Mind the Gap: Exhibition by Designer Ane Lykke in the Danish Design Centre

'Mind the gap' - a space that challenges the audience
Textile designer Ane Lykke works with room design. Now she presents her exhibition 'Mind the gap' at the Danish Design Centre from 6 January through 20 February 2006.

Ane Lykke has taken over the Danish Design Centre's exhibition space the Balcony with an interactive installation on the 5 x 3-metre back wall. The exhibition is called 'Mind the gap', inspired by the message on the loudspeakers as one steps off the trains in the London underground. The exhibition focuses the space between two parallel layers of hexagonal boxes:

"The exhibition explores a very common phenomenon, which we have all experienced, for example when passing two parallel grid fences. As we move we see new wave forms or patterns arising. This is the principle that I have used in the exhibition. I want to find new ways of affecting the perception of a space, demonstrating that the spectator plays a crucial part," says Ane Lykke, who adds that in physics this phenomenon is referred to as interference patterns.

In the exhibition Ane Lykke has covered the back wall of the room with a two-layered wall where the layers are separated by a 14 cm-space. The layers are made of hexagonal plastics boxes with stripes made of red lines in varying density and directions. The two layers turn into large pattern areas that change with the light and the spectator's movements. As Ane Lykke puts it, the wall is "passively waiting" and is only activated when the spectator moves within the space. Then variations of the patterns follow along as a film, forming a living, vibrating surface. In this way, the spectator alters the wall.

Ane Lykke is trained as a textile designer and defines textiles as broadly as "materials". She explores the possibilities inherent in various materials, especially by making them interact with surroundings and people. The goal is to make the materials an integrated element in the overall architectural expression of shops, workplaces and other buildings.

'Mind the gap' is a small, powerful exhibition, which, with simple means, demonstrates the great impact we have on the rooms we occupy.

About Ane Lykke

Training
- Danmarks Designskole, textile design (1996)
- Kawashima Textile School, Japan (1998)
- Hochschule der Künste, HdK, Berlin, guest student (1995)

Exhibitions, most recent
- National Gallery Kilkenny, Ireland (2005).
- The Crafts and Design Biennial, Trapholt and Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum (2004-05).
- SOFA, Chicago (2003, 2004).
- Nordic cool: Hot Women Designers. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington (2004).
- Derfor, udfordrende dansk design (That's why; challenging Danish design). Paustian Copenhagen(2003).
- For the Danish Design Centre's next main exhibition, 'Honey I'm Home', (3 March-6 June 2006) Ane Lykke and Marianne Eriksen are developing a new beer tent for Carlsberg.

Awards
- Nominated for the Biennial Award (2004)
- Kunsthåndværker Prisen af 1879 (2001)
Collaborations, examples:
- Saga Furs of Scandinavia
- Bang & Olufsen, developing Band & Olufsen's latest shop concept, Match Point
- KHR Architects
- Trapholt, room decoration integrated into the architecture

Exhibition Period
'Mind the gap' is on display at the Danish Design Centre from 6 January through 20 February 2006.
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00, Wednesdays 10:00-21:00 (free admission on Wednesdays after 17:00), weekends and other holidays 11:00-16:00.
The exhibition is presented on the Balcony, which is the Danish Design Centre's venue for young and innovative design.

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