velkommen forårsmenu
our chef has introduced the new spring menu and we look forward to serving you in the sun. see the menu here
vesterbro is copenhagen’s gritty gastronomic quarter
last year the reknowned journalist and blogger sudi pigott went on an extensive high class sightseeing in copenhagen. she chose 5 good reasons to visit the danish capital & wrote about this fabulous destination in time magazine. read the article here
functions and parties
are you looking for a place to celebrate your birthday, anniversary og staff party? karriere is the perfect setting for your party, seating up to 100 persons with great food, spectacular cocktails and the best dj’s in town. send us an email info@karrierebar.com and we will send you a specific offer to your party!
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We will keep you posted on upcoming events, new menus and cocktails, and photos. We look forward to meeting you there
Mette Winckelmann
- Life in rags *
Three-, four-and five sided lamp shades of sewn fabric pieces have totally changed the mood in the area behind the dance floor at Karriere. Mette Winckelmann has created a series of social hubs full of handmade presence, design, honesty and coloristic charm.
The lamp shades are created by patchwork techniques where small pieces of fabric are sewn together in combinations that form the motifs and shapes. The tradition is ancient and in modern times especially popular in the U.S. among European immigrants, slaves and their descendants. Designs and patterns, called blocks, have arisen in exchanges between women and passed down as a testimony to their community. The geometrical patterns over time mutated into countless variants, which all bear descriptive names.
Winckelmann have used blocks titled Fools Square (triangular lamps), Double x variation (square lights) and What You Contain (pentagonal lamps). Common to these lamp shades is that they expose their techniques and shows both the front and back. Similarly, the bare light bulb and socket in the center of the lamp are fully visible. Honesty in the presentation of materials and technique goes back to a tradition of painting and sculpturing from the early 20th century, when the errand was to cultivate the individual medium’s uniqueness as a basis for imaging, rather than a more conventional illusionary with invisible brush strokes and polished surfaces. The decayed fabric edges and loose threads are like disarming moves that do not create illusions among the visible exterior and a hidden interior. The ends are open and flexible. Outside and inside are equal and the lamps shine with an inclusive and self-sufficient beauty.
Lamp blocks of geometric patterns are pleasing for the eye to read and makes it easy to be in their company. But they offer more than that. Fools Square have small system failures displacing the symmetry between the sides and allowing space to be a fool or just silly. The pattern in the square Double x variation may be understood as a game on chromosome combinations. What You Contain, kicks all good taste overboard in a mix of blocks and shimmering colors with a jumble of drawn shapes and scribbles. Go ahead, here is your life by dense composite (life) patterns, loose ends, shimmering colors and impetuous statements.
Mette Winckelmann:
Fools Square, 2011
Double x Variation, 2011
What You Contain, 2011
