For their second Slow Art Day, the Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum (RPM) in Hildesheim, Germany, produced short videos about three objects by artist Gerd Hjort Petersen that were part of the exhibit “Begegnung mit Gerd Hiort Petersen und Hans Munck Andersen” [Encounter with Gerd Hiort Petersen and Hans Munck Andersen].
Denmark, Bornholm, stoneware, owned by the artist. (Click here to see this and the other videos.)
Denmark, Bornholm, stoneware, owned by the artist. (Click here to see this and the other videos.)
Shalchi. Denmark, Bornholm, stoneware, collection Claßen. (Click here to see this and the other videos.)
Short texts promoting the objects and Slow Art Day were shared before the videos went live. Then, on April 4, the three videos were shared to Facebook and the Museum’s website, featuring brief commentary by Dr. Andrea Nicklish, Curator of the Ethnological Collection. They received 350+ views, and are still available to watch on the Museum’s website.
At Slow Art Day HQ, we love the focus on shapes, materials and textures in this event. The videos recreated the experience of viewing the objects in the actual museum space, and gave a sense of their sizes, intentionally exaggerated by the artist.
We look forward to what the Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum come up with for Slow Art Day 2021.
– Johanna and Ashley