Image courtesy Roberto Marossi, La Biennale di VeneziaTerrariumKapwani KiwangaVenice Biennale,Venice, 2022For the 59th Venice biennale The milk of Dreams Canadian artist Kapwani Kiwanga created the immersive artwork Terrarium which imagines sand as a political substance. Kiwanga’s interdisciplinary work is highly influenced by her academic background in anthropology and comparative religion. Using methods and approaches from academia, Kiwanga incorporates political […]
Image courtesy New Museum, New YorkBlack SunMire LeeNew Museum,New York, 2022Black Sun by Korean artist Mire Lee is part of an ongoing collaboration between Kvadrat and the New Museum in New York to promote new productions of emerging artists. Black Sun is Lee’s first solo-exhibition in America and is a total-installation taking over the museums’ […]
Image courtesy Bertrand ProvostLe grand atlas de la désorientationTatiana TrouvéCentre Pompidou,Paris, 2022At Centre Pompidou, Tatiana Trouvé developed a vast and ambitious body of work in which drawing and sculpture intertwined in a permanent two-way movement. Her work in three-dimensional space proceeds from an invention of locations to (re)occupy, while her essentially two-dimensional graphical production gives […]
Image courtesy New Museum, New YorkOff-Grid Kapwani Kiwanga New Museum, New York, 2022Canadian artist Kipwani Kiwangas show Off-Grid at the New Museum in New York is an investigation into the complex regimes of visibility and the designs in which things become visible. Kiwanga evokes vision of Covid-19 where cultural institutions were forced to close, and […]
Image Courtesy Petra Kleis Fat Mod Ursula Reuter Christiansen Copenhagen, 2021ABOUT THE PROJECTFat Mod is a collaboration among Danish artist Ursula Reuther Christiansen, graphic designer Rasmus Koch, and designer Mads Nørgaard for International Women’s Day 2023. The collection, featuring poppy-printed dresses and blouses, launched at Nørgaard paa Strøget, accompanied by an event on March 8th. The event […]
Image courtesy SF MoMASitting on ChromeMario Ayala, Rafa Esparza, and Guadalupe Rosales SF MoMA,San Francisco, 2023The collaborative Exhibition Sitting on Chrome by artists Mario Ayala, Rafa Esparza, and Guadalupe Rosales explores the influence on lowrider car culture in collective identities and public spaces. The gallery has been transformed, in collaboration with Kvadrat, by incorporating Sahco’s […]
Image courtesy Gregorio GonellaForma Fantasma Andrea Trimarchi & Simone Farrasin Venice Biennale, Venice, 2022 Forma Fantasma was founded by Italian author Andrea Trimarchi and Italian artist Simone Farrasin and is a research-based design studio focusing on the relationship between tradition and local culture, critical approaches to sustainability, and the significance of objects as cultural conduits. During […]
Image courtesy Matt Greenwood & Tate St. IvesStrange AttractorsHaegue YangTate St. Ives,United Kingdom, 2022South-Korean artist Haegue Yang is known for her creation of immersive, multi-media environments. Sculpture and ready-mades are interwoven with labour-intensive crafts, reflecting pagan culture’s deep connections with seasonal rituals and natural phenomena. The exhibition Strange Attractors is the largest UK exhibition to […]
Image courtesy KampnagelLOYALTY Shahryar Nashat and Adam Linder Kampnagel, Hamburg 2021ABOUT THE PROJECT After showing his work extensively in international exhibitions, including Sadler’s Wells in London and MOMA in New York, visual artist Adam […]
Image courtesy Katherine Du TielWu Tsang Presents Moved by The MotionWu TsangSF MoMA, 2023 San FranciscoABOUT THE PROJECT For SF MOMA, artist Wu Tsang created an experimental sound-installation exploring the concept of the B-side, in […]
Image courtesy Andrea RosettiNatures MortesAnne ImhofPalais de Tokyo,Paris 2021ABOUT THE PROJECT The exhibition Natures Mortes explored the space between the living and the non-living, movement and stillness, shadow and light. In a total exhibition […]
Images courtesy the artist and Alex Poulsen ArkitekterNINA BEIERJyderup KvindefængselJyderup (Denmark) 2021ABOUT THE PROJECT This project comes under the Danish ‘per cent for art’ program. Francesca Astesani, through the Danish Art Agency’s scheme for […]
Bo og dagtilbud BybjergvejSkovlunde (Denmark) 2021ABOUT THE PROJECTBo og dagtilbud Bybjergvej is an institution for people with different kinds of mental and physical disabilities, run by the municipality of Ballerup. It offers accomodation and day-activities for residents and people who live outside the institution.The institution has recently been renovated by architect studio Vandkunsten.The art committee, […]
