Lower East

Giardini. Venice. Biennale. 2015.

Impressions from another Lower East day at the Biennale Arte in Venice. Trying to grasp as much as possible from all the pavilions in the Giardini part of the biennale. Trying to capture all the good stuff, all the creative, mind-blowing art.

Walking thousands of steps – from the Danish pavilion to the Swiss, to the Norwegian, the Russian, the British…. and so on. Getting lost in time in the amazing Japanese and Canadian pavilions. Enjoying the Australian exhibition very much, ending this day in the very, very fine, quiet and thoughtful Greek contribution to this years biennale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lower East in Venice – PROPORTIO

Being in Venice for the 56. Biennale, we went to see the exhibition PROPORTIO at the Palazzo Fortuny. Having read Mette Sandbyes enthusiastic review in the Danish newspaper Weekendavisen we went with high expectations. And YES it was AMAZING. The old beautiful Palazzo Fortuny with both a sense of decay and glory to it housed the exhibition curated by the dutch art collector Axel Vervoordt together with Daniela Ferretti. The exhibition presents a huge amount of art objects, architectural models and design objects from the 15. Century till today. The focus is on mans attempt to understand the human scale and proportion in space, geometry, the golden ratio etc.

The whole setting, the lighting and the surprising combinations of old and new works put together was exhilarating and so inspiring that you just got new energy to explore the three floors of the palace. We immersed ourselves into a great and mysterious “Wunderkammer”. The walls were covered with beautiful fabrics giving the space a warm and inviting ambience. An extra plus was the curators’ concern for the fact that visitors may get exhausted, deep huge couches draped with fabric in a warm and relaxing colour pallette, were placed in the middle of the exhibition. You could sit/lie/rest there, like if you were a guest of the house being taken good care of. GREAT.

 

 

European Ceramic Context 2014

“European Ceramic Context 2014 forms part of a biennial symposium for European contemporary glass and ceramics on the island of Bornholm in Denmark. Through comprehensive exhibitions, workshops, master classes and lectures, an opportunity will arise to discuss and present the best of contemporary European ceramics today.” (text from the website)

Lower East have worked for this event since 2008. We created the visual identity, designed the websites, catalogues, posters, postcards, invitations etc. During the process, we always have an inspiring dialogue and cooperation with the director of the Biennial Susanne Jøker Johnsen.

For the European Ceramic Context 2014, which opens 13th September we already designed the website, postcards and posters. For the visual identity we developed a new colour scheme, ending up with a beautiful set of colours ranging from lavender over light and dark violet to a warm clay-grey and a dark liver-brown. For the poster graphics we have been playing around with the clay figures by Danish artist Louise Birch. On the poster we imagined, that the figures were in an exhibition space – exploring art, meeting  each other, relaxing and enjoying a bit of yoga in between conferences and workshops. They are full of humour and we love them.

Read much more about European Ceramic Context 2014 on the website. We recommend you to visit Bornholm in September 2014 to see the fantastic exhibitions or maybe take part in a conference, workshop etc. Enjoy!

Bornholm Biennials for contemporary European glass and ceramics are jointly organized by Bornholm Art Museum, The Royal Danish Academy, School of Design Bornholm and Grønbechs Gård.