STAG - Research
The STAG project is a research-driven design intervention that explores the intersection of portability, domesticity, and public space. Born from the observation of Hong Kong’s dense urban fabric, STAG is a multifunctional object (a stool - backpack) designed to be carried, sat upon, and transformed. It serves as a tool for "tactical urbanism," allowing users to reclaim and inhabit any corner of the city as a personal public space. The research investigates how a singular, frugal object can mediate between the body and the infrastructural scale, facilitating spontaneous social interaction.
Location: Hong Kong Backlanes
Date: 2012
Principal Investigator: Géraldine Borio with Caroline Wüthrich - Assistants: Natalie Tsui, Ng Yuen Ting Sandy, Lee Tsz Ping, Ho Chun Sing Jason, Fei TseJeffrey, Justin Chan, Eugene Cheung - Craftsmen: Mr Tang, Uncle Chan, Uncle Hung
Exhibitions
STAG in Beijing, Exhibition Representing the UNESCO Creative City of Design Beijing and part of the Exhibition “Empathic City – Making our city together”, International Design Biennale, St-Etienne, France, 2013. First co-author & Research [PI]: Borio, G.LIVING AS FORM, New York, 2012
STAG in Hong Kong, part of the exhibition “Living as Form”, ICI Curatorial Hub at TEMP, New York, 2012. First co-author & Research [PI]: Borio, G.
STAG in Hong Kong, Videotage, Microwave Festival, Hong Kong, 2012. First co-author & Research [PI]: Borio, G.
STAG in Beijing, Exhibition at the Beijing Design Week, 2012. First co-author & Research [PI]: Borio, G.
STAG the Urban Space, Exhibition at the Art Walk, Hong Kong, 2012. First co-author & Research [PI]: Borio, G.
Movie
STAG it!, realized and produced by Isabelle Mayor, Hong Kong, 2012. With Géraldine Borio and Caroline Wuthrich, Uncle Chan, Mr Tang, Tszping Lee, Ho Chun Sing Jason, Jeffrey Tse, Yuen Ting Ng Sandy, Natalie Tsui and Didi Wu.
Conferences
14 03 2013
STAG, paper presented at the Symposium “EmpathiCity – Making our city together”, St-Etienne Biennale of Design, France. First co-author & Research [PI]: Borio, G. Peer-reviewed.
03 07 2013
The STAG project as a Tool for Research, paper presented at the Conference Transforming the Parasite, Baptist University, Hong Kong. First co-author & Research [PI]: Borio, G. Peer-reviewed.
18 05 2012
Edge Public Spaces in Hong Kong, paper presented at the Symposium Backroom Conversations, Asia Art Archive at the HK Art Fair 2012. First co-author & Research [PI]: Borio, G. Peer-reviewed.
Presentations
06 09 2013
Art in Public Space, Lecture at Ying Wa College, Hong Kong. Sole author & Research [PI]: Borio, G.
03 08 2013
Mobile Architecture & Public Spaces, Lecture at Tadioto creative space, Hanoi. Co-author & Research [PI]: Borio, G.
21 02 2012
Looking for STAG, Lecture at PechaKucha Night, Hong Kong. Co-author & Research [PI]: Borio, G.
