The collections in ethnographic museums draw heavily on craft and the handmade. It seemed especially relevant for the group from Research Lab – which specialised in craft – to work with these collections and explore the common approaches to manufacturing, problem solving and material exploration that are manifest in the historic museum collections and also confront contemporary makers in Stockholm.
While we can never truly understand someone else's experience, this detailed study of the collection has allowed the Research Lab group to better connect with objects and places that were unfamiliar at the start of the year. In turn, we hope that these new works will help you to see some of the objects in the museum in a new light.
The exhibition is on display 29/4 - 22/8 2020.
