NEW NEW NEW Showroom, 2019
A pop-up exhibition
May 3–10, 2019
La Esquina Gallery
(Formerly at 1000 W 25th Street, Kansas City, MO)

NEW NEW NEW is an exploratory, project-based design initiative by Rachel Ferber and Adam Lucas focused on confronting our environmental impact through various real and speculative solutions.

NEW NEW NEW Showroom was the first iteration of this initiative. The showroom featured prototypes and possibilities for the continued use of materials that have reached their perceived end-of-life—a process commonly referred to as upcycling. In our search for transcendental approaches to material lifespans, we follow a guiding principle: each transformation remains true to its original form and function as much as possible. Our trans-formations should offer continued life for a material, rather than new life. This approach ensures the quality and ease of the trans-formation (i.e. something that could be replicated), while reinforcing the concept of continuation.

There is no new, but there are new possibilities.

Concept by Rachel Ferber and Adam Lucas.
Object and video development by Rachel Ferber.
Exhibition and graphic design by Adam Lucas.

This work was funded by an Artist Grant from Charlotte Street Foundation.

Exhibition documentation by E.G. Schempf & Mason Andrew Kilpatrick.