TDCOK-RM (Oliver Knight + Rory McGrath)
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2020
TDC Prize
OK-RM (Oliver Knight + Rory McGrath)

The Journey of Things: Magdalene Odundo

OK-RM (Oliver Knight + Rory McGrath)|The Journey of Things: Magdalene Odundo
OK-RM (Oliver Knight + Rory McGrath)|The Journey of Things: Magdalene Odundo
OK-RM (Oliver Knight + Rory McGrath)|The Journey of Things: Magdalene Odundo

The Journey of Things by Magdalene Odundo is published alongside the exhibition of the same name presented at The Hepworth Wakefield in Spring 2019. The book features 44 of Odundo’s vessels alongside a large selection of historic and contemporary objects that reveal the wide range of global references that have informed her practice. The book object comprises a series of interleaved sections presenting an organic flow of content which pairs and juxtaposes the historic and the contemporary, featuring works by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Lucie Rie, Jean Arp, as well as ancient vessels from Greece and Egypt, historic ceramics from Africa, Asia and Central America, and ritual objects from across the African continent.

A key aspect of InOtherWords publications is to experiment with the conceptual, formal and structural potential of the book. Here we question and challenge the status and role of the art catalogue through the exploration of a series of dichotomies – past/present, hard/soft, ephemeral/permanent with the intention of creating a mood which is both contemporary and classical. Rather than acting as a reference to the exhibition, the book is a specific artifact, an equally important space for the presentation of the content and ideas.

OK-RM (Oliver Knight + Rory McGrath)

OK-RM

OK-RM is a London based design studio founded by Oliver Knight & Rory McGrath in 2008, engaged in ongoing partnerships with artists, curators, editors, architects, designers and institutions. A dedicated content driven approach with a grounding in conceptual thinking form the essential foundations of the studio.

Recent clients, commissioners and collaborators have included 1017-ALYX-9SM, ETH Zurich, Vivienne Westwood, JW Anderson, The Guggenheim, The Met, Het Nieuwe Instituut, alongside collaborative projects with artists including Virgil Abloh, Juergen Teller, Fos and Gabriel Kuri. In 2016 they designed the British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. As founders of the publishing house InOtherWords, the studio creates books and other printed matter in close collaboration with artists and other cultural protagonists. Their work has been shown in museums and educational institutions throughout the world and in 2018 they were awarded the Grand Prix at the Brno Biennial.