Emilia Bergmark - Potato the Greatest

Potato the Greatest, 2020Potato the Greatest was originally a video companion to the sculpture edition Potato the Great, made for Sacred Thing in 2020. First exhibited in ’Working Potatoes’, HKM, Hoorn, NL, 2020. Soon to be exhibited as part of KP21 at Kunsthal Aarhus. Our protagonist in 'Potato the Greatest' is the potato that came second in the Harrogate Giant Vegetable competition – or to be specific, a sculpture sculpture of that potato. Voice actor is Alistair HansonSound recording and mastering by Martin Leitner.

Om Podcasten

Artist in Residency is a radio exhibition for contemporary artists working with sound (in whole or as part of their medium). The first invited artist is Emilia Bergmark. Emilia graduated from the Royal Danish academy in 2018 with a masters in Fine Art. Emilia personifies inanimate objects and common animals to express labor economics within modern society. However, she does it with a wink and a smile. If you want to know more about Emilia, feel free to write to us or follow her on instagram by searching her name. Week 1: ‘Heaven and Earth’ Week 2: ‘Burnout’ Week 3: ‘Potato the Greatest’ Week 4: ‘Soap’ (featuring Maria Gundek)