Tendenser 2018: Give it Time
Group exhibition of contemporary craft and associated publication that explored the various ways in which craft is experienced in time.
- Submitting institution
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Kingston University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 32-62-1716
- Type
- M - Exhibition
- Venue(s)
- Punkt Ø – Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway
- Open access status
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- Month of first exhibition
- March
- Year of first exhibition
- 2018
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Tendenser 2018: Give it time was an exhibition of contemporary craft that explored how craft is experienced in time, drawing attention to daily rhythms, and investigating how craft production is documented and mediated. With a view to getting behind the pristine, finished object, the exhibition foregrounded the making process, the phenomenology of making, and the complexity of exercising skilled labour within challenging economic environments. The exhibition was curated by Knott in collaboration with Maria Havstam from Punkt Ø – Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway, and ran 24 March–17 June 2018. Thirteen artists from Europe and America were invited to participate, many of whom were commissioned to produce new work. In addition, Knott and Galleri F 15 commissioned TEXAS to produce a Slow TV film that documented the baking of Albykringle pastry on-site. Prior to the opening, Knott launched the associated publication, Watching Making (2018), in conversation with Grant Gibson. This brought together original essays from five prominent academics and contributes to the growing literature on craft theory. Knott edited the publication, as well as writing the opening essay.
The exhibition examined how craftspeople work in modern times, challenging romantic preconceptions of craft as a time-consuming activity. In contrast to most exhibitions of contemporary craft that focus on static, finished objects, Tendenser 2018 and the Watching Making publication highlighted the various mediations of craft through film, video, paper documentation and photography. The works in the exhibition–from the live demonstration of resin bowls being made, to meticulously crafted sculptures produced from reindeer hair – explored how making and time are documented today.
The exhibition received national publicity and was accompanied by a series of public events, including a curator’s tour, live craft demonstration and a publication launch that formed part of Oslo Open (2018), a festival of live events and open studios.
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- Non-English
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