Bjørn Sparrman (b. 1989, US) lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts. He received his BFA from Calvin College in 2012 and his Masters of Science in Art, Culture and Technology from MIT in 2016. He is represented by Yve Yang Gallery, NYC.  He worked once at the MIT Self-Assembly Lab, a cross-disciplinary research design group, and is the co-founder of RLP, a manufacturing company in Boston, MA. He works in both manufacturing and sculptural design, collaborating with industrial partners, as well as exhibiting work internationally: at the V&A London, West Bund Art Fair Shanghai, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the Milan Furniture Fair, Design Miami, and the Venice Biennale, MOMA​

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He may say:

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A tool can be as much a social, spiritual, or political lever, as a physical lever (or pulley, or wedge).

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An image can just as easily symbolize as it can hypnotize.