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(English below)Hannibal Andersen har skabt en serie nye værker til udstillingen 'Standardudstyr' i Danske Grafikeres Hus. Værkerne består af dele fra udtjente, standardiserede legeredskaber, som er monteret på væggene i nye visuelle sammenstillinger.
I 1960’erne drømte Tom Lindhart, ligesom mange andre kunstnere gjorde dengang, om at gøre billedkunsten tilgængelig for flere. Og da han opdagede, at børn elskede at lege på hans skulpturer, besluttede han sig for at komme dem i møde. Som en reaktion på tidens grå, kantede og repetitive betonbyggerier, der skød i vejret i den periode, skabte han farverige, kurvede legeskulpturer af træ, der med deres organiske former og fjedrende bevægelser bidrog med kontrast, identitet og nye rytmer og muligheder for leg i boligområderne.
De skulpturelle legeredskaber blev en succes og med hjælp fra forretningsmanden Hans Mogens Fenne-Frederiksen blev de sat på formel og forberedt til masseproduktion. Virksomheden Kompan så dagens lys. Siden da har Kompans produkter spredt sig hurtigt over hele landet og til store dele af resten af verden. Tallene, der findes på virksomhedens hjemmeside, taler for sig selv: »Vi designer, producerer og installerer hver måned mere end 1.000 legepladser eller fitnessanlæg i 90 lande […] – Det svarer til en installation hvert 44. minut!«.
Gennem årtiers udvikling og produktion har virksomheden været med til at sætte høje standarder for funktionalitet og sikkerhed inden for moderne legepladsudstyr. Men hvad betyder det, når legens fysiske rammer formes af standardiserede produkter?
Ud over at være en del af vores fælles visuelle omgivelser er legepladser centrale dannelsesmiljøer for børn, hvor de udvikler deres sociale og motoriske evner og æstetiske sans. Man kan i den sammenhæng spørge, hvilke muligheder for leg og udvikling af fremtidens subjekter og fællesskaber de standardiserede omgivelser tilbyder – og hvilke de begrænser.
Det er i respons til den masseproducerede leg, at værkerne i udstillingen folder sig ud. I dialog med udstyrets repetitive rytmer præsenterer (de)kompositionerne på væggene de individuelle dele både som begyndelsen på en kortlægning af standardiseringens byggeklodser og som materialer til potentielle standardafvigelser. Afmonterede, flade, parate.
Ud over de vægmonterede værker vil der i løbet af udstillingen blive produceret unikke linoleumstryk på Danske Grafikeres Hus’ trykpresse. Trykkene tager udgangspunkt i spontane arrangementer af værkernes bestanddele og viderefører undersøgelsen af standardiseringens former, begrænsninger og muligheder.
Udstillingen løber fra d. 7/11 - 29/11
Åbningstider: torsdag-fredag kl. 13-17 og lørdag-søndag kl. 11-15
Fernisering: d. 6/11 fra kl. 17
Støttet af Rådet for Visuel Kunst.
*** ENGLISH ***
Hannibal Andersen has created a series of new works for the exhibition 'Standard Equipment' at Danske Grafikeres Hus. The works consist of parts from de-commissioned, standardised playground equipment, mounted on the walls in new visual arrangements.
In the 1960s, Tom Lindhart, like many other artists of the time, dreamed of making visual art accessible to a wider audience. When he discovered that children loved playing on his sculptures, he decided to follow their lead. In response to the grey, angular and repetitive concrete buildings that emerged during this period, he created colourful, curved wooden play sculptures which, with their organic forms and springy movements, introduced contrast, identity and new rhythms and possibilities for play into residential areas.
The play sculptures proved a success, and with the help of businessman Hans Mogens Fenne-Frederiksen, the designs were formalised and prepared for mass production. The company Kompan was born. Since then, Kompan’s products have spread rapidly throughout Denmark and across much of the rest of the world. The numbers found on the company’s website speak for themselves: “Every month, we design, manufacture and install more than 1,000 playgrounds or fitness sites in 90 countries […] – That’s one installation every 44 minutes!”
Through decades of development and production, the company has helped establish high standards of functionality and safety in modern playground equipment. But what does it mean when the physical environments of play are shaped by standardised products?
Beyond being part of our shared visual surroundings, playgrounds are important environments for children’s development, where they cultivate their social and motor skills as well as their aesthetic sensibilities. We should therefore ask what possibilities these standardised environments offer for play and for the development of future subjects and communities – and which possibilities they restrict.
It is in response to the rule of mass-produced play that the works in the exhibition unfolds. In dialogue with the repetitive rhythms of the equipment, the (de)compositions on the walls present the individual parts both as a partial mapping of the building blocks of standardised play and as materials for potential standard deviations. Dismantled, flat, ready.
In addition to the wall-mounted works, unique linocut prints will be produced on the printing press at Danske Grafikeres Hus throughout the exhibition. The prints will be based on spontaneous arrangements of the works’ constituent parts, extending the exploration of the forms, limitations and possibilities of standardisation.
The exhibition is on from 7th of nov - 29th of nov
Opening hours: Thurs-fri 13-17 and sat-sun 11-15
Vernissage: 6 of nov from 17
Kindly supported by The Council of Visual Art.
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