The Curated Object

Exhibitions Copenhagen. It's A Small World. Dansk Design Center. The Curated Object

Astrid Krogh, Suntiles, 2009, Photo: Torben Eskerod

Mathias Bengtsson, Spun Bench, 2005, Photo: Martin Scott- Jupp

What might an exhibition/initiative like this look like in the US? 

It's a Small World, Aug. 28-Jan. 31, 2009

Themes:

it´s a small world focuses on Danish design, craft and architecture in relation to a new international design agenda. Sustainability, Human Scale, New Craftsmanship and Non-Standardised Praxis are the four main themes of the exhibition. The intention is to initiate a dialogue about the expectations to and ambitions for a world, where sustainability has taken on new meaning. 

Scenarios:

it´s a small world is staged around six interdisciplinary scenarios, each introducing a unique concept based on the four main themes; Sustainability, Human Scale, New Craftsmanship and Non-Standardised Praxis. The scenarios explore cultural trends, from an individual as well as a collective point of view, in a local and a global perspective.

Participants:

3XN architects

Arkitekt Kristine Jensens Tegnestue

Astrid Krogh

Bengtsson design Ltd.

BIG, Bjarke Ingels Group

Cecilie Manz

Dorte Mandrup Architects

Goodmorning Technology

Hatch & Bloom A/S

Katvig ApS

KOLLISION

Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects A/S

Molgaard aps

MUTOPIA aps

Ole Jensen

Oticon A/S

RACA

schmidt hammer lassen architects

Steen Ipsen

Studio/ Louise Campbell

SUP DESIGN

Vibskovemenius

it´s a small world is developed on the basis of an initiative by the Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs and the Danish Ministry of Culture.The background for the commision is the danish governments introduction of a new danish designpolicy, as desribed in the Design Denmark report. 

For more information please visit: The Dansk Design Center

Exhibitions Humlebaek. Prestige or Paradise: Museum Architecture in the 21st Century. The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark. The Curated Object

Centre Pompidou Metz, Metz, Lothringen, France, 2006-2008
Shigeru Ban / Jean de Gastines
General view
2005 © Image 3D © CA2M, Shigeru Ban Architects Europe with Jean de Gastines Architect, Artefactory


Eyebeam Museum of Art and Technology, New York, NY, USA, 2001 (on hold)
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Rendering, south-west-view
© Diller Scofidio + Renfro

21st Century Museum, Kanazawa, Japan (2002-2004)
Kazuyo Sejima og Ryue Nishizawa/SANAA
Interiør
© SANAA

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA, designfase: 1999-2003 (stillet i bero)
Gehry Partners, LLP
Endelig model
2005 © Gehry Partners, LLP

Prestige or Paradise: Museum Architecture of the 21st Century
June 18 – September 14, 2008

In connection with Louisiana’s 50th anniversary in 2008 we are showing an exhibition about the latest developments in museum architecture. Museum-building is in more than one sense an expression of our wealth, just as centuries-old palaces and cathedrals testify to the finest that our culture has to offer.

The exhibition presents 25 of the world’s ongoing or future museum projects, and the aim is to illustrate the most important tendencies emerging in museum architecture right now, and to mark out the paths the museums of the future will be taking over the next few decades. The story will be told by means of the exhibition design and models, samples of materials, photographs, films, animations and other visual media. In many ways Louisiana itself was a source of inspiration for the museum concept of the late twentieth century, in terms of architecture as well as other features.

With the status that museum-building has today, the exhibition is at the same time an overview of some of the finest projects from the best international architectural offices active at present. North America and Europe are still in the grip of a veritable building boom in the museum area; China and other parts of the world are on their way; and museum architecture is often used to project an image of organizations, cities, regions or countries – severakl examples will be given in the exhibition.

For more information please visit: The Louisiana Museum of Art, Denmark

-Joanne Molina

Exhibitions Copenhagen. Now That It Is Time. The Danish Museum of Decorative Arts. The Curated Object: International Decorative Arts Exhibitions

Now That It Is Time.
16 November - 24 February 2008

Three significant personalities in Danish sculpture and architecture, Thomas Bang, Ingvar Cronhammar and Poul Ingemann have especially for this exhibition created works and installations, which exist in a widely expanded territory between the functional object and the sculptural gestalt without function, where the concept of purpose assumes unexpected and new dimensions. In this cross-field “Stealth” cutlery as well as relic apparatus’ and gym lockers are created. This is the third exhibition where the three artists/designers collaborate to create works with specific connection to the function and history of the relevant exhibition space. The earlier exhibitions took place at the Art Gallery Brænderigården in Viborg in 2000 and at Sophienholm in Lyngby in 2003.

For more information please visit: The Danish Museum of Decorative Arts
-Joanne Molina

Exhibitions Copenhagen. Ib Georg Jensen. The Danish Museum of Decorative Arts. The Curated Object: International Decorative Arts Exhibitions

Ib Georg Jensen
7 December - 3 February 2008
Ib Georg Jensen expresses himself through a simplified style with a simple barcode decoration. In his ceramics he is inspired by old pottery tradition and influenced by the different localities in which his workshop has been located: Birkerød, Tullebølle and Østerbro in Copenhagen.

For more information please visit: The Danish Museum of Decorative Arts
-Joanne Molina