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N55 ion XYZ CARGO Early Days
N55 June 2, 2026
Everyone is welcome!

After 15 years of artistic and research-based work, we are pleased to invite you to the launch of the SPACEPLATES book and the premiere of a new short film about the project.

Anne Romme · Ion Sørvin (N55) · Anne Bagger

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N55 April 1, 2026

I have been awarded the lifelong honorary grant (hædersydelsen) from the Danish Arts Foundation.

I am grateful for this recognition. It means a lot to me.

I have always worked in collaboration with others, and I would like to thank everyone who has been part of it.

ion Sørvin / N55

▶ This is the recommendation from the Danish Arts Foundation’s Committee for Visual Arts to the Board of Representatives:




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N55 March 1, 2026

Spring has arrived!

Two special bicycles for a non-profit greengrocer in Copenhagen distributing products from small-scale regenerative farms in Zealand, and a family bicycle with a child seat for a local family. Art as part of everyday life.

XYZ CARGO started in 2010 as a contribution to a public artwork N55 had been invited to create in Belgium. Together with Till, we developed the first bicycles. Today they are part of countless situations in all sorts of corners of society. We are proud of that.


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N55 February 1, 2026

Here is a winter greeting from the new SPACEPLATES GREENHOUSE at the staffed playground on Hulgårdsvej in Nørrebro, Copenhagen. Anne Romme visited and took the photos.

Thanks to our collaboration partner Njord, SPACEPLATES moves out into the world and becomes part of many different situations, finding a place in the everyday lives of people. This is when working with art makes sense.

The publisher is currently putting the final touches on the SPACEPLATES book, and we are looking forward to it going to print.






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N55 November 2, 2025
We’re proud to finally present our new website for the XYZ CARGO project. Check it out here:

www.xyzcargo.com

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N55 November 1, 2025
We’ve been selected, together with Anne Romme, to develop a proposal for an art project for a nursing home in Odense Municipality. The competition is commissioned by Odense Municipality in collaboration with the Danish Arts Foundation.

The SPACEPLATES book, supported by the New Carlsberg Foundation, the Dreyers Foundation, and the Politiken Foundation, is nearly complete. We look forward to publishing it soon.

“PLAZA MOBILE” was realized this summer by N55 / Ion Sørvin and Till Wolfer and collaborators as part of “Verborgene Potenziale” in Hamburg.

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N55 June 1, 2025

After much consideration, we have decided to address the issues surrounding the use of social media by putting a lot of effort into improving our presence on the open internet — for example through N55 HOME
Acknowledging that, like most other people and organisations, we are caught in the trap set by the tech giants, who have claimed a large share of society’s communication channels, we have nevertheless chosen to continue announcing news posted at n55.dk on Facebook and Instagram..

In this way, we hope to reach the people we wish to communicate with, while at the same time directing traffic back out to the open web.

Summer is here and so are the strawberries and the mackerel. We recently bought an old fishing boat and fish as part of our daily activities.

We are still working on the SPACEPLATES book And we recently had a visit at the studio from the film crew who are making a short film about SPACEPLATES. Furthermore, there is intensive work underway in Hamburg to realise our contribution to the project Verborgene Potenziale, a public art initiative aimed at revitalising the inner part of Hamburg. More about that later!

ion, N55

Images below:

Home-caught and smoked mackerel, our fishing boat, strawberries from the N55 garden, and a visit from a film crew in the studio.

Till went to the Fakultät Gestaltung der Hochschule Wismar to present our work: Talking about XYZ CARGO and all the other projects of N55 ... Plus guest-teaching a session on mobile sauna spaces:

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N55 April 1, 2025
We have received grants from the New Carlsberg Foundation, the Dreyers Foundation and the Politikens foundation to publish a book about SPACEPLATES. Furthermore we have received funding from the Carlsberg Foundation for the production of an educational film about SPACEPLATES. The work will start soon.
We've been behind on publishing new manuals for years due to busyness. Now we've decided it's time to catch up. Here are some of them: (Many more coming soon). We are still working on upgrading the N55 HOME. Still a few broken links and photos with bad resolution. Will be fixed soon!

SHELTER VILLAGE

XYZ CARGO MOBILE OFFICE

XYZ CARGO MOBILE LIBRARY

XYZ CARGO CLEAN AIR

N55 PEACE MONUMENT



Art as a part of everyday life: When we work in our studio in Føns, Denmark, we also fish. We don't have a lot of land to grow things, so this is a way to get some food. Like people in this area have been doing for 10000 years.. Føns, Denmark, 2025



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N55 March 12, 2025
Like most others, we have long relied on social media controlled by large American and Chinese corporations. This dominance is unhealthy, unsustainable, and harmful to our democracies and societies. However, these platforms have the advantage of being where most people already are. This creates a dilemma: either we collectively push for a transition to decentralised, open-source services, or we risk isolation. The process is underway, and we are carefully considering our next steps. For now, we will remain present on the corporate-controlled platforms while we build up our presence on alternative networks. N55,

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N55 March 1, 2025
Here are some of the SPACEPLATES GREENHOUSES, that was built in 2024 and 2025, Produced by NJORD ApS, designed by N55/Ion Sørvin, Anne Bagger and Anne Romme:


SPACEPLATES GREENHOUSE Greenland 2025


SPACEPLATES GREENHOUSE, private, 2024, Denmark


SPACEPLATES GREENHOUSE, Fyns Almene Boligforening, residential, communal house, Odense, Denmark


SPACEPLATES GREENHOUSE, Public installation, Middelfart harbor, Denmark


Den Bemandede Legeplads (a public playground) in Nørrebroparken, Denmark



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N55 March 1, 2025

News from the XYZ CARGO project:
Spring is here!
We believe that it matters where and how the things we use in our daily lives are produced. There are many parallels between what we do and the production of organic food.
We are currently building a network of local producers of XYZ CARGO both in the EU and the US. This saves transportation, builds local knowledge and employment. At the same time, producers pay taxes locally and support schools, hospitals and so on.
It's our way of growing. Horizontal growth as an alternative to vertical growth, which is destroying our planet. Let us know if you're interested in joining us! Here is some footage from our homemade N55 STUDIO in Føns, Denmark.


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N55 February 13, 2024
We are currently working together on new projects in Till Wolfers studio in Hamburg. Soon we will start the development of a mobile museum for the PERCEIVE project. PERCEIVE is a three years research project part of EU programme Horizon. N55/ ion and Till

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N55 February 6, 2024
SHELTER VILLAGE/ SHELTERLANDSBYEN, permanet public artwork, Fyn, Denmark 2023.
In spring 2022 we won a competition after being invited by the Danish Arts Foundation, to design a group of shelters for Tarup-Davinde, a former gravel pit area. Shelters are established in nature these years in Denmark, by both private people and public organisations, for anyone to use. Hikers or families that wants to sleep outdoor together etc. Traditionally shelters like this are built from wood. But we have chosen a different approach on sustainability. The sleeping platform is made from from locally sourced larch wood, but the shelter itself is made from aluminium and recycled Acrylic. They are covered inside with a layer of local wool felt.. Morphologically inspired by the many sea urchin fossils to be found in the area, but translated into long lasting, durable, thin aluminum shells. by N55 (www.n55.dk) and @anne_romme, in collaboration with Anne Bagger. Help from Till Wolfer, @conorkcoughlan, @per_schandorff, @njord.green and David Babba The Project is funded by @statenskunstfond and Tarup Davinde I/S

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N55 February 6, 2024
Neil Gershenfeld from MIT just visited the studio in Hamburg Neil is initiator of the world-wide Fab Lab Movement, director of MIT's Center For Bits And Atoms and a visionary mind in general.

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N55 February 6, 2024
Our new permanent greenhouse at Den Bemandede Legeplads (a public playground) in Nørrebroparken, Denmark, Produced by NJORD ApS, designed by N55/Ion Sørvin, Anne Bagger and Anne Romme. Art as a part of everyday life! Our new permanent greenhouse at Den Bemandede Legeplads (a public playground) in Nørrebroparken, Denmark, Produced by NJORD ApS, designed by N55/Ion Sørvin, Anne Bagger and Anne Romme. Art as a part of everyday life!

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N55 June 1, 2023
XYZ CARGO MOBILE WORKSHOPS, Chernihiv, Ukraine 2023:
We showed  local persons from Chernihiv how to build mobile workshops. They will be used to repair homes destroyed during the Russian attacks and alike. One of these specialized XYZ CARGO Cycles will also be used for food delivery.   

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N55 May 1, 2023
XYZ CARGO MOBILE OFFICE visiting CLIMATE ART - ALTERNATIVE VISIONS reimagining human - art -nature relationship, Albert de Chapelles museum, Helsinki, Finland, 2023.

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N55 January 23, 2023
In order to distribute our work beyond the white cube and art organisations, we have tried different ways. In this case we have made a license agreement with the company NJORD. NJORD has a focus on social and environmental sustainability and turned out to be a perfect collaborator for us. They have setup a factory and provides various size greenhouses for public and private use. The last year the greenhouses have been presented and used for different events around Copenhagen and elsewhere. NJORD Dome is based on SPACEPLATES by N55, Anne Romme and Anne Bagger Learn more about NJORD here: https://njord.green/drivhuset/
Photos: Øresundskollegiet, In front of DAC, Danish Architecture Center, Øresundskollegiet, In the countryside.

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N55 January 23, 2023
Working on the SHELTER VILLAGE

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N55 January 21, 2023
We have been invited by the group Space Caviar to make a contribution to the V-A-C exhibition, at Palazzo delle Zattere in Venice, during the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2021. We have made three new works: XYZ CARGO MOBILE LIBRARY, XYZ CARGO MOBILE PUBLISHING STATION and the XYZ CARGO MOBILE BROADCASTING STATION. The three cycles will be on exhibition first and then be activated by Space Caviar in public space. XYZ CARGO MOBILE LIBRARY by N55/ ion Sørvin and Till Wolfer Description: The XYZ CARGO MOBILE LIBRARY enables persons to set up a library and to sit down and read anywhere in public space. XYZ CARGO PUBLISHING STATION by N55/ ion Sørvin and Till Wolfer Description: The XYZ CARGO PUBLISHING STATION is a mobile publishing unit, that enables persons to make and distribute printed works anywhere in public space. XYZ CARGO BROADCASTING STATION by N55/ ion Sørvin and Till Wolfer Description: The XYZ CARGO BROADCASTING station is a mobile unit, that enables persons to establish a broadcasting studio and to broadcast audio and video from anywhere in public space.

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