Pallet Charity Project
2009
Pallet Charity Project
Customised by artists
Studiomama donated the manufacturing rights of ‘The Pallet Chair’, designed in 2006, to the non-profit organisation Amistad o Nada in Argentina’s Buenos Aires. They invited artists Gavin Turk, Rachel Whiteread and Cornelia Parker to customise a pallet chair each in support of the charity’s work in 2009.
Artist Pallet Chairs
Cecilia Glik, a photographer, gallery owner and charity worker for Amistad o Nada, has taught a collective of formerly unemployed people in District 20 in the Lugano neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, one of the oldest and most deprived slums in the city, to make the Studiomama’s Pallet Chair using locally sourced pallets. The furniture is sold through local networks, providing dignified work for those most vulnerable to economic and social disparity – and an affordable source of furniture in Argentina.
Each piece has its own character and personality and they have developed their own following both online and among avid collectors. Each a one-off, they were sold through Phillip de Pury's London and New York galleries.
As part of this initiative, Studiomama invited British artists Gavin Turk, Cornelia Parker and Rachel Whiteread to each customise a Pallet Chair. Turk’s ‘Pollocky’, Whiteread’s ‘Untitled’ and Parker’s ‘Beach Chair’ were auctioned to raise funds for Amistad o Nada.