The Vessel is an online magazine about crafts and material culture published by Norwegian Crafts. The eighth issue of The Vessel, titled Craft in Public Space, is edited by Ida Højgaard Thjøme and Marianne Zamecznik and was launched on 11 October 2024.
The Vessel Magazine #8 - Craft in Public Space
Year: 2024
Publisher: Norwegian Crafts
Editors: Marianne Zamecznik and Ida Højgaard Thjøme
Contributors: Elin Haugdal, Helene Duckert, Drew Snyder, Christer Dynna, Yaniya Mikhalina, and Andrea Fjordside Pontoppidan.
Type: Editor
Photo (cover): Detail of Kilden by Kari Christensen, installation at the police station and district HQ in central Oslo, completed in 1982. Photo courtesy by KORO/Cathrine Wang
“In this eighth edition of The Vessel, we turn our attention to how crafts enter public spaces. We have invited six contributors to reflect on how craft in public space can serve as a platform for care, activism, and community through materiality. Despite its significant yet often overlooked role in the history of public art, the documentation of crafts in public spaces remains fragmented and incomplete, a topic touched upon in this issue. We invite you to explore the articles and the projects herein, and hope they spark deeper conversations on the potential of craft in public space.”
– Ida Højgaard Thjømøe and Marianne Zamecznik
The issue features articles and essays by Elin Haugdal, Helene Duckert, Drew Snyder, Christer Dynna, Yaniya Mikhalina, and Andrea Fjordside Pontoppidan.
Read the issue here.
The editors.
The editors of the Vessel #8 - Craft in Public Space Marianne Zamecznik, curator at Trondheim kunstmuseum, and Ida Højgaard Thjøme, curator and founder of HAC. Photographed by Nadia Caroline Andersen.