Theme:
Diversity versus Standard

Once upon a time, she held Greenland "outstretched". But then Karen Fly visited her mother's homeland for the first time. It was a life-changing journey that changed her view of Greenland - and of herself. Formkraft met the jewellery designer, who is currently exhibiting in Denmark, for a chat about what encountering her Greenlandic origins has meant for her artistic work.

As a weaver, she keeps the threads tight, and as a textile artist she works uniquely with the sculptural potential of threads and the possibilities of colour. But in the three new works created at Biblioteket Rentemestervej in Copenhagen NV, Sofia Hagström Møller has shared the art production with three different groups of children and young people. Here she talks about her experience of making cultural encounters the material in artistic processes.

The Wild Spinning Mill in Odsherred produces not only wool in wild qualities for artisans and designers. The 'by-products' from the Spinning Mill are local life and employment, experience building for young designers, and projects where families from the city gain a better understanding of rural life.