Looking back to find our future
A symphony for the eye, nurture for the mind and inspiration for the future; the 2011 Nordic Fashion Biennale will be held this fall at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle from September 30 to November 13. This is the first time this event is being held in the United States. The Nordic Fashion Biennale was launched by the Nordic House, Reykjavik in 2009 and included more than 60 designers, artists, musicians and speakers.
The 2011 Nordic Fashion Biennale is being produced by the Nordic House, Reykjavik and the Nordic Heritage Museum. The highlight of the Nordic Fashion Biennale is an exhibition, Looking Back to Find our Future, curated by New York-based Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardottir. Arnardottir is well known for her collaboration with Björk and for her commissioned work for the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Looking Back to Find our Future will include fashion and jewelry from Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Sweden, and Norway. Cutting-edge contemporary fashion, design, and installations throughout the Museum will blur past and present, highlighting traditions of craft and creativity in Nordic design. The exhibition will demonstrate how important the influences of nature and heritage are for Nordic designers. Detailed information about the designers is on our website at this link: http://www.nordicfashionbiennale.com/nfb/designers/. The exhibition includes cutting edge designers such as Sweden's Sandra Backlund, Norway's Moods of Norway, Denmark's Henrik Vibskov, and Iceland's Steinunn, to name only a few.
Designers for the exhibition include:
Ragna Froda (Iceland)
Sandra Backlund (Sweden)
Henrik Vibskov (Denmark)
Ivana Helsinki (Finland)
Moods of Norway (Norway)
Barbara I Gongini (Faroe Islands)
Bibi Chemnitz (Greenland)
Guðrun & Guðrun (Faroe Islands)
Vík Prjónsdóttir (Iceland)
Hildur Björk Yeoman (Iceland)
Mundi (Iceland)
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (Iceland)
Aftur (Iceland)
EYGLO (Iceland)
Vera Thordardottir (Iceland)
Aurum (Iceland)
Kría Jewelry (Iceland)
Julie Edel Hardenberg (Greenland)
Rammatik (Faroe Islands)
Spaksmannsspjarir (Iceland)
Jet Korine (Iceland)
Steinum Design (Faroe Islands)
Rain Dear (Iceland)
INUIK (Greenland)
Hringa (Iceland)
Skaparinn (Iceland)
Sirri (Faroe Islands)
NFB 2011 will also include an exhibition of still photography of street fashion from the Nordic capitals of Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Reykjavik, and Stockholm, plus Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
The Nordic Fashion Biennale will feature a three-day symposium with international speakers. The program will focus on themes of sustainability, cultural heritage and branding.
An exciting new element of the Biennale is a fashion competition, North by Northwest (N x NW). The purpose of the competition is to inspire creativity, encourage emerging designers to seek out new directions, and spark awareness of new trends in Nordic fashion. Two lucky winners will win a trip to Iceland during Reykjavik Fashion Festival! The competition is open to fashion students, recent fashion school graduates (received fashion degrees within the last 2 years), and emerging fashion designers who reside on the West coast of the US or Canada. Complete information about the competition, including how to enter, is posted on our website.
The 2011 Nordic Fashion Biennale website will be updated regularly with information about the exhibition, symposium, fashion competition, and special events during the Biennale. Visit us at: www.nordicfashionbiennale.com.
For further information please contact us at info@nordicfashionbiennale.com