The 4th Industrial Revolution is called “The rise of the robots.” Old professions disappear and central tasks are robotized. First the blue collar workers were replaced and now the white collars. However, the skills of craft are given new meaning in society. The short film “Rhythm of the Hands” documents the processes and reflections from four artists. They consist the art group AvArt, working towards their exhibition with ceramic art objects in blue and white colours. The project participates at Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale (GICB) 2019.

The goal of the project is to see the world through the lens of craft to shed light on being human in the age of technology.

«The four ceramic artists work with a common interest in the correlation between the “return” of the craft and the fact that a robotized workforce makes manually work out of time. The artists work directly with the traditional blue and white ceramics to draw parallels between today”s discussion and the first industrial revolution, where Arts & Crafts movment formed a counter force for industrialization. Filmmaker Hoel has been following Berg, Jansson Lothe, Swang and Kielland for more than a year and has made a great short film, where we get insight into thoughts and reflections about making, immediately as we can see just that - to make. The topic is suitable for an annual craft exhibition in its own right.

Art critic Gjertrud Steinsvag, The annual craft exhibition in Norway 2018