︎︎︎ Sous l’océan, Marianna Ladreyt x Design parade 2024
Rope knitting, weaving chair and mirror design
From childhood to the sea, sometimes only sensations remain.
The feeling of carrying the world on one’s back,
a parade of gear, mounted on a creature sprung from a bestiary free of prejudice or malice:
dolphin, crocodile, dinosaur, orca, duck, or shark. The ritual is inflated, the plunge into the water a conquest.
And against the skin, beneath that layer meant to shield from the sun,
begins a body-to-body with the elements: floating, sliding, scraping.
“Under the sea,” there are fears too.
The abyss, and its uncertain depths.
The feeling of carrying the world on one’s back,
a parade of gear, mounted on a creature sprung from a bestiary free of prejudice or malice:
dolphin, crocodile, dinosaur, orca, duck, or shark. The ritual is inflated, the plunge into the water a conquest.
And against the skin, beneath that layer meant to shield from the sun,
begins a body-to-body with the elements: floating, sliding, scraping.
“Under the sea,” there are fears too.
The abyss, and its uncertain depths.
