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Textile and ceramics meet in new materialities - concrete and inconcrete.
An interdisciplinary experimental collaborative project of material combinations and techniques, such as cylinder-drilling in cast concrete, glaze, clay.. made in a studio residency at The Danish Art Workshops SVFK Copenhagen in 2015.
Anne Fabricius Møller & Ann Linnemann - Exhibition in 2016 - LINK
The exhibition was a presentation of the project, showing the laboratory-like character of the experiments and work in progress.
A fascination with secret layers, geological research and collecting things has resulted in a collaboration in which sand, cement, old shards, cups and other easily available materials are cast and/or melted into unique small existences, which are core-drilled, and archaeological surprises have emerged.
Cup-drilled columns, some are several cuts out of one casting, creating new spatialities, as from the recycled teapot that is cast in concrete, to seabed-like associations in the ceramic drillings.
Much fell apart in the process, some fell out reasonably, but small revelations also jumped out of the project.
Unpredictable areas and substances, also much stuff in the bottom of a bucket.
Some casts are in a geological-like state as if extracted from the real world.
The project used gravel, various powders, metal oxids, glazes, clay, pottery shards, - Ann Linnemann's cups, jugs, bowls and Anne Fabricius Møller's accumulations.
Grateful thanks MT Højgaard for the loan of drilling equipment and The Danish Art Workshops SVFK in Copenhagen for studio space in the spring of 2015.
and to the Danish Arts Foundation Project Fund for exhibition funding in 2016.
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RESEARCH
The project is inspired by drilling with 'Cup-drills' (cylinder/core drills) for example occurring at construction sites, brickwork for pipes and installations, geological ground investigations, ice core drilling, biological research, time survey, archaeological studies, and not least the left-over drill holes and the drilling cores.
Key words: geological deposits - archaeological accumulations - time layers - time pockets - memories & secrets - conscious & unconscious - precision & randomness..
"We worked with material tests and experiments based on our individual experiences, but with the object being to challenge these experiences through interdisciplinary collaboration, differences in material knowledge, craftsmanship and artistic approach, mindset and philosophical aspects of the project itself."
THE PROJECT
Collection and accumulation of materials - layer by layer.
Material and form studies are mainly in clay and other ceramic materials, fired shards, but also concrete, sand, stone, cement, wood, and other matters.
We drilled with a cylindrical Cup-drill into mixed substances, which we then fired at different temperatures or fired before drilling.
Because of melting risk in the kiln we made clay containers that were labelled and filed in a coded system.
Anne Fabricius Møller - www.aaa-fff-mmm.dk
"Generally, I am inspired by what is at hand and daily chores, mechanics, tool geometry, botany, spontaneous processes, time, nature, and that of the good stuff, I can dig up from my own stash."
Ann Linnemann - LINK - ceramic pieces
"I am interested in the secret layers of the work. The dreamy and nebulous hiding in the object's concrete reality. The dialogue with the viewer and the story that underlies the experience, - and material, archaeology, scientific research...”
CLICK photo = LARGE format + slide show.. MORE IMAGES WILL FOLLOW..
UNEVEN SPACES
Charlotte Thorup DK
Exhibition 7 April – 4 May 2016
Opening reception Thursday 7 April at 16-19.00
Artist talk Saturday 16 April at 15-17.00
Module by module leads to a new form - small ceramic entities become one..
Quadratic and modeled clay sticks are formed into simple modules, put together with the intention at all time to develop the shape, and eventually turn into one work.
The idea behind the pieces is a study of spatial proportions.
The piece's geometric constructions reveal a refined organic logic.
Charlotte Thorup is occupied with pattern and repetition, spatial dimensions, contrasts and connections.
The inspiration appears from the city's architecture and the symmetry of nature, reflecting an investigation of visual impressions and sensations - a field of harvest pattern or a building where the attention is caught.
Thin and heavy elements are put together in complex compositions, while simplicity rules in the pieces material contrasts, where light and shadow effects create 'colour'.
Multiple parts are assembled into one entity of organic metamorphosis.
The combination of porcelain and stoneware emphasizes the contrasts, while supporting light and shadow effects of the glaze colour combinations and tactile material qualities of matte and glossy surfaces.