Kapwani Kiwanga, Plot, 2020. Installation Views. Ph. Jens WeberKapwani KiwangaPlot Haus der Kunst, Münich2020ABOUT THE PROJECTThe seventh edition of the series Der Öffentlichkeit – Von den Freunden Haus der Kunst is dedicated to the Franco-Canadian artist Kapwani Kiwanga.Kapwani Kiwanga created the site-specific installation ‘Plot’ for the museum’s Middle Hall, as well as the area surrounding Haus […]
Daiga Grantina: What eats around itself, 2020. Exhibition view: New Museum, New York. Photo: Toan Vu Huu Daiga GrantinaWhat eats around itself New Museum, New York2020 ABOUT THE PROJECT Daiga Grantina’s solo exhibition What eats around itself is the third commission from the on-going series of collaboration between Kvadrat and New Museum. South into North established […]
©Courtesy the Artist and UCCALiu ShiyuanLunar Phases Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing, China2019 ABOUT THE PROJECTThe exhibition Lunar Phases at UCCA presents a series of artworks interpreting phases of the moon waxing and waning. With this as the structural basis of the exhibition, alongside light and shadow movements inspired by the moons trajectory, the exhibition offers a multi-sensory […]
Photo: Poul BuchardPipilotti RistOpen My Glade Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark2019ABOUT THE PROJECTAs part of our consultancy work for Kvadrat’s institutional collaboration program, we have worked closely with the artist Pipilotti Rist supporting the development of a major new installation that occupies a entire gallery of the Louisiana museum. The work Reversed Eyelid covers the walls as […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Photo: Andrea Rossetti Courtesy of the Artist, Pilar Corridas Gallery, Gladstone Gallery, Esther Schipper, Fondazione Hangar Bicocca, Milan. Philippe ParrenoHypothesis Hangar Bicocca, Milan2015 – 2016ABOUT THE PROJECTThe exhibition at Pirelli HangarBicocca was Philippe Parreno’s first survey exhibition in Italy, and it was conceived as a choreographed space following a precise script devised by Parreno. Curated by Andrea Lissoni, […]
Photo: Jeremiah Wilson Courtesy of the artist, Kvadrat and New Museum, New YorkCally SpoonerOn False Tears and Outsourcing New Museum, New York2016ABOUT THE PROJECTCally Spooner’s project at the New Museum was the first exhibition that Kvadrat supported at the Museum, which also lead to the starting of a dialogue about a more long-term collaboration, eventually resulted […]
© Pipilotti Rist. Photo: Maris Hutchinson_EPW Studio Courtesy the Artist and New Museum New YorkPipilotti RistPixel Forest New Museum, New York2016 – 2017ABOUT THE PROJECTPipilotti Rist, 4th Floor To Mildness (2016), installation view at New Museum, New York. Video and sound installation with two projections onto two amorphous screens hanging horizontally from the ceiling, single and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Photo: Andrew Dunkley © Tate Photography Courtesy of the Artist; Tate Modern and Kvadrat.PHILIPPE PARRENOAnywhen Tate Modern, London2016 – 2017ABOUT THE PROJECTSouth into North role in this project is part of our work consulting Kvadrat on their collaborations with artists and art institutions internationally. Anywhen (Hyundai Commission 2016) was is a site-specific exhibition that changed throughout the day […]
Photo: Dario Lasagni. Courtesy of the artist and New MuseumPETRIT HALILAJRu New Museum, New York2017 – 2018ABOUT THE PROJECTThis collaboration was initiated by South into North together with the museum’s curatorial department, as part of our ongoing advisory and curatorial work for Kvadrat. In Ru Halilaj presents a number of new video works, several large textile sculptures, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Adelita Husni-Bey: Chiron, 2019. Exhibition view: New Museum, New York. Photo: Maris Hutchinson / EPW StudioAdelita Husni-BeyChiron New Museum, New York2019ABOUT THE PROJECTAdelita Husni Bey’s solo exhibition Chiron opened on January 22nd. As part of our consultancy work for Kvadrat’s institutional collaborations program, we have supported the artist in the development of 26 textile banners that form part […]
Tamara Henderson, Installation views of the exhibition Womb Life, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2018, photos: Frank Sperling TAMARA HENDERSONWomb Life KW Institute for Contemporary Art2018 – 2019ABOUT THE PROJECTAs part of Kvadrat’s institutional collaboration program, South Into North has worked together with KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin and artist Tamara Henderson.For KW, Henderson transformed […]
Goshka Macuga ‘Negotiation sites’ after Saburo Murakami (2016), installation view at Fondazione Prada, Milan Photo: Pasquale Formisano Courtesy of the Artist; Fondazione Prada and KvadratGoshka MacugaTo the son of the man who ate the scroll Fondazione Prada, Milan 2016 “To the Son of Man Who Ate the Scroll”, developed by the artist for […]