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MANU builds object-to-human relationships. Their objects are all ‘characters’ to live alongside — not bought and sold, but adopted. Working across waste streams, the material becomes both the starting point and the guide, allowing its limitations to shape the design of each object. They craft objects from PET bottles, lemon peels, or sand — depending on what’s available around them. MANU believes this philosophy can help us rediscover the value of finite raw materials, encouraging more respect and care for the objects we live with.

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Nikolaj Plads 25A, 1067 Copenhagen
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15:00
End
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Artist Talk: Material as Method with Aleksey Manukyan
Address
Store Kongensgade 1, 1264 Copenhagen
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14:00
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Address
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Start
9:00
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