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CraftCube: Collection: Merete Rasmussen
CraftCube: Collection presents a new and exciting way of experiencing contemporary craft by bringing the techniques, materials and environment behind crafted objects to life. The freestanding, 3×3 metre CraftCubes are complete, walk-in, experiential display environments containing objects and dynamic interpretation. They are compact, lightweight and are suitable for display in museums and galleries, libraries, higher education galleries, corporate environments or at events, conferences and festivals.
On display inside this cube is Merete Rasmussen’s Twisted Grey Loop, acquired for the Crafts Council Collection in 2009. The object is brought to life through lively audiovisuals: a large scale projection gives an impression of the maker’s studio environment and a table top mounted screen features close up documentary of maker’s hands at work. Upon entering CraftCube, visitors can immerse themselves in the studio environment and the processes involved in creating this sculptural object.
The piece is typical of Merete Rasmussen’s work in its form, material and colour. The CraftCube experience reveals how its seemingly fragile, yet architectural qualities are attained.
Merete Rasmussen likes the challenge of building complicated shapes. She is interested in the idea of one continuous surface, with a connected edge or line running through the whole form. “Clear, clean shapes; soft smooth curves in contrast to sharp edges; concave and convex surfaces – these are all form expressions that appeal to me and result in my continuous exploration and expression in many different variations.”
Merete moved from Denmark to London in 2005 and has since worked predominantly with free-flowing sculptural forms. A Crafts Council Development Award in 2007 allowed her to set up her current London studio. Her work has been exhibited widely in the UK and internationally.
www.mereterasmussen.com
The Light Surgeons operates as a multi media production company from a base in east London, producing a wide variety of creative projects from the commercial to artist lead. Their work spans many diverse mediums; print, photography, motion graphics, short films, exhibitions and installations. Over the past ten years they have helped to pioneer new forms of cross platform practice, particularly with their audio visual performances, expanded cinema projects and installations. Their work is exhibited at art museums and film festivals internationally.
The Light Surgeons
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