"Valerian Blos uses the table as a metaphor for 'friction.' His practice moves between installation, speculative design, material research, and teaching, aiming to create discomfort."
"The normalized things that the designer keeps returning to are technology, catastrophe, and matter itself. They overlap, and the overlap is where the most uncomfortable questions live."
"What could go wrong? takes historical disasters that began as safety drills and ended as real catastrophes, freezing the moment of explosion in 3D simulation."
"The catastrophe here becomes an object users can hold, and the process itself, which is simulating destruction, then making it permanent through porcelain."
Valerian Blos's practice centers around a metaphorical dinner table in his performance installation, Substance of Power. Guests experience discomfort as they taste substances representing uncomfortable truths, such as mercury and plastic. Blos's work blurs the lines between art, science, and design, aiming to create friction rather than provide answers. He challenges normalized perceptions of technology and catastrophe, encouraging viewers to confront uncomfortable questions. His project, What could go wrong?, transforms historical disasters into porcelain objects, making the concept of catastrophe tangible and permanent.
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