October 12 – November 6, 2020
Texas State Galleries FL3X Space
Currency Exchange is an ongoing exploration that evolved out of DesignInquiry’s Fall 2019 Inquiry and topic, Currency. Since that time, the group of collaborators from North America and Europe have met regularly to make several bodies of work.
Designer: Ladan Bahmani
Flag Installation at Texas State University
Designer: Ann McDonald
Designer: Emily Luce
Designer: Emily Luce
The work presented is a statement of collective exchange and a snapshot of the currency that we are in. We are on shifting sands, continually adjusting, observing and taking part in a process that we wonder if we ever learn from.
What is valuable?
Where's the give and take?
Portland Residency
Designer: Ann McDonald
Designer: Ann McDonald
Designer: Sarah Gephart
Alice applying vinyl to windows.
Currency is often taken simply to mean money, but if currency also suggests relevance, presence, value and systems of exchange, what exactly has currency in an era in which value systems seem to be shifting?
aDesigner: Alice Lee
Designer: Alice Lee
Designer: Judith Gunter
Designer: Sarah Gephart
Designer: Sarah Gephart
What will be memorable tomorrow?
What will be current tomorrow?
Designer: Ladan Bahmani
Designer: Ladan Bahmani
When a state of fluidity characterizes everything, how is value built and enhanced, and what kind of currency is worthy of our investment?
Emily Luce
Designer: Ladan Bahmani
Designer: Ladan Bahmani
Designer: Alice Lee and Asa Fox
When a state of fluidity characterizes everything, how is value built and enhanced, and what kind of currency is worthy of our investment?
Designer: Alice Lee and Asa Fox
Portland Residency
Designer: Alice Lee
Designer: Alice Lee
Designer: Emily Luce
Designer: Gunter Wehmeyer
Designer: Gunter Wehmeyer
Portland Residency
Designer: Bree McMahon
Designer: Shannon McGinty
Designer: Emily Luce
Collection of Flags
Portland Residency