Dré Wapenaar

After acclaimed exhibitions all over the world – from New York to Japan via Milan – Rotterdam-based artist, social architect and classical pianist Dré Wapenaar brings his incredible participatory performance space, ‘Tent Village Revisited’ to Port Eliot for the first time this year.

ProjectBase, Cornwall’s contemporary art commissioning agency, in collaboration with Port Eliot Festival has invited artist Dré Wapenaar to show ‘tentvillage-revisited’ at this year’s festival.

Clustered together like a colony of woodland mushrooms, the rounded shapes and light and airy structures of ‘tentvillage-revisited’ are intended to encourage communal conversations and interactions as well as a place to chill out with fellow festival-goers. Igloo-like, canvas tents in warm earth tones are arranged on multi-level platforms. They form both an autonomous sculpture and a functioning campsite containing elements of open and enclosed space.

Perfect for the laid back feel of Port Eliot, ‘tentvillage-revisited’ is open for talks, performances and quiet, individual reflection. With his hand-built designs for pavilions and tents, Dré is interested in the social architecture of communal space. Working at the crossroads of visual art, design, and architecture, his environments are designed to shape encounters – whether between individuals, small or large groups.

www.projectbase.org.uk
www.drewapenaar.nl