The ‘Oki Naganode’ by Julia Lohmann is a large-scale sculpture made of Japanese Naga seaweed. It has been treated to remain flexible like a translucent leather and stretched over a modular framework made of rattan/cane and aluminium. The installation showcases the material agency and potential of seaweed as a versatile material for design and manufacture. It was developed as part of Lohmann's Department of Seaweed residency at the Victoria & Albert Museum from April to September 2013 and exhibited publicly during the London Design Festival 2013, at Artipelag, Sweden in 2015, XXII Triennale di Milano: Broken Nature in 2019, before being acquired by MoMA New York in 2020.

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