RÖHSSKA MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND CRAFT X MACGUFFIN
exhibition Migration – The Journey of Objects
Gothenburg, October 2021 - september 2022

We live in a world where the boundaries between cultures have become increasingly blurred and migration is ubiquitous. The worldwide circulation of people, objects and knowledge has an enormous influence on every aspect of our lives.

The exhibition Migration showed that the transformative impact of migration is not reserved to modern times, but has been a shaping factor in design and crafts since its earliest days. What journey have objects undertaken before ending up in the museum collection? How can we understand why similar motifs and patterns appear in different cultures and periods? In what ways do local resources affect the shape of, and trade in, design?

The exhibition that MacGuffin co-curated with the Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg deployed over 200 'migrants' from the Röhsska collection to tell stories about their relocation and offer perspectives that rise above historical or national boundaries.

Photos Carl Ander

Accompanying the exhibition is a catalogue in Swedish and English, with contributions by Ernst van der Hoeven & Kirsten Algera, Arjun Appadurai, Rachel Dedman, Johan Deurell, Nina Due, Hanneke Grootenboer, Philippa Hobbs, Anna Jansson, Josefin Kilner, Madeleine Miller, Martina Muzi, Dámaso Randulfe, Göran Rydén, Masha Taavoniku, Mirelle van Tulder. Graphic design by Sandra Kassenaar.

Photography by Carl Ander. 200 p, full colour, 21 x 27,5 cm, Swiss bound hardcover, English.