{"id":327,"date":"2010-01-06T09:25:23","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T13:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=327"},"modified":"2010-01-06T09:25:23","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T13:25:23","slug":"a-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/a-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gothenburgian Epidemic part III"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>Besides the theatre, of course there are several studios where interesting,
\ninnovative and sometimes also odd works can be born. To finish my articles about Konstepidemin, I talked to Bibbi Forsman, one the artists who is renting a studio at Konsepidemin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>You are preparing for the forthcoming Stockholm Furniture Fair
\n(M\u00f6belm\u00e4ssan). What you are working on and
\nalso what kind of projects have you been involved lately?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

-I will be showcased as one of ten Swedish craft artists by KHVC, a
\nSwedish craft organisation. For the fair I’m making a kind of
\nfurniture for public spaces, mosaic covered concrete shapes. I use a
\nmix of handmade ceramic shapes and mosaic work and hope to attract
\ncommissioners for future work.Recently, I\u2019ve done two very different<\/span><\/p>\n

commissions using this method. Four wall panels in entrances to apartment <\/span><\/p>\n

buildings in the former wharf area in G\u00f6teborg. I used broken China for the mosaic,
\nporcelain from the East India Company ship G\u00f6theborg that sank just
\noutside the harbour in the 1700s. That gave me goose bumps and a
\nfeeling of connection to craft persons over the centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another piece is a wall in a hospital entrance in Lidk\u00f6ping, where I
\ncould work more free from a given theme. I wanted to create something
\nthat was colourful and yet could be looked at for a long period of
\ntime by maybe worried and sad people in a waiting area.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is at the same time art work, design and craft in the different
\nstages of the process, that’s what I like most with my job! A place
\nlike Konstepidemin surely erases the otherwise common borderlines
\nbetween the fields.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why do you personally think that Swedish design has made a mark on
\nthe international scene?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

-We have our reputation from former Swedish Grace-days. I think it’s
\nbecause of the design education that asks for a high level of
\nartistic skills from the students. But I think we are quite invisible
\nfor the time being, there are so many designers and craft artists
\nhere in Sweden, totally unknown for an international audience. We
\nhave kept to ourselves for a long time but I think this is changing
\nwith a younger generation of established designers and craft artists.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Where in Sweden \u2013 or abroad – can we see your work?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

-Over the years I’ve followed several tracks in the work with my
\nceramics, from utility ware for kitchen tables to
\ncommissions in different public and private spaces, in G\u00f6teborg and
\nother Swedish cities. One theme always gives ideas for the other.
\nNowadays my ceramic is more sculptural and more suited to spacious and
\noften public, surroundings. And there are some experimental pieces in
\nthe ceramic collection at the international ceramic center in
\nKecskemet, from a wonderful stay at a symposium the summer of 1997.
\nMost of my work can be seen on my web page www.bibbiforsman.se<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Besides the theatre, of course there are several studios where interesting, innovative and sometimes also odd works can be born. To finish my articles about Konstepidemin, I talked to Bibbi Forsman, one the artists who is renting a studio at Konsepidemin. \u00a0 You are preparing for the forthcoming Stockholm Furniture Fair (M\u00f6belm\u00e4ssan). What you are…<\/p>\n

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