Thomas Akhøj Ibsen

Kunstner, kunstklinker & Cand.Mag. i filosofi og kulturformidling

STAR WARS omfavner Kintsugi

I en fjern galakse, hvor episke kampe mellem lysets og mørkets kræfter raser, findes der en subtil og dyb symbolsk handling, der forener det gamle med det nye. I Ahsoka’s Star Wars-serie får vi et unikt indblik i denne fusion af historie og håb. Stor Admiralen Thrawn´ stormtropper, slidte og erfaringsrige, bærer med stolthed deres Kintsugi-inspirerede uniformer. Kintsugi er mere […]

The Art of Kintsugi

Ved at reparere ødelagt keramik er det muligt at give det nyt liv til keramikken, der bliver endnu mere raffineret takket være dets “ar”. Den japanske kunst af kintsugi lærer at brudte genstande ikke er noget at smide væk, men at vise med stolthed. Når en skål, tekande eller dyrebar vase falder og bryder ind i tusind stykker, smider vi […]

Why Creative People Sometimes Make No Sense

I’ve been having an insightful shuffle through Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s book Creativity: The Work and Lives of 91 Eminent People. Mihaly is a seminal professor of Psychology and Management, and is the Founding Co-Director of the Quality of Life Research Center at Claremont. He writes: “I have devoted 30 years of research to how creative people live and work, to make more understandable the mysterious […]

A trinity of Femme fatales 2/3

  This is a man’s, man’s, man’s world But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl This beautiful creature is made of old camera optics, my Danish passport, glue, resin, epoxy, toy wheels and small globe known as Earth. It resonates the fact that your chances in life are determined by where you are born. Aswell as […]

A trinity of Femme fatales 1/3

I have created a series of female/feminine sculptures – and it´s called A Trinity of Femme Fatales. They are still designed in a kind of ugly-aesthetic way, but there can be no doubt. These dangerously seductive ladies will bring insight, danger and renewed lust to your life. There is nothing like being attracted to – and seduced by a well-placed rubble […]