MATS HORBACH
- Founder Atelier Mats
- Editor in chief Blank Space Magazine
- Member of the board Vereniging Sectie-C
EXHIBITIONS
2019
We Feel Fine, Sectie-C, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2018
Found in Translation, Sectie-C, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Interstices, Centre National de la Danse, Pantin, France
Art = Artis, ARTIS, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Density, Yksi Expo, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2017
Looking at Soft Data, Sectie-C, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Dating Dutch Design, Klokgebouw, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Form&Seek London Design Festival, Old Truman Brewery, London, England
Wunderkammer, BKKC, Tilburg, the Netherlands
Festival Designkwartier, the Hague, the Netherlands
Night of the nerds, Klokgebouw, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
STRP Biennial 2017, Klokgebouw, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2016
SOFT DATA, Sectie-C, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
The Value of Numbers, BLANCCOLLECTIVE, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Symbiosis, Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris, France
Festival Designkwartier, the Hague, the Netherlands
WATER.WAR, Budafabriek, Kortrijk, Belgium
Object Rotterdam 2016, SS Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2015
Change of State, Sectie-C, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Beyond food and design, C-mine, Genk, Belgium
Springsnow festival, Amstelkerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Design uit het land van de aardappeleters, Noordbrabants museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
2014
Bright day, Zuiveringshal Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Nothing Machines, Klokgebouw, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Feeling Blue, NulZes, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
BIO 50, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2013
It's all in the air, Z33 House for contemporary art, Hasselt, Belgium
New messages from NL, The Korea Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Work Wise, Yksi Expo, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Linking Process, Design Academy Eindhoven, Milan, Italy
The invasion, Lambrate, Milan, Italy
2012
Graduation show 2012, Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Dutch Design graduates, De Machinekamer, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Rechargeables, Strijp-S, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2011
Who cares? Design cares, Yksi Expo, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2010
Herinner me, Krabbedans, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
GUEST TEACHING
Design Academy Eindhoven
Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam
KABK Den Haag
CLIENTS
Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Provincie Noord Brabant
EYE Filmmuseum
Form & Seek
De Kunstbalie
Genmab BV
Pink, Jongeren Partij voor de dieren
Kuperus & Gardenier
Provincie Limburg, Belgium
Kettal furniture
ESTIV
Copyright 2020 Atelier Mats. All rights reserved.
In the design practice of Mats Horbach, he researches how humankind gives shape to our way of communication. In Horbach’s design philosophy society does not only design content, but we also carefully design the way this content is presented, facilitated, perceived and shared. The current technotope that we inhabit creates enormous potential for our inter-human communication, but the speed of the technological development prevents us to ask how these developments affect us as human beings. That question is the fundament of all Horbach’s projects.
Throughout his projects, Horbach developed an investigative design method based on empathy and scientific knowledge. His design research is a collection of personal experiences of people derived from interviews and observations mirrored to scientific articles to create an understanding how theory is experienced in practice. His research results in clear installations that allow the audience to experience the information for themselves. With his work Horbach humanizes abstract systems.
ATELIER MATS
Photography: Hanneke Wetzer