EPISTEMIC ARTEFACT_

CK8_2022_12

Sandblasted, fused, recycled window glass, metal brackets and felt

£3600

A phenomenological ex- perimental attitude informs my investigations of new artistic perspectives. I am interested in developing aesthet- ics through local engagement and empowerment. I work with user involvement, interactivity, collaboration, circularity, sustainability and social responsibility. My artistic vocabulary includes art in public spaces, site specific work, installation, sculpture, design and crafts. In the present works, sustainable principles are employed as deliberately generated obstacles with the aim of expanding aesthetic spaces of opportunity. The explorations investigate notions of failure, by letting the glass devitrify and flow out into the cracks in the casting moulds.

FLUX BLUE #0122

Glass, glass pigment, granite, oxides, ash

26 x 43 x 43cm

(hwd)

£4200

“Stagnation is not an option if you want to renew yourself. Development only happens in the meeting with new people, landscapes and cultures.”

Morten Klitgaard’s work explores notions of place and reflects on the influential effects of nature on both the landscape and its inhabitants. His pieces appear weatherbeaten, patinated by the rugged Danish coastal landscape the artist grew up in. Oxides, metal pigments and ash are applied during the final heating process, causing the surface of the glass to effervesce and create intricate textures and patterns.