Artist-in-Residence: Anni Holm

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Create Together

Visitors may participate throughout the week during creation hours of 10 am to 4 pm in a range of activities including cutting, sewing, and assembling. Volunteers are also invited to chat about art, identity, and immigration with the artist and other participants.

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Visitors to the Museum of Danish America during the week of August 14-18 will have a chance to participate in the making of a new kinetic sculpture that will be installed near the museum’s entrance.This art project, under the direction of artist-in-residence Anni Holm, will take the form of a mobile composed of hundreds of “decommissioned” Danish Brotherhood ribbons.

The fronts of the ribbons resemble the Danish flag, while the other side will be altered to collectively resemble the American flag. Therefore, with airflow and movement, the assemblage will allow for an ongoing transformation between the two banners. Holm has titled the work “Assimilātus Mōbilis.”

Born in Denmark, Holm has lived and worked in the Chicago area since 1999. Her work was previously exhibited at the museum in a solo show in 2009 and most recently as part of a curated selection in 2015. This project and program are supported by a grant from the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs.

The museum’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/danishmuseum) will feature daily progress reports with photos. 

About the Artist

Anni Holm is a conceptual artist working with photography, installation, performance, and collaborative art. Born in Randers, Denmark, Anni attended Krabbeholm Art College in 1997 and graduated with a BFA in photography from Columbia College Chicago 2004, where she received the Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship twice. In 2005, she received an artist residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida, was a Featured Artist during the Chicago Artists Month in 2006, and was named a Break Out Artist in Newcity Chicago magazine in 2007. Anni has performed and exhibited her work at various locations nationally including Ohio University Gallery, Ohio; Waterloo Center for the Arts, Iowa; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota; Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, New York; Space 301, Alabama; along with the Glass Curtain Gallery, the National Museum of Mexican Arts, the Chicago Cultural Center, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, all in Chicago. Since 2006 Anni has also toured the country with the ever-expanding NetWorking knitting project. International exhibitions include the group exhibitions at Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark, Hafnarborg Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland, Amos Andersons Konstmuseum, Finland, Ljungbergmuseet, Sweden and Norsk Folkemuseum, Norway. She is the founder of Art Walks Chicago, artXposium, artINcorporators and the West Chicago International Artist in Residency Program.

Presentation

Holm will be the guest speaker for the museum’s August Brown Bag Lunch program, speaking on the aforementioned topic of “Art, Identity, and Immigration.” The lunchtime presentation will begin at noon on Thursday, August 17 and will conclude by 1 pm.