A desire to tell the inherent story of a place is something Metz and Marimekko share. They create art, objects, and garments that act as binding threads intrinsic to the life narratives of their viewers and owners.
“Between our projection, our interpretation, and the thing itself, there's a lot of life, and to me, that space is where my work comes from,” he says about his practice. It’s also a space, he believes, for life to reveal itself in the form of subtle quirks, like -isms, accents, and perhaps even dialects.