Two Hectare is a transdisciplinary project that explores the dispersion of materials as a resource for understanding ourselves today. Materials are the memory of their surroundings, they bear witness to the long account of human effort in shaping the world. They relate to natural and cultural environments and are shaped by historic, ecological, social and political dynamics. Therefore, materials reveal different pasts, reflect the present and set the framework for possible futures.
Two Hectare is initiated by artist Saskia Noor van Imhoff and designer Arnout Meijer. In their practice they question the knowledge systems, perceptual mechanisms and paradigms that dictate our lives. What makes certain things last while others are less valuable and discarded, concealed or forgotten? Through situated and embodied research on sites, things and beings REST connects different narratives in an attempt to shift perspectives and create new, tangible outcomes.
