MINI ART – is it sustainable?

Can the art world become greener simply by making smaller art?

JAM PUBLIC built a miniature museum with a grand entrance, gallery lighting and an exhibition of very small works by invited local artists.

After the official opening, the museum was opened to everyone. Visitors made their own mini art—paintings, sculptures and objects—and placed it directly into the exhibition alongside the invited artists.

Some of these new works were fitted with magnets, allowing visitors to move them around the museum using another magnet beneath the gallery floor. What began as a traditional group exhibition was gradually taken over by the public and transformed into an unpredictable collection, with some of its artworks moving around.

Like any proper museum, it also had a café—serving freshly made miniature waffles from a waffle iron built especially for the occasion.

MINI ART was presented at JAM PUBLIC’s studio in Kristiansand in January 2024.

Participating artists: Erik Pirolt, Linn Pedersen, Jan Freuchen, Erlend Evensen, Trond Nicholas Perry, Karen Pettersen, Ida S. Ring and Berent Philip Moe.

The project was part of a 2024 JAM PUBLIC programme exploring what a self-organised art institution might produce through small public experiments. The programme, which also included FASTEST ART IN TOWN! and Propaganda Club, was supported by Arts Council Norway and Kristiansand Municipality.