Curatorial Work
Curation is not only about presenting objects. It is about developing formats and programmes that build relations, shape attention, and enable dialogue.
Across architecture, art, and other disciplines, the work focuses on creating frameworks for interdisciplinary knowledge sharing, public debate, and dialogue.
Through exhibitions, workshops, talks, readings, conversation salons, debates, and collaborative formats, it brings thinkers, practitioners, and communities into conversation, bringing overlooked narratives to the surface and creating spaces for critical exchange, reflection, and new knowledge.
CURATION / ART-LED PLACEMAKING
Den Nordiske Ambassade, Svendborg, 2026 -
Co-Founder of the exhibition space for contemporary art and experimental projects ´Den Nordiske Ambassade´in Svendborg, Funen.
The initiative is led by a cross-disciplinary collective of artists, curators, visual designers, architects, and cultural professionals.
Part of founding and starting the initiative, development and strategy, placemaking as well as the curatorial concept and program 2026-2027.
First exhibition ´Nervous Systems´opened 5th June 2026.
Nervous Systems marks the beginning of Metamorphosis, the overarching theme of Den Nordiske Ambassade’s upcoming exhibition program. Across six exhibitions, the program explores change as a fundamental condition.
In Nervous Systems, the boundaries between the natural and the constructed dissolve, and the familiar appears both recognizable and strange.
CARL OTTO LINDE (DK)
SIGNE ROHARDT LUND (DK)
HANNA ANTONSSON (SE)
NERVOUS SYSTEMS
5.6 — 2.8, 2026
CURATION
As curator and co-founder of BAR´KITEKTUR, a non-profit association, Elin has developed, curated, and hosted architectural events, salon discussions, talks, and debates.
Together with Anna Nicolaysen of VERNA and Hanne Raunsmed, Elin initiated and led the development of an interdisciplinary format for architectural dialogue, connecting architecture with culture, public discourse, and cross-sector collaboration.
Since 2023, the initiative has grown into a professional platform and community through events and collaborations.
The project has received support from, among others, the Danish Association of Architects, By og Land Faaborg, and Realdania, and has collaborated with institutions such as Faaborg Museum and SAK Kunstbygning.
Since summer 2025, the initiative has been part of Arkitektforeningen – the Danish Association of Architects – and has continued under its local division, Østifterne.
BAR'KITEKTUR
non-profit association, 2023-2025
SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATIONS IN MATERIAL + CULTURAL LANDSCAPES
SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATIONS IN MATERIAL + CULTURAL LANDSCAPES
studio@elinhirsch.dk
T +45 4231 0239
Svendborg (DK)
© ® ELIN HIRSCH 2026
& collaborator(s)
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