New Nordic – Architecture & Identity

New Nordic – Architecture & Identity , exhibition catalogue, published in connection with the 2012 exhibition at Louisiana - the first exhibition in a new series at Louisiana that will explore architecture's relationship to culture and identity. Is there a Nordic identity? Is there The Nordic Way? Despite globalization's tendency to blur national and cultural differences, can identity still be understood as something that is linked to specific places? And if so, how has Nordic identity developed in step with the development of the rest of the world? These are some of the questions that the exhibition focused on.

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Louisiana's exhibition series on architecture's relationship to culture and identity deals with architecture as a field where collective memories and narratives are reflected materially and spatially. This exhibition would uncover whether any particular – Nordic – features recur in architecture, and whether there is a fundamental formal language that is still being reinterpreted.

Through three themes, the exhibition examined how recent developments in the five Nordic countries are shaping up. The themes unfold the new Nordic, including a rediscovery of tradition. But now the geographically determined qualities are used in new ways; traditions are reinterpreted and borders are crossed instead.
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The Nordic element is perhaps particularly evident through the clash between the architect's cultural roots, the professional tradition, and the fact that the global perspective is an unavoidable condition for people today.

The exhibition catalogue includes, among other things, a foreword by Kjeld Kjeldsen, the articles “The light is turned on in the night lands” by Kurt Forster, “Architecture gives shape to our existence” by Michael Asgaard Andersen and Jeanne Rank Schelde, “Diverse and random identities” by Staffan Selander and Bente Aamotsbakken, “Creating places” by Mari Hvattum, “Nordic modernity: Social trust and radical individualism” by Lars Trägardh, “The art of architecture, the social art. Thoughts on a Nordic public architecture” by Peter MacKeith and “Informal coexistence and glory for all. Democratic urban spaces in the Nordic countries” by Tom Nielsen.

Dimensions: 28.5 x 22.7 cm
Pages: 216
Language: Danish
Editors: Kjeld Kjeldsen, Jeanne Rank Schelde, Michael Asgaard Andersen, Michael Juul Holm
Publisher: Louisiana Publications