Kunstløypa mellom bruene
A day of porcelain, dance, fire and river — a market and day programme on the quay, and the KLANGKRAFT concert evening in the backyard.
Thank you
Thank you to everyone who contributed to a wonderful porcelain celebration for Kunstløypa mellom bruene on Saturday 5 September!
Thank you to the project group, the volunteers and our partners Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik, Porselensmuseet, Porsgrunn municipality, Bratsberg and Gustavsberg Porslinsfabrik.
Thank you to the artists Thomas Iversen, Leiken Vik, Julius Karoubi, Frederik Svindland and moderator Hilde Tørdal, Aasne Viddal and Bjørn Jenssen & Co.
Thank you to KLANGKRAFT with Mika Takehara, Ludvig Nilsson, Virpi Pahkinen, Pontus Sundset and co-producers Jan Ove Hafstad and Jakob Virdhall. Thank you to the guides Halvard Sælid and Øystein Beyer, Vestsidens musikkorps, drum major and head of culture Morten Hagevik, stage architects BergerudUstad with Are Bergerud, and sound engineer Eyvind Fossnes Dahl.
Thank you to all the exhibitors at the craft market and to everyone who provided food and drink.
Thank you to Telemark County Council, Norske Kunsthåndverkere, Sparebankstiftelsen DNB and Sparebankstiftelsen Telemark for supporting the event.
And last but not least: thank you to the audience — without you, no celebration!
A three-year art and urban development project, 2024–2027.
Kunstløypa mellom bruene foregrounds the connections between the things that make Porsgrunn distinctive: the porcelain, the river, the landscape, the people and the bridges that tie it all together. Initiated by Kunsthall Grenland in collaboration with Porsgrunn municipality.
Saturday 5 September 2026
Kunstløypa market and celebration at Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik. The day brought a craft market on the PP-brygga, a ceramics workshop for children and temporary works along the river — and an evening celebration with the KLANGKRAFT performance. See the photographs from the day, or see the event on Facebook.
The full programme from the day
Day programme
12:00 — 16:00
Craft market
12:00 — 14:00
Ceramics workshop for children
12:00 — 15:00
Open workshop 1400
12:00
Self-firing ceramics
13:00
Unveiling of temporary works
14:00
A wake for Portvakta
14:30
Unveiling of the self-firing objects
Evening
19:00
KLANGKRAFT
23:00
End
How the day unfolded
Market on the quay, clay in the workshop, brass through the streets and fire on the rock. Photos: Dag Jenssen.
Craft market on the PP-brygga
More than 20 makers fill the wharf with ceramics, textiles, jewellery, prints, knives and porcelain. The factory shop moves outdoors, and Porselensmuseet stays open. Gisholt Kjøtt & Vilt are grilling, Ikke bare brød sell baked goods and Farstad & Co serve freshly roasted coffee.
Exhibitors: Ann Kathrin Samuelsen · Unni Johnsen · Henrik Rasmussen · Wenie Studio & Atelier · Hilde Arnesen · Laurie “Sky” Smith Vestøl · Sonja Bratteteig Rui · Galleri Bittelille · Anette Skaugen Guldager · Hilde Iren Dølheim · Jorunn Kjær · Fanny Sophie Gjestland · Berit Kowalski · KLU Keramikk · Hannes leirelidenskap · Henning Dahle · Helene Elv Andersen · Stine Bolstad · Hanne Runde · Hanne Haukom · Ina Elisabeth Gjestland · Huldreverket · Auksjonshallen.
KLANGKRAFT — the sound and movement of porcelain craft
Kunstløypa invites you to an evening celebration with the KLANGKRAFT performance. New music from a percussion instrument built of porcelain objects is given physical form by dancers Virpi Pahkinen and Pontus Sundset. The instrument — with sound from plates, bowls and jars — was developed by percussionists Mika Takehara and Ludvig Nilsson. The music was written specially by Kajsa Lindgren, and was first presented at Gustavsberg Porslinsfabrik in Sweden in 2025.
Virpi Pahkinen — choreography/dance · Mika Takehara — percussion/electronics · Ludvig Nilsson — percussion · Pontus Sundset — dance · Kajsa Lindgren — composer · BergerudUstad — set design
Ceramics workshop for children · Nellie Jonsson & Tonje Paus
The guillemot is an endangered seabird along the Norwegian coast. The artists tell the story of the guillemot, and the children get to make their own version of the bird — a pleasant morning about nature and porcelain. The sculptures can be fired and collected at the museum afterwards. (Ages 7 and up · NOK 250.) The artists are themselves working on a guillemot sculpture for Kunstløypa, covered in mosaic from the porcelain factory, to be unveiled at Lysthusåsen in 2027.
Open workshop 1400 · Ovnsvakta · Julius Karoubi
Ovnsvakta is Kunstløypa’s largest project — a multi-purpose building with a wood-fired public kiln and integrated art, with workshop space and a social outdoor area with a pizza oven. Julius Karoubi has been chosen for the art commission, known for large-format mosaic works and a playful, material-aware approach to traditional craft. At the workshop he shows some of the process.
Self-firing ceramics · Aasne Viddal
Ceramic objects made with alternative techniques that require no conventional kiln. By Aasne Viddal and others.
Temporary works · Thomas Iversen and Leiken Vik
Thomas Iversen shows a temporary work at Pynten, and Leiken Vik a temporary work at Lysthusåsen — both with Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik as a cultural monument and marker of the city’s identity.
BergerudUstad · public-space design
In collaboration with Kunstløypa, the duo design and build a temporary rig for the events. BergerudUstad is a Trondheim-based architecture practice run by Are Skogedal Bergerud and Silje Grandetrø Ustad.
