Kaleidoscopic expressionist architecture has taken over from the efficiency of modernism in the glass objects of Danish artist Stine Bidstrup, showcased in our Dezeen x The Mindcraft Project 2021 collaboration.
Bidstrup's ongoing series Architectural Glass Fantasies is inspired by the work of German writer Paul Scheerbart and architect Bruno Taut, whose 1914 Glashaus pavilion explored the potential of multifaceted coloured glass buildings to spark emotion and build a utopian world.
Stine Bidstrup's works can be seen as scale models of architectural landscapes. Photo by Anders Sune Berg
Three of these objects, each evoking an alternate reality where this kind of architecture prevailed over capitalist-driven modernism, feature in The Mindcraft Project exhibition of experimental Danish design. The works are both abstract and hyper-detailed, made by blowing glass into a plaster-silica mould. Once the mould is removed, the glass within is cut and polished to display varying kinds of translucency.
The objects evoke a world of expressionist glass architecture, inspired by the work of Paul Scheerbart and Bruno Taut. Photo by Benjamin Lund
The details of digitally printed patterns and forms are visible through the vividly hued glass. Bidstrup hopes viewers see her works as scale models of architectural landscapes.
"My glass sculptures can sort of be seen as architectural models, suggesting a transformation of scale in the imagination of the viewer," said Bidstrup. "It...