Four intensive days of artistic practice, research and professional debate at the new exhibition venue RERUM in Aarhus. The programme explores which objects tell the story of Danish crafts and design, and which materials, working methods and techniques matter.
What makes an object worth preserving? Why do we value some materials more than others? These questions are examined through performances, lectures and conversations under the title Performative Practices and Material Hierarchies.
The programme is connected to the exhibition RARIORUM, curated by lecturer Ingrid Halland. The exhibition draws inspiration from physician and collector Ole Worm's famous Cabinet of Curiosities from the 1600s and invites members of the Danish Craft and Design Association to create a new, living collection – where not only the finished work matters, but also the broken weaving loom, the used printing plate or the mould.
Programme includes:
- Performances and conversation with Norwegian artist Silje Kjørholt and art critic Sissel Leknes about the work with Blåler
- Lecture by Lisbet Tarp, lecturer at Aarhus University, on Ole Worm and rare objects
- Debate between Karina Præstegård, Helle Dyrlund Severinsen and Ingrid Halland on establishing a new institution for crafts and design
- Focus on Nordic collaborations with Nynne Hoe and Ingrid Halland
Free admission.
