Gentle hunting, deep softness
Nordskoven
From September 2020 to December 2021, Spacegirls’ site-specific project, *Gentle Hunting, Heavy Softness*, was developed and built at Deep Forest Art Land. The three-part project consists of research and material development, the construction of a pavilion, and a dialogue in the form of a book.
Spacegirls works at the intersection of art and architecture. At the core of Spacegirls’ practice is material research focused on an understanding of place and tactility. In *Gentle Hunting, Heavy Softness*, the investigation centers on the facade as an architectural element.
Gentle Hunting, Heavy Softness is a project in constant evolution—a project in which the material and process not only take place in the forest, but are also composed of the forest itself. In producing the material, Spacegirls make use of the site’s natural raw materials, such as local ochre and sand from the site, as well as the “FutureCem” cement from Aalborg Portland.
Title: Gentle Hunting, Heavy Softness
Year: 2021
The Artist
Spacegirls is an architecture and art practice consisting of Cisse Bomholt Christiansen (b. 1989) and Elisabeth Gellein (b. 1990). They are both architects who graduated from the School of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 2016.
Their work is based on materials-oriented basic research that, through interdisciplinary collaborations and experiments with aesthetic expression, seeks to push the boundaries of the field of architecture.
Spacegirls always work in a site-specific and community-oriented manner, with a particular focus on process and materiality. In collaboration with the construction industry, artists, researchers, and writers, they aim to take a critical look at the role of the architect in the contemporary world and explore a more sensitive approach to building and thinking about architecture.
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