Material-based art is gaining ground. At the Skovgaard Museum in Viborg, eight young Danish artists frolic in the idiom and materials of crafts in the exhibition Hot Hands - crafts in contemporary art. The art form is actualized both by the current 'maker' trend and the necessary focus on resource awareness - but […]
[…] needs sensuous qualities and sensibilities. Our body is not just a vehicle for our head. We grasp our world through the way we thrive in and feel welcomed by our environment and by sensing the materials around us. Thus, design can be seen as solutions in material form attempting to meet contemporary needs and yearnings.
How do we change our relationship with the materials around us to become more aware of their life and development? The EU's new legislation on sustainable production is a step in the right direction, but it's far from enough.
[…] younger talents contributing their perspectives and experiments. The diversity of the applicant field is not only present in terms of experience, but also in terms of craftsmanship, materials and traditions. We see a tendency for old crafts to be challenged and used in new ways in new contexts. At the same time, modern technologies […]
[…] grey mottled linoleum floors, laminate advice, leaflets on loneliness and cancer treatment, worn magazines on beechwood tables, posters with colourful flowers, a metal bucket for numbers. Functions, materials and an absence of presence you can find in the waiting rooms of any Danish hospital. But at Nærhospitalet Middelfart it will be different. At Denmark's […]
Every two years, the Homo Faber exhibition in Venice celebrates material life and inspires additional investments in exceptional craftsmanship. Beauty and decoration enhance our lives, is the message – funny how exotic that seems from a Nordic perspective.
[…] artists investigate seaweed’s transformative potential in close dialogue with the site’s distinct character. Curated by Lawrence Ebelle, the exhibition emerges from a deeply collaborative process in which materials, methods, and sensory explorations are interwoven into a unified experience. Here, both the curator’s vision and the collective dynamic play a vital role in shaping a […]
[…] was only when we abandoned the rules of how to print and started using the printer in the wrong way that we were able to expand the possibilities of what can be done with a 3D printer. It became a significant driving force for us – doing the unexpected with the material." – Tim Söderström
[…] digitally from locations in several countries. This ironic point reflects a core aspect of the theme: nothing is more sensuous and tangible than crafts. That quality requires materials, people and methods to come together physically in the workshop, and yet, the field cannot escape the digital conditions of our current time. Everyone is bound […]
Can Danish jewellery art reinvent itself in a world where profit, volume, and quick turnover dictate most things? And is it time to seriously move on from traditional materials like gold and diamonds, which are haunted by dirty production conditions - a path that several Danish jewelry artists have already embarked on?
