Gain
Limited edition
2022
Gain is a series of objects driven by geometry and evolution. Detached from function the project focus solely on volume, accents and materiality.
Set of three - CNC milled and hand sanded solid oak - Ø 20cm.
Håndverk+ “TRANSFORMATION”
22 September - 30 October 2022
Curated by Kirsten Visdal
Galleri Format Oslo
Jenkins & Uhnger, Guri Sandvik, Anette Krogstad, Elisabeth Stray Pedersen, Ali Gallefoss & Fredrik Bull, Anna Maria Øfstedal Eng, Njål Andreassen, Kaja Dahl, Ytre, Marthine Spinnangr, Fold Oslo, Nora Kielland
Håndverk+ was established in 2017 with the goal of creating a meeting point between makers and designers. Håndverk+ showcases traditional craft in a contemporary coat, and has both cultural and commercial value, with innovation and the exchange of knowledge as the foundation.
Håndverk+ hosts an annual meeting place where participants can take part in workshops, sharing and exhibiting their prototypes - The event is driven by a communal effort by the participants and the support of collaborators.
This time we are so lucky as to exhibit at Format. The exhibition will be open for five weeks, and this year’s theme is TRANSFORMATION, tapping into political and societal shifts which undoubtedly affect how we express ourselves through aesthetics and function.
To transform means to recreate and to reshape. It can address a radical transformation where objects of the past are given a contemporary reinterpretation. It encapsulates new perspectives on traditional materials, methods and archetypes. Some of this year's participants have a personal approach to transformation relating to the body, to movement or to nature. In other interpretations, industrial offcuts of wood and textile are reimagined as resources rather than waste.
There lies a risk in unsettling something deap-seated when we touch upon the ingrained, the safe and the traditional. At the same time, transformation is a tool that lets us give tribute to cultural heritage, by creating new interpretations, new stories and new objects to carry on the tradition. This enables new identity and new safe spaces for future generations
The project’s goal is to introduce new talent, while simultaneously encompassing established figures within the industry who share their knowledge and enthusiasm for quality craft and design. This year we have 19 creators presenting everything from abstract sculpture to functional furniture, from everyday objects we usually take for granted to 1700-century objects reimagined in a modern context.
