Building on interest in data visualisation, translating knowledge between different systems of encoding, as well as questions of accessibility and participation in digital cultures, the Critical Craft Collective (CCC) invites you to SOUP - a project initiated and presented in cooperation with Tenthaus through themes centred around the concept of comfort, embodied by the soup. 

Recognising food as a source of love language in many cultures, the SOUP project expands and unpacks the idea of food as a tangible material, a vehicle to human relations, and as notions of care and repair. This project will materialize through a series of activities in the open studio held by CCC in Bergen Assembly space throughout the symposium: with workshops, installations, performance-lectures, activations and digital-physical artworks, open for the audience to drop-in and participate.

From stone soup narratives and soup recipes to aromatic elements, scents and ingredients and to artworks stemming from data visualization - the SOUP project involves an active process of deconstructing the multifaceted meanings of “soup”, thinking deeply about the conventions of this humble dish, the stories and heritage it carries, the vessels and containers that hold it, as well as how soup may be read as a verb, referring to notions of powering up or to gather something. 

Paying heed to CCC’s ethos on collaborative practices and lateral modes of working, and acknowledging  contributions from the various communities across different countries, ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds, SOUP is an inquiry for alternative modes of art practices and production, new grounding strategies and tactics for accessibility and participation of the extended communities in digital domains.

Tenthaus

Tenthaus Art Collective has been working together in various constellations since 2009. The collective is characterized by an open, process-oriented form of participation and collaboration. They focus on local contexts exploring collectivity and inclusion through different forms of engagement . Tenthaus began as an artists-in-schools project and over a decade later they continue to maintain strong relations to the community and works to cultivate and nurture its environment. Today Tenthaus encompasses both a project room and an exhibition space, a mobile studio, and a wide range of curatorial projects. As a collective Tenthaus reimagines themselves and what it means to be artists working with the public, and what makes a relevant socially engaged practice today. The collective works with discursive events, radio, research, exchanges, workshops and exhibitions with an international orientation. Each of its members brings a distinct set of skills, practices and cultural knowledge.