Weeds
Image courtesy Rochester Square Weeds Tue Greenfort Rochester Square Gardens, London 2021 ABOUT THE PROJECT In 2019, Tue Greenfort was invited to create an artwork in response to Rochester Square’s site and clay production […]
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n_body crash
Marie Kolbæk Iversenn_body crash Digital work2020n_body crashn_body crash is a digital work by Marie Kølbæk Iversen, especially commissioned by Kvadrat and curated by South into North. The commission is inspired by the fascinating relationship between textiles and information technology. Both binary-based systems – textiles are structured around the grid of warp/theft just as computers use the 0/1 […]
Project Space 44
Images 1-4 Emilia Bergmark, ph. David Stjernholm. Images 5-7 Maiken Stæhr, ph Thomas Gunnar BaggeVarious ArtistsProject Space 44 Kunsthal 44Møen, Denmark2019-ongoingABOUT THE PROJECTStarting in 2019, Kunsthal 44Møen and South into North are collaborating on a yearly program of new commissions by newly graduated students from one of the three Danish Art Academies’ MFA courses.Each year an […]
Freedom is Outside the Skin
Photo: Thomas Gunnar BaggeGroup showFreedom is Outside the Skin Kunsthal 44Møen, Denmark2020ABOUT THE PROJECT Nanna Abell, Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz, Vivian Caccuri, Henning Christiansen, A K Dolven, FOS, Alexis Mark, Bjørn Nørgaard, Lea Porsager, Charlotte Prodger, Laure Prouvost, Davinia-Ann Robinson, Sara Sachs and Cally Spooner. Kunsthal 44 Møen presents ‘Freedom is outside […]
Chart Art Fair 13
Chart Art Fair 13 Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen2013ABOUT THE PROJECTChart Art Fair is the first contemporary art fair in Denmark. Its first edition took place from August 30th to September 1st, 2013 at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen.South into North was hired in April 2013, to work on building the fair from the ground up. We worked at a […]
Chart 13 Collateral Program and Chart Talks
Chart 13 Collateral Program and Chart Talks Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen2013ABOUT THE PROJECTSouth into North curated the collateral program of the first edition of Chart Art Fair, in collaboration with then Kunsthal Charlottenborg’s director Jacob Fabricius. The program included the project KERAMIKOS, by Matthew Lutz Kinoy and Natsuko Uchino, a series of posters by Karl Holmkvist, the presentation […]
Clutch
Photo: I DO ART AGENCY. Courtesy of the artist and Kvadrat.FOSClutch Kvadrat Showroom, Copenhagen2016ABOUT THE PROJECT“Clutch”, a temporary architectural installation by FOS, transformed part of Kvadrat’s Copenhagen showroom into a recording studio. Over the course of four days, the artist recorded the second album of his ongoing musical project “Small White Man”. Curated by South into […]
Encounters
Ursula NistrupEncounters Kunsthal 44 Møen, Denmark2016ABOUT THE PROJECTEncounters by Danish artist Ursula Nistrup is the first project of a series of commissions organized by South Into North in response to Henning Christiansen’s archives and was produced in collaboration with the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Glass and Ceramics Workshop, with the support of the Statens Kunstfond. Nistrup’s […]
Pomme de Terre
Pomme de Terre Kulttuurisauna, Helsinki2014ABOUT THE PROJECTIn the summer of 2014, South into North participated to Pomme de Terre, an experimental art workshop initiated and organised by Malene Ratcliffe. The one-week long workshop brought together four art students with a group two artists, an architect, a designer and a curator in a experimental learning environment, taking […]
Lucky Angst Cat
Henrik Plenge JakobsenLucky Angst Cat Various public spaces, Copenhagen2014ABOUT THE PROJECTLucky Angst Cat is a public art project by Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, commissioned and produced by South into North.When South into North invited Plenge Jakobsen to contribute a work to their home page, as part of the year-long digital commissioning project Nothing Like Home, his contribution ended up spilling […]
