Lower East

Walking in the Void

For Glasmuseet Ebeltoft we designed the book for the exhibition Walking in the Void. The artists behind the exhibition, the American-Swiss couple Philip Baldwin & Monica Guggisberg, rank among the elite of contemporary artists working in glass. Dougald Hine, writer & cofounder of “a school called HOME” contributed to the book with an essay in twelve chapters. Exhibition photos by Christoph Lehmann. Read more about the exhibition and see more pictures here

The book. Twelve pages fold out showing the work “The Timeline”. Exhibition Photos: Christoph Lehmann

Chinese Whispers

We at Lower East have done the design for the exhibition “Chineses Whispers“ at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark. We have been working on the idea of building an exhibition landscape with transport boxes – that supports the exhibition’s concept of the journey of stories from one country to another. The artworks are on display at the transport boxes, which emphasize in a raw and simple way that the works and stories have traveled throughout the world to reach Ebeltoft.

On the wall we have painted a huge world map stating with red dots where the artists live and work. We really liked the work, the cooperation with the museum, and are very satisfied with the result. If you want to see the exhibition it runs until March 2020.

CHINESE WHISPERS. Erin Dickson

Inspired by the childhood game of the same name, Chinese Whispers is a project initiated by British artist Erin Dickson, which explores issues on national identity across borders and continents involving 15 international artists working with glass.

For centuries, glassmakers have worked in glass factories or have been in glass production far from their homes, and taken their knowledge and their craft from one region to another or from country to country. Thus, glass art and the glass society are characteristically transnational. With the transformation of a classic Venetian vessel, Erin Dickson illustrates this exchange between glassmakers across the globe. At the same time, she comments on the global challenges of our time by exposing the misinterpretations, which undeniably result from differences in language and culture.

The exhibition is part of the project ‘From Where We Stand’ – a collaboration between seven Danish art museums on national identity.

Artists represented in the exhibition: Silvano Signoretto (Italy), James Devereux (Great Britain), Hyunsung Cho (Chorea), Sibusiso Mhlanga (Swaziland), Einar & Jamex de la Torre (Mexico), Rasmus Nossbring (Sweden), Zuheir Alkazzaz (Syria/The Netherlands), Mia Lerssi (Denmark), Jing Li (China), Nadège Desgenétez (France/Australia), Petr & Ondrej Novotny (Czech Republic), Kelly O’Dell (USA), Christina Hellevik & Leif Møller Nielsen (Denmark), Bevan Taka (Maori/Sweden), James Maskrey (Great Britain).

 

First guests in the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“ at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. Photo Lower East.

Erin Dickson seeing the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“ for the first time. Photo Lower East.

From the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“ at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. Photo Lower East.

From the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“ at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. Photo Lower East.

CHINESE WHISPERS FOR GLASS PRACTITIONERS. 15 artists working with glass are involved in Erin ­Dickson’s Chinese Whispers, which started in Italy, where Erin Dickson saw a classic Venetian vessel at the Murano Glass Museum in 2015. Erin Dickson asked the Italian glassblower Silvano ­Signoretto to recreate the vessel in black glass from a photo, and then describe his working process with 100 words. Using Google Translate, his description was then translated from Italian to the native language of the next artist in line. From this auto generated translation, the next artist would then create his or her version of the vessel and so on. The results of this ‘whispering game’ for glass ­practitioners are 15 variations of the original vessel, ­interpreted and recreated by artists across the globe.

 

From the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“ at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. Photo Lower East.

From the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“ at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. Photo Lower East.

From the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“ at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. Photo Lower East.

From the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“ at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. Photo Lower East.

CHINESE WHISPERS. The expression Chinese Whispers is commonly used in many English speaking countries around the world as the name of a very simple game. A person whispers a sentence into the ear of the person sitting next to him or her, and the next person passes the whisper on to the person next to him or her and so on until the last person says the sentence out loud. By now the initial sentence will be totally changed beyond recognition.

From the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“ at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. Photo Lower East.

From the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“ at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark. Photo Lower East.

From the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“ at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark. Photo Lower East.

From the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“ at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark. Photo Lower East.

Exhibition design

Opening today, Friday October 11th; the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“ at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark.

A debut! For the first time we at Lower East have done the design for an entire exhibition. We enjoyed the work so much, loved the cooperation with the museum, and are happy and proud of the result. Come by and check it out! The exhibition runs until March 2020.

