ADAF — A Domestic Art Fair, is an unconventional annual fair, with the primary goal of translating artistic practices into functional ones through creation and experimentation. By doing so, ADAF aims to question the boundaries between art and design, aesthetics and function. Each edition seeks to build upon the previous, exploring new angles of domesticity. Hence, a new scenography is put forward every year, where participating artists are assigned to the creation of specific domestic objects for an atypical ephemeral exhibition.

“The psychology of living has not changed since someone came up with the clever idea of making themselves comfortable in a cave. The simple logic is: First the people shape their home, then the home shapes the people. The one determines the other, and the other the one.”Markus Peichl, September 2014.

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ADAF 2023

A Domestic Art Fair 2023 will feature a scenography with “Common” as the theme.

Common living experiences were one of the first instances of a design towards an inclusive society in domestic environment. ADAF 2023 aims to explore domestic design and its role in gender equality through the pieces created by 105 Belgium-based artists.

“The history of cohousing started over two thousand years ago, when Pythagoras founded Homakoeion, a vegetarian commune, based on intellectualism, mysticism and the equality of the sexes.” (Meltzer, 2006)

LOCATION

15-18 June 2023

Studio CityGate
Rue des Goujons 152
1070 Anderlecht
Brussels

DOCS

>adaf 2023-posters
>adaf 2023-program
>adaf 2023-artists & objects

LINKS

>Feminism And Interior Design In The 1960s, 2015. Manli Zarandian
>Design For Gender Equality – The History Of Cohousing Ideas And Realities2012. Vestbro, Dick Urban & Horelli, Liisa

ARTISTS & OBJECTS

ROOMS

Atelier | Bar | Bedsroom | Dressing | Eatingroom | Gameroom | Growroom | Heat The Room | Library | Music Hall | Projection Room | Wetroom