Dinesen and friends interpret the traditional Christmas Market

Dinesen and Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) partner for a Christmas exhibition and workshop at the CC Shop.

This winter, the CC Shop at Copenhagen Contemporary will become a Christmas Market with exhibitions and workshops curated by Dinesen and friends. With Dinesen wood at centre stage, the market will feature changing exhibitions, objects and workshops centered around themes such as luck, heritage, and quirky things. 

Photographer: Malthe Emanuel

Visit the Dinesen Christmas Market from 9 November to the end of December

Venue: 
CC Shop at Copenhagen Contemporary 
Refshalevej 173A 
1432 Copenhagen K 

 

Opening hours: 

Wednesday 11 am – 6 pm 
Thursday 11 am – 9 pm 
Friday 11 am – 6 pm 
Saturday 11 am – 6 pm 
Sunday 11 am – 6 pm 

Closed: Monday and Tuesday and 24 – 26 December 

 

Photo includes material experiments that inspired the Offcut Collection by Lærke Ryom and that are reminiscent of the serving boards, which is sold in the CC x Dinesen Shoppen 

Pettersen & Hein, Fabulari Puzzle

Pettersen & Hein, Fabulari Puzzle

Community and co-creation at heart 

Dinesen is built on good relationships and collaborations, and we have been cultivating these ever since our founding in 1898. Back then, the company was called Jels Savværk (Jels Sawmill) with production and shop side by side in the town of Jels in Southern Jutland. While the name was Jels Savværk, the annual Christmas market in the sawmill square was a significant anchor for the company’s self-understanding. The locals visited the market to experience wooden curiosities and purchase their own unique treasures. 

The annual Christmas market in the sawmill square at Jels Savværk 

With the Dinesen Christmas Market at CC Shop, the traditions shaped at the old sawmill are revived in new collaborations. The Christmas Market presents a glimpse of the interesting community in which we still take part. The ambition is to support and develop the synergistic effect these communities create and to keep the curiosity about materials alive. 

“Companies, schools, art galleries, associations, and artistic environments all share one thing: they develop based on the specific environments that nourish them. Similarly, Dinesen has developed through chance encounters, places, objects, and unforeseeable circumstances. The Dinesen Christmas Market is a celebration of those returning moments when the company finds its place among other complex environments.”

- Peter Møller Rasmussen, Teaching Associate Professor at The Royal Danish Academy

Together with our community of artists, architects, designers and creatives, we interpret the traditional understanding of a Christmas market with Dinesen wood as the primary material in question. The Dinesen Christmas Market offers the opportunity to experiment with a more free and adventurous aesthetic and the option to continue working with offcuts and leftover materials from our production. Visitors will be able to immerse themselves in wood in creative ways in the workshop or purchase a wooden item of their own in the gift shop. 

Collaborating partners include: 

ORBI 
Pettersen & Hein 
Lærke Lyhne 
The architectural education in Kalundborg 
Carsten In der Elst 
Anna Søgaard 
Stanza 
Mentze Ottenstein 
Christian & Jade 
Anne Texier 
Peter Møller Rasmussen and Christian Vennerstrøm 
Lærke Ryom 
Kim Lenschow & Bonnie Hvillum 

 

 

About CC 

Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) is Copenhagen’s international art centre, showing installation art created by world stars and new emerging talents. CC occupies the magnificent former B&W welding hall, remodelled by architect Dorthe Mandrup, offering a total of 7,000 m2 of beautiful industrial halls with plenty of space to showcase contemporary artwork. 

Visit CC Shop x Dinesen Christmas Market

 

 

Photos: Pettersen & Hein

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