About “Chinese Whispers“: With the participation of a number of international glass artists from different countries British artist, Erin Dickson, examines ideas of national identity across borders. The exhibition is part of ‘From Where We Stand – 7 Exhibitions on National Identity’, a collaboration between seven Danish art museums.

Also today three other exhibitions are opening at the museum; MAPPING DENMARK V: BALTIC SEA GLASS. A presentation of Baltic Sea Glass – Pete Hunner and Maibritt Jönsson. FOUR ROOMS. Solo exhibition with Czech artist, Zuzana Kubelková. EXIT 19. Graduation exhibition (glass), KADK; Annelie Grimwade Olofsson, Marita Wongsupa, Laura Wuisman Bækhøj.

Here’s a sneak peak from the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“.

Sneak peak from the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“

Sneak peak from the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“

 

Sneak peak from the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“

Sneak peak from the exhibition “Chinese Whispers“

Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark

Check out the museum’s website.

Young Glass 2017

Lower East attended the big opening of the exhibition YOUNG GLASS 2017 at Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. We met a lot of  talented glass artists from all over the world. The exhibition is amazing and playful – showing surprising new directions in glass art. On show in Ebeltoft until 29th October 2017. photo: Artwork by Sarah Gilbert. photo©lowereast

From the museum website:
“This summer the museum takes stock of the work created by the younger generation of artists working with glass in the 4th edition of YOUNG GLASS.

Young Glass has become a major international competition established to reward and promote innovation and young talent in contemporary glass. It was initiated by Glasmuseet Ebeltoft in 1987 and is repeated every 10th year.

Works by 57 artists have been selected for the exhibition by a high profile international jury and there will be four cash prizes totalling Euro 42,000 and two artist residencies awarded to the winners.”

YOUNG GLASS 2017 can be seen at:

See more at the museum website here

 

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Artwork by Rasmus Nossbring. photo©lowereast

 

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Glass Artist Ida Wieth & Exhibition Officer Sandra Blach. photo©lowereast

 

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Artwork by Rebecca Arday. photo©lowereast

 

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Artwork by Evelina Dovsten. photo©lowereast

 

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Artwork by Eva Reddy. photo©lowereast

 

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Artwork by Johanne Jahncke. photo©lowereast

 

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Artwork by Evelyn Cromwell. photo©lowereast

 

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Artwork by Xueyu He. photo©lowereast

 

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Artwork by Kathryn Wightman. photo©lowereast

 

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Artwork by Johanne Jahncke. photo©lowereast

 

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artwork by Carl Bens, Johanne Jahncke & Morgan Peterson. photo©lowereast

 

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Artwork by Morgan Peterson. photo©lowereast

 

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Artwork by Kateriin Rikken. photo©lowereast

 

European Glass Context 2016

Until 13. November 2016, The European Glass Context takes place on the Danish Island Bornholm. There are two huge exhibitions – one at Bornholm Art Museum and one at Grønbechs Gård showing works from 94 European Glass Artists. Lower East had the pleasure of designing the catalogue for the exhibitions as well as invitations, postcards, posters, diplomas and a totebag. We loved it. Read more about the exhibitions and see photos from the openings on http://www.europeanglasscontext.com. And on the facebook page.

 

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Book spread · photo © lowereast

 

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Poster. Artwork: Riikka Latva-Somppi · Photo: Aleksi Tikkala

 

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Diploma 1st Prize · photo © lowereast

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Diploma 2nd Prize · photo © lowereast

Lower East on Bornholm

European Glass Context 2012 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 glass today. This event is motivated by a desire to promote the disciplines and trades of glass and ceramic art at European and global levels. (text from the website)

Lower East did all the graphic design for the event – webdesign, catalogue, invitation, postcards, poster, totebag, diplomas. And we joined the three day masterclass with New York based architects James Carpenter and Reid Freeman to photo document the groups works. Working together with Susanne Jøker Johnsen, the project director and her assistant Julia Robert was a pleasure.

The two exhibitions Glass Art and New Talent will be on show until November 18.
More info on the website www.europeanglasscontext.com

Catalogue © lowereast

Catalogue © lowereast

Catalogue © lowereast

Catalogue © lowereast

Totebag (green badge made by Julia) © lowereast

Poster © lowereast