Temple of Manufacturing
a solo exhibition of COMPANY / Aamu Song & Johan Olin
2017 June 7th - August 5th
Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York
Design: COMPANY / Aamu Song & Johan Olin
Curators Eva Franch i Gilabert & Carlos Mínguez Carrasco
Soundtrack: Tuomas Toivonen
Photos by Miguel de Guzmán / ImagenSubliminal

   

Temple of Manufacturing worships the making of things.
The temple brings together ten years of secrets. Secrets is our art project where we look into traditional manufacturing, collaborate with the makers and together create new items. Temple of Manufacturing premieres the latest of our secrets – Secrets of USA. It's a collection a items created with Amish makers in Amish Country, Pennsylvania.
After ten years of meeting with great makers we still wonder what this making is all about. It's not about money nor keeping traditions – mayde it's a belief.



Temple of Manufacturing. Storefront for Art and Architecture.




















Secrets of Russia.




Secrets of USA. New items made with masters from Amish Country, Pennsylvania.




Secrets of Finland I. Flower vases from Flower Vase Tree project.




Secrets of Finland II. Mushroom Stools, Dance Shoes, Birch Bag Big & Birch Bag Pixel and August Stool.




Secrets of Japan I. Meet the Kokeshi masters.




Secrets of Japan II. T Hantens with Kokeshi pattern.




Secrets of making Kurume Kasuri (indigo tie-dye yarn).















Johan and Aamu at Temple of Manufacturing. Storefront for Art and Architecture.








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Thank you! Eva, Carlos, Max, Asa, Jason, amazing SF interns: Lafina, Lucas, Amella, Asia, Alina, JC and Stephanie. Tuomas, Nene, Kaarina, Laura, Jukka, Saka, Hiroko, Sveta & Oleg, Jonathan Myers, Karel Klinger, Farrow & Ball, Tenu Gin.

All the masters with whom the items are made: John Lapp, Saville King, Esther Martin, Samuel Stolzfus, Winner Caps, Rudi Merz, Lahtiset, Alma Jantunen, Arto Salminen, Sari Manner, Punavuoren Puuhevonen, Semenovskaya Rospis, Junniset, Nikari, Igarashi Yoshiyuki, Kouhei Hashimoto, Abo Mutsihide, Hiraga Teruyuki, Mikami Yuji, Miyata Orimono, Kyouzou Shimokawa, Bunaco.

The project has received support from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike), the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, and Frame.

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06.06. Opening night at Temple of Manufacturing.




05.08.2017 Closing Ceremony. Spirits of Manufacturing visit Temple of Manufacturing at Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York.




The Spirit of Fountain Kokeshi.




Spirit of Kokeshi Kasuri came all the way from Kurume, Southern Japan.








The Family Spirit from Russia.





The Amish Spirit from Lancaster Pennsylvania.




Spirit of Mouth Blown Glass from Nuutajärvi, Finland.




05.08.2017.
Closing Ritual: Spirits of Manufacturing
Storefront for Art and Architecture 97 Kenmare street, New York. Saturday, 5pm, August 5th, 2017
Temple of Manufacturing closed its sacred doors. To clebrate the occasion we invited the Spirits of Manufacturing, a series of deities representing each of the trips and techniques we have encountered in our ten-year research of manufacturing secrets.
The closing event included ceremonial offerings by chef Toni Toivanen, former Chef de partie at NOMA. Event was supported by the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York.
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MAKING OF TEMPLE OF MANUFACTURING
Photos by COMPANY



Temple building team (almost everyonl): Lafina, Max, Amella, Johan, Aamu, Lucas, Carlos and Asia.




05.06. Almost there. Very last details to paint.




02.06. Todays colors: 50, 212 (red), 278.




01.06. Paint by numbers. J.C., Lucas and Aamu at work.




31.05.2017. Starting the mural at Storefront.




Planning of the mural.








Sketches for the mural.




Display plans (Secrets of USA).




Scale model.




Spring 2017. Temple sketches.