Exhibitions Paustian 'Derfor' Oktober — Novenber 2003 Danish Craft at Paustian, Copenhagen "ORNAMENT" Neon wallpaper 2.6 x 3.6 metres 186 neon tubes distributed in ten pattern units that can be combined individually and generate c. three million different patterns. Pattern change every eight seconds. Bought by the National Arts Foundation. /////////////////////////////////////////////// The close affinity of certain of the works with the anatomy and idiom of the kaleidoscope is emblematic of the work with patterns – not as fixed forms but as recognizable elements in constantly shifting pattern formations. The work "Ornament", created for a major design exhibition at Paustian, Copenhagen, is the fulfilment of a dream of creating a kaleidoscope – with textile techniques, of course, and just as inevitably with materials that are far from the traditional textiles. "Ornament" consists of a tissue of patterns – thousands of them – created in neon tubes. When the tubes light up, go out and change colour, they are combined into a kaleidoscope of radiant, ever-changing patterns. "Why did you create such an insanely expensive work?" was the curator’s question to Astrid Krogh. "Dreams can’t be measured in money," was the text that accompanied the work in the exhibition.