Curated by Mathias Mentze and Alexander Vedel, the exhibition Laboratorium for Flet features Kazuhito's work "Kasumi". Open from 11 April to 25 August in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. More information can be found on Sophienholm's website.
Press release:
"Crafts - and crafts in general - have once again moved to the forefront of our collective conversation. It has gone from belonging to the past, to moving into our contemporary discussion about which way to go, and who knows, maybe hold part of the answer to some of the big questions of our time?
This exhibition explores the basket - the woven container that has been used for millennia to collect, transport and store things. It is curated by architects Mathias Mentze and Alexander Vedel Ottenstein.
The two curators say of the exhibition: ‘Our desire is to weave together a series of stories and materials, not as a chronological review of the history of the basket or a complete presentation of those who practice the craft today, but instead an attempt to point to the poetic potential of something as simple and humble as the basket and the hands that create it.’
Discover works by Danish pioneers such as William Louis Sørensen and Annette Holdensen and contemporary artists such as Ditte Gantriis, Sara Martinsen, Ida Tinning, Steen Hedegaard Madsen and Rasmus Myrup, but also by prominent names such as Young-jun Tak (South Korea), ARKO (Japan), Joe Hogan (Ireland), Emma Bruschi (France), Deborah Needleman (USA) and finally Kazuhito Takadoi (Japan), who creates a work inspired by the lake at Sophienholm.
Every Thursday evening, the exhibition is transformed into a stage for artistic experiments where professional designers, artists, scientists, thinkers, writers and other good people are invited to experiment in the lab. You never know in advance what will happen in the lab, but expect it to be surprising, enriching and thought-provoking, as the Thursday programme has been put together by author and writer Emmy Laura Pérez Fjalland, from the newsletter Jordbo and the news media Føljeton, and culture writer Oliver Stilling, the man behind the newsletter Et hul i Markedet, among others. You don't need to sign up for a trial evening - you're in as soon as you pay the entrance fee to the exhibition.
The theme of the exhibition is also reflected in a number of Sophienholm's other events during the exhibition period. Experience, for example, master basket maker Eva Seidenfaden in two workshops where visitors can try their hand at wickerwork, or take a guided tour of the exhibition followed by dinner in the café, which is naturally inspired by wickerwork. There will also be two Sophienholm salons, each of which will be based on the Laboratory for Wicker, but will turn the conversation to other aspects of the theme."
(Translated from Danish via Sophienholm)
