Kraftverk

Craftsmanship in a New Era — Sven-Harry’s Art Museum, Stockholm

Kraftverk invited ten contemporary craftspeople to move into Sven-Harry’s Art Museum and create temporary working studios. Visitors encountered the colour of the florist’s workshop, the smell of wood and metal at the axe smith’s bench and the sound of needles beside the tattoo artist’s chair.

Created in collaboration with Stockholms Hantverksförening for its 175th anniversary, the exhibition explored how knowledge, materials and traditions are carried forward. Live practice turned the museum into a place to watch, listen, touch, smell and talk — bringing together floristry, tailoring, wallpaper making, illustration, paper art, mural painting, shoemaking, doll making, tattooing and metalwork.


EXHIBITION CREATOR
Erik Gullberg

EXHIBITION CREATOR
Pompe Hedengren

LYRICIST
Bo Madestrand

INITIATIVE BY STOCKHOLMS HANTVERKSFÖRENING
Bea Szenfeld, Pia Mills & Anders Havdelin

PRODUCTION MANAGERS
Ameli Geben & Linnea Sällqvist

FILM DIRECTOR
Johan Björnsrud

DECOR
Dekorverket, Hang Men

SVEN HARRYS KONSTMUSEUM
Dragana K. Maksimovic

PUBLISHERS
Marie Avinius, Arvinius + Orfeus

An immersive exhibition in which visitors could see, hear, feel and smell the many worlds of contemporary craftsmanship.

»In a poetic and sensual experience for all ages, the possibilities of the hand are manifested and brought to life. Contemporary and traditional meet in a living installation, where craftsmen practise different techniques in the exhibition. It is a place where real conversations take place and the power of creativity comes to life.«

Finalist nomination “Exhibition of the Year”, Forum for Exhibitors in Sweden 2022

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