AND FREE WORLD OF FOAM. THE ARCHITECT DUO FOUND AN AWKWARDNESS IN THE FACT THAT TO REACH A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, WE BUILD AND LIVE IN PLASTIC. SKUMFIDUS CELEBRATES THIS CONTRADICTION, FINALLY INVITING FOAM TO THE STAGE, PUSHING ITS INCREDIBLE FORMAL POSSIBILITIES TO A JOYFUL LAVENDER EXPLOSION. ANYONE ELSE DREAMING OF A SLICE OF SKUMFIDUS FOR DESSERT?
