{"product_id":"6-6-malena-guerrieri-ball-making","title":"6.6 - MALENA GUERRIERI | Ball Making","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"410\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs part of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObjects at Play exhibition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, join artist Malena Guerrieri for a once time only hands-on workshop to\u003cstrong\u003e create your own football using 100% recycled Argentine leather\u003c\/strong\u003e sourced from the sample archives of her family’s tannery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"116\" data-end=\"410\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e🗓️ Saturday, June 6th | 3 to 7pm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e 📍 67 West St., Studio 513\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing from her capsule \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLa Caprichosa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this workshop transforms the football into a site of memory, craft, and transformation. Each ball is assembled from unused leathers in different colors and textures—materials that once belonged to an industrial history of Argentine production and are now reactivated through cutting, stitching, and hand assembly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result is a fully functional football N3 that exists between object and sculpture, carrying with it traces of a disappearing craft tradition, where handmade leatherwork and local manufacturing are increasingly rare.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! All materials included + drinks and bites. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChoose your colors, textures, and combinations, and create a one-of-a-kind piece—whether to play with, to keep, or to gift. A celebration of football, material memory, and the return to the handmade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eARTIST BIO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMalena Guerrieri (b. 1988, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a visual artist based in Argentina. She holds an MA from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, where she participated in the research project \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForms of Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in collaboration with MUDAM Luxembourg. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2023, she curated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Antwerp Chair Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, transforming discarded chairs into a collective exhibition and publication. That same year, she participated in the On Boards Biennale and TO BE ANTWERP. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHer recent solo exhibition, La Caprichosa in Buenos Aires, featured footballs made from discarded leather scraps. Her practice explores the creative potential of everyday objects and found materials, giving them renewed presence and second life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SUDESTADA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50403244769500,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/9108\/0924\/files\/BALL-Making_Workshop_Malena-Guerrieri_ea6f8a62-a2ae-41c5-9791-330e1b755f5c.png?v=1779485113","url":"https:\/\/shop.lasudestada.com\/products\/6-6-malena-guerrieri-ball-making","provider":"SUDESTADA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}