The Danish Crafts & Design Association has launched RERUM,, a new artist-run exhibition space in Aarhus, Denmark. Located at the experimental cultural hub Institut for X, the venue is housed within a repurposed shipping container originally used as a breakroom for railway workers. The space operates as a three-year pilot project to provide a dedicated, non-profit platform for contemporary craft, with circular principles dictating both the curation and exhibition architecture.
The inaugural exhibition, RARIORUM,, runs from 3 September to 20 December 2026. Curated by Norwegian art historian Ingrid Halland, the show draws its title and concept from the 17th-century cabinet of curiosities amassed by Danish physician Ole Worm. Instead of a static presentation, the exhibition functions as an evolving physical archive. Association members are invited to continuously add items to the space throughout the autumn, ranging from cracked weaving sticks and used printing plates to raw ceramic moulds and finished pieces.
The exhibition intersects with Halland’s broader Extraction and Aesthetics research project, which investigates material hierarchies across design and architecture. To activate the physical archive, the space will host a series of live interventions, including a material performance by Norwegian artist Silje Kjørholt working with local blue clay from 7 to 11 October.
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