Søren Aagaard
Culture of Quality
1. marts – 31. maj, 2025
Foto: Malle Madsen
(English below)
Der findes et sted og en tid, hvor tingene ikke er helt lige til. Hvor de ikke går op i en højere enhed. De er tværtimod sammensatte, komplekse og fulde af lige så mange modsætninger og kontraster som forbindelser og slægtskaber. Hvad er dette for et sted og en tid, spørger du nok. Og det kan jeg godt forstå. For dette særlige sted og denne særlige tid er ikke sådan umiddelbart til at begribe. Fortvivl dog ikke, siger jeg. Det er et sted og en tid, der rummer dybder og åbner horisonter hinsides den kendte forstand og fornuft. Erfaringer og indsigter der opstår i munden, i næsen og i maven, ved nænsomme berøringer og nysgerrige blikke. I de små detaljer såvel som i de overvældende perspektiver. Hvor mærkværdige genstande eksisterer som resultat af fremmed processer og cyklusser, der involverer mennesket, men også er så meget større end mennesket. Ja, det er let at fortabe sig i dette sted og i denne tid. Måske endda føle sig fortabt. Det er der heller ikke noget galt med. Det er forståeligt. Sådan har mange før dig også haft det. Men mange er også nået til den erkendelse, at i dette sted og i denne tid nytter det ikke at holde fast på sig selv, på de kendte former, men snarere om at acceptere at former er i forandring. At de altid har været i forandring og de altid vil være i forandring. Formerne. De mentale og de materielle. Spændt ud mellem fortiden, nuet og evigheden. For sådan er den verden, hvor dette sted og denne tid findes.
- Tekst af Jacob Lillemose
Søren Aagaard (f. 1980) bor og arbejder på Møn. Aagaard er uddannet fra Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, København i 2013 samt Malmö Kunstakademi, og har som kunstner haft fokus på video, skulptur, performance og installationskunst. Aagaard er derudover også uddannet kok.
Mad og måltider som temporære og performative begivenheder er centrale i Aagaards praksis. Gennem sit engagement i specifikke produkter og den kulturelle, sociologiske og kulinariske historie adresserer han tidens fænomener såsom klimaforandringer, sociale hierarkier og nostalgiens dyrkelse.
Aagaard har udstillet i Danmark samt udlandet og deltaget i flere internationale filmfestivaler.
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Søren Aagaard
Culture of Quality
March 1 – May 31, 2025
Photo: Malle Madsen
There is a place and a time where things are not entirely straightforward. Where they do not come together to form a coherent whole. On the contrary, they are complex, intricate, and full of as many contradictions and contrasts as connections and relationships. What is this place and time, you might ask. I hear you. This particular place and time is not easily grasped. But do not despair, I say. It is a place and a time that hold depths and open horizons beyond established knowledge and common reason, introducing experiences and insights that arise in the mouth, the nose, and the stomach, through gentle touches and curious gazes; in the small details as well as in the overwhelming perspectives. It is a place and a time inhabited by unusual objects that originate in strange processes and cycles that involve humans, yet are so much greater than the human. Yes, it is easy to get lost in this place and time. Perhaps even to feel lost. There is nothing wrong with that. It is understandable. Many before you have felt the same way. But many have also come to the realization that in this place and time, you get nowhere by holding on to yourself, to the familiar forms. Instead, you need to accept that forms are in constant change; that the mental and material forms of life have always been changing and will always be changing; stretched out between the past, the present, and eternity. For such is the world where this place and time exist.
-Text by Jacob Lillemose
Søren Aagaard (b. 1980) lives and works on Møn. Aagaard graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, in 2013, as well as Malmö Art Academy, and as an artist, he has focused on video, sculpture, performance, and installation art. Additionally, Aagaard is also trained as a chef.
Food and meals as temporary and performative events are central to Aagaard's practice. Through his engagement with specific products and their cultural, sociological, and culinary history, he addresses contemporary phenomena such as climate change, social hierarchies, and the cultivation of nostalgia.
Aagaard has exhibited both in Denmark and abroad and has participated in several international film festivals.
Søren Aagaard, Culture of Quality, 2025
Søren Aagaard, Monoblock Cold Room, (2019) 2025. Vanitas Easter Edition
Søren Aagaard, Monoblock Cold Room, (2019) 2025. Vanitas Easter Edition
Søren Aagaard, Monoblock Cold Room, (2019) 2025. Vanitas Easter Edition
Søren Aagaard, Monoblock Cold Room, (2019) 2025. Vanitas Easter Edition
Søren Aagaard, Culture of Quality, 2025
Søren Aagaard, Moon Hare, 2025
Søren Aagaard, Moon Hare, 2025
Søren Aagaard, Future Shadows, 2019. Samarbejde med Menthol, 10'45" + Culture of Quality, 2014
Søren Aagaard, Culture of Quality, 2014
Søren Aagaard, Resurrection Vinegar Generator, 2025
Søren Aagaard, Resurrection Vinegar Generator, 2025