Window 107 – run by Christin Johansson – is a miniature exhibition space in an unused shop window on busy Istedgade in central Copenhagen. The gallery displays ceramic objects, events and projects and was first established in 2004 as a reaction to ceramic exhibitions usually attracting a very narrow audience. The aim was to show ceramics to people who normally do not visit galleries and museums – to give random passers-by the opportunity to experience new, contemporary ceramics.
Exhibitors range from students and graduates to well-established ceramists; the deciding factor always being that they make exciting, alternative ceramics.
Window 107 builds on energy: no censoring, no long waiting periods, no lengthy planning processes. With clear reference to the artist on the window, there is a direct contact between exhibitor and audience.
There are no costs running the gallery and, consequently, exhibiting is free and no commission is charged on potential sales. The exhibitor exclusively decides how to decorate the space and how to present the works.