The variation and span of pieces reflect the idea concept.
NETWORK - DIALOGUE - CONNECTION - CONTRAST - PROCESS - SPACE - ORGANIC - ARCHITECTURAL - CONSTRUCTION..
CHARLOTTE THORUP: ”By constructing a piece in module structures occurs a network of links. For the exhibition FORM LANGUAGE in 2014, I worked from the word 'Connections'. This I have explored further and created numerous of new works in various ways to associate and relate to space, proportion and repetition.
A long concentrated period of work has given room for contemplation. In this process, I have had time to develop and follow the idea's progression.
Where I previously made wall objects in square and rectangular shapes based on repetition and rhythm, the new pieces have emerged from this new form idea that sparked my curiosity and led me to experiment in a new way with my material.
I have chosen to combine stoneware and porcelain bearing in mind the material contrasts in heaviness/ lightness and strength/ fragility - and have investigated the light and shadow effects, glazes tactile qualities such as matte/ glossy and different colour combinations.
The exhibition reflects this process in a variety of both free-standing and wall objects works.
I have pursued achieving a resonance with the viewer and the work on a sensible level, with the possibility of dialogue on life's basic conditions, such as contrast, space, light and shadow..
My intention is to add a simplified expression to a poetic and architectural narrative, reinforced by virtue of the clay, glaze, firing and hand imprint."
CHARLOTTE THORUP was born in 1973. She graduated in 2000 from the Glass and Ceramic School - Bornholm (Academy's Design School), has traveled and studied abroad from England to Australia, she lives and has her studio in Svaneke on the Danish island of Bornholm.
Thanks to Esther & Jep Fink's Foundation for Architecture and Crafts and Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond for Funding of Charlotte Thorup.
Thanks to The Danish Arts Foundation Project Fund for funding in 2016.
BIOGRAPHY
CHARLOTTE THORUP - born in Denmark 1973
www.charlottethorup.dk
EDUCATION
1997-2000 Denmarks Design School – Bornholm (Royal Danish Art Academy)
1995-1996 Århus Art Academy.
1994 Art School Firenze, Italy.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015 Kunsthåndværkerprisen af 1879, Officinet, Copenhagen, DK
Resonans, Lyngby Kunstforening, DK
Definition, Officinet, Copenhagen, DK
2014 Unik Keramik, Køge, DK
New Meets Old, Hiorts Fabrik, Rønne, DK
Lystens Strukturer, R2 Galleri, Svaneke, DK
Formsprog Og Tankespind, Ann Linnemann Galleri, Copenhagen, DK
Fantastic Tales, The Ceramic House, England.
2013 Definition, Finland.
2012 Behold, Ann Linnemann Galleri, Copenhagen, DK
Kunsthåndværkerprisen af 1879, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, DK
2011 Den næste generation, Roskilde, DK
Et Strejf af…, Ann Linnemann Galleri, Copenhagen, DK
2010 Wawerhythmfold, Galleri Klejn, Bornholm, DK
Decade one, Danmarks Designskole, Bornholm, DK
”Hot Spots ”, Museion No. 1, Budapest
2009 Landmarks, Flow Gallery, London, UK
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond, 2016. Esther og Jep Finks Mindefond for Arkitektur og Kunsthåndværk, 2015. Kunsthåndværkerprisen af 1879, Annie & Otto Johs. Detlefs´ Almennyttige Fond, Sølvmedalje, 2015, bronzemedalje og rejselegat, 2012. Statens Kunstfond, arbejdslegat, 2014. Beckett Fonden, 2014. Kunstrådet Bornholm, 2014. Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond, 2014, 2013, 2010. Danmarks Nationalbanks Jubilæumsfond af 1968 2014, 2013, 2007. Fridtmodt-Heineke Fonden, 1999, 2009. Knud Højgaards Fond, 2009, 2007, 2003, 2001. Rejselegat, Svanekegårdens Censurede Efterårsudstilling, 2007. Martha og Paul Kerrn-Jespersens Fond, 2002. The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation, 2002. Toyota Fonden, 2002. Det Reiersenske Fond, 2000.
