Nadine Gouders
Nadine Gouders is an ideals-led cultural worker supporting artists, designers and cultural institutions in the realization of projects. She’s worked for several Dutch museums as a curator, project manager and registrar, shaping her as a researcher and ally in the production of artistic work and exhibitions. Her practice is connected by projects with a sensibility for social-political developments and impacts felt by the humans and non-humans she works and co-exists with.
For the Commission presented at NGV Melbourne, Christien Meindertsma presents a giant lamb constructed from European wool that would have otherwise been discarded as waste. First there was a mountain, 2024, utilises a robotic tool known as the ‘Wobot’, developed in collaboration with TFT - Tools for Technology. Demonstrating the possibility of fabricating structural, three-dimensional objects using only wool, this project revolutionises the repurposing of wool and highlights its vast potential for future applications.
Over the past two decades, Christien Meindertsma has conducted in-depth research into materials – uncovering their properties and the stories and industrial systems behind them. Focused on sustainability and the life cycle of products, Meindertsma’s most recent research has resulted in a new groundbreaking fabrication method for 3D felting wool.
As the first complex prototype fabricated by the Wobot, the giant lamb is joined by a chair made using the same innovative process, underscoring the vast potential for sustainable, circular design in furniture production and beyond.
Curated by Gemma Savio and Simone LeAmon.
03.10.2024 - 23.03.2025
The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne