Art on Water

The 22nd to 24th of August are the launch dates of the Danish and German championship in OK-dinghy. This time a brand new dinghy will be introduced by Sam Jedig. The deck of the new OK-dinghy is covered by a collage of Artstamps, all published through the last couple of years.

Artstamp.dk is an alternative art project made by the artist Sam Jedig. Sam Jedig has produced Artstamps since the year 2007 and the art on the stamps is composed by Sam's own art as well as in co-operation with national as well as international guest-artists. The Artstamps are published in small editions and introduced in many different ways, e.g. as mail art. In this case the Artstamps are stamped on envelopes and send around the world.

Some of the guests-artists who decorates the Artstamps are Søren Dalgaard at TarreaWarra Museum of Art in Australia and the American artist William Anthony at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Croatia. In addition to that, the Artstamps will now be exhibited on Sam Jedig’s OK-dinghy.

Sam Jedig has from an early age developed his two main interests: sailing and art. Though his whole adulthood he has been an artist as well as a gallerist but also the sailing played an important part of his life. Now the art world and the sailing are reconciled and the result is the very untraditional dinghy, which functions as a 'living' piece of art. The boat was built by SOTA – Strandberg Marine made by Jesper Strandberg, and the particular project is carried out in close co-operation between the boat builder and the project manager.

The dinghy project is driven by an ambition to explore how human and countries creates links and network around the world. Water and sailing are two important sources to bind people. Artstamps also binds people together through communication, sharing and passion. The new OK-dinghy is a combination of the two symbols of networking: Water and art. The OK-dinghy is also a response as well as a tribute to the Modern Art Scene “Conceptual Art” that since the sixties have questioned the relationship between art and reality.

In connection to the dinghy project a video about the process and the result is published. You can watch the video by following the link:

The Open Championship in OK-dinghy will take place the 22nd-24th of August in Flensborg, Germany, under the slogan “Crossing borders”. To this event the Danish Sailing Federation and the OK-dinghy club invites 100 participants from six different nations.

For more information contact Sam Jedig on: (+45)29267433