Nothing Like Home
Nothing Like Home South into North’s webpage2014 – 2015ABOUT THE PROJECT‘Nothing Like Home’ was the title of a series of five digital works that South into North commissioned between 2014 and 2015 for the company’s old website homepage.#1 FOSGoldman Sachs Socialdemokratiet, 2014#2 Simon StarlingPictures for an Exhibition, 2013 – 14 / Work in Progress (Constantin Brancusi, […]
MFA Degree Show
Photos: Anders Sune BergMFA Degree ShowKunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen2015ABOUT THE PROJECTSouth into North curated the 2015 MFA degree show (Afgang) of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Afgang is the annually exhibition for the graduates from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts’ Schools of Visual Arts. The exhibition celebrates and presents new works […]
Like a Needle in a Haystack
Photo: Casper SejersenCildo MeirelesLike a Needle in a Haystack Kunsthal 44 Møen, Denmark2014ABOUT THE PROJECTLike a Needle in a Haystack, curated by Julia Rodrigues, was the first solo exhibition by the celebrated Brasilian artist Cildo Meireles in Scandinavia. The exhibition at Kunsthal 44 Møen presented a selection of works that spams from the early 1970s to the present day […]
Flying and Painting
Photo: I DO ART AGENCY Courtesy of the artist and KvadratRoman SignerFlying and Painting Kvadrat HQ, Ebeltoft, Denmark2016ABOUT THE PROJECTIn July 2016, Roman Signer performed an action in Ebeltoft (Denmark), as part of Kvadrat’s own art commissioning program, curated by South into North.The action involved Signer flying custom-modified drones inside a shipping container. The interior of the container […]
I Am Also Stepping on Wet Sand
Photos of the exhibition. Courtesy of the Artists and SixtyEight Art Institute.CARLA ZACCAGNINII Am Also Stepping on Wet Sand SixtyEight Art Institute, Copenhagen2017ABOUT THE PROJECTSouth into North invited artist Carla Zaccagnini to work in collaboration with writer Santiago Garcia Navarro to make a new work for the Copenhagen exhibition space SixtyEight Art Institute. The exhibition I am also […]
Kvadrat Art Projects
Cally Spooner, On false tears and outsourcing, photo Jeremiah Wilson Courtesy the artist, Kvadrat and the New Museum, New YorkKVADRAT ART PROJECTS Various venues2015 – ongoingABOUT THE PROJECTSince 2015, we have been working with textile company Kvadrat on their ambitious program of art collaborations and commissions. In our role, we advise the company on […]
House
Photo credit courtesy of KvadratROMAN SIGNERHouse Kvadrat HQ, Ebeltoft, Denmark2017ABOUT THE PROJECTAs part of Kvadrat’s own art commissioning program, curated by South into North, Roman Signer made a new permanent sculpture for the landscape around Kvadrat’s head quarters in Ebeltoft.The sculpture, titled House, consists of a stylized house made of steel, with an inverted roof that creates a […]
New North Zealand Hospital
Architectural rendering, Image courtesy NHN and Herzog & de MeuronNew North Zealand Hospital Hillerød, Denmark2017 – 2020ABOUT THE PROJECTSouth into North, together with Lars Nittve, developed the art strategy for the New North Zealand Hospital, in Hillerød, Denmark. Artists invited to submit a project proposal were: Elmgreen&Dragset, Ayse […]
Untitled (WHAT? WHEN? WHY? WHO?)
Photo: Michael Berg KARL HOLMQVISTUntitled (WHAT? WHEN? WHY? WHO?) Kvadrat HQ, Ebeltoft, Denmark2018ABOUT THE PROJECTAs part of the commission Karl Holmqvist customized woven textile ‘Verpan’ with six variations of his signature language-based designs. From these, he created the work Untitled (WHAT? WHEN? WHY? WHO?), a sculpture composed of twenty-seven cubes, which can be turned around playfully, randomly creating varying […]