Norwegian Crafts

Box set of Documents on Contemporary Crafts, Nos. 1-5 Learn more

Interview: Hilde Sørstrøm speaks with Aslaug M. Juliussen about knowledge of nature, defamiliarizing materials, and how she uses remains from the slaughter of reindeer in her works Learn more

Essay: Kim Paton reflects on how Aotearoa New Zealand gallery Objectspace engages culturally diverse practitioners, communities of makers and audiences Learn more

FORCES - Dyrdal, Tingleff, Kvasbø opens at Sørlandets Kunstmuseum SKMU, 12 October 2019 Learn more

Curator and duojár Gry-Kristina Fors Spein reflects on the Sámi concept of duodji as a starting point for artistic practice Learn more

Projects

FORCES - Dyrdal Kvasbø Tingleff

Sørlandets Kunstmuseum SKMU, 12 October 2019–26 Januar 2020, KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes 10 May–15 Sept 2019, the National Ceramics Museum of Sèvres, 24 September 2018–1 April 2019 Exhibitions

Båassjoeraejken Tjïrr

Workshops and conversations on Indigenous languages, aesthetic practices and landscapes Melahuset, 3 December 2019, Oslo Seminars

Launch: Documents on Contemporary Crafts, nos. 1-5, Box Set

Launch of box set at Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt Thursday 17 October, 2-4 pm Seminars

Nordic Platform for Critical Craft Theory

A network for knowledge-exchange and expertise on contemporary crafts in the Nordic region Network

Artist talks: Blåvarp and Kvasbø

Talks between jewellery artist Liv Blåvarp and Liesbeth Den Besten, and ceramicist Torbjørn Kvasbø and Jorunn Veiteberg. Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt 19 October, 4-6 pm Seminars

Essay

Interview with Aslaug M. Juliussen

Aslaug Juliussen: A Sense of Sustainability

I Exist in Relationship to You

In this essay, Kim Paton reflects on how Aotearoa New Zealand gallery Objectspace engages culturally diverse practitioners, communities of makers and audiences Essay

Lost is the new found: Good wood and downcycling in a time of distraction

An exchange betwixt artists and frequent collaborators Rasmus Andreas Hungnes and Gabriel Johann Kvendseth on, around, and about the work of the latter Interview

How things get made and the people who make them

In this conversation, Jessica Hemmings talks with Ezra Shales about industry, technology and material empathy Interview

About

Our principle aim is to strengthen the position of contemporary crafts from Norway internationally.

Opportunities

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Publications

Documents on Contemporary Crafts 1–5

Box set with the first five books in the series Documents on Contemporary Crafts View all publications

Documents on Contemporary Crafts no. 5: Material Perceptions

A Norwegian Crafts production that offers critical reflections on materialism and perceptions View all publications

Press

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