Seetal Solanki (UK)
Seetal Solanki is a Materials Translator. Whether it be through writing, researching, design, commissioning, curating, publishing, communicating projects and how she collectively makes efforts towards shaping and sharing stories that are culturally representative, caring and respectful.
Having the ability to speak multiple languages across, industry, academia, design, fashion, music, film, architecture, food, production, science, the streets and all of the in between, through multimedia approaches, she builds and bridges futures, immediate, near and far that are purposeful, practical, cultural and relatable outcomes.Seetal is also the author of Why Materials Matter, Responsible Design for a Better World and Head of Community at ON ROAD.She has had the privilege to work with and alongside Potato Head Bali, Molonglo Group, NIKE, Google, The Serpentine Gallery, Venice Biennale, Dezeen, The Architectural Association, World Water Day, IKEA/SPACE10, British Council, Sharjah Architecture Triennial, Alexander McQueen, Chloe, Missoni, Saudi Design Week, Ath-Art Al-Ula, United Visual Artists, Nissan, Onassis Foundation, Atelier 100, Silo Restaurant, The Design Museum, Hyundai and her work has been widely featured internationally. On a personal and professional journey to discover what we're made of.
Keywords: consumption, ecosystems, sustainable materials, innovative materials
Morning topic: Deep Travellers
The speed of time and the length of the journey are only relative parameters of the expedition. On his journey, the pilgrim discovers other dimensions, experiences encounters with unpredictable phenomena, environments, natural elements that transcend him. The traveler consciously steps out of the comfort of his home ecosystem and sets up a traveler's ecosystem that has different rules. The artist explores the course of the journey, constructs scenarios of personal experiences, establishes imaginative spaces of fantastic dreamscapes, residues of our predecessors, centuries passed and great hopes. Civilizations have been shaped by journeys and social changes are happening continuously, it is not easy to notice because we are part of them. Whether it's a walking pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela or an ambitious flight to Mars, however significant the destination seems, the essentials are likely to happen along the way. That is why we set the journey as the motif of our artistic research and as its main goal.
