måndag 2 maj 2011
"SLIPPERY TERRAIN" IN THE NORDICHOUSE, REYKJAVIK, ICELAND
SLIPPERY TERRAIN
Saturday 7th og May 2011 - Sunday 29th of May 2011
Thora Gunnarsdottir, Nina Lassila, Johanna Willenfelt, Juliana España Keller, Diana Storåsen and Elin Anna Þórisdóttir
The group is invited to create work around and about the surrounding eco system of the Nordic House in Reykjavik.
In the front yard of the Nordic House and the Icelandic University you will find a natural reserve aimed to foster the bird variety in Reykjavík. The Nordic House, The University of Iceland, and Reykjavik city are gathering forces to improve the area. Research shows that diversity in the area is declining; competitive plants are threatening the flora, birds are decreasing and contamination is found in the water. The marsh of the preserved land has also diminished and in the northeastern part of it, the soil has almost dried. Experts have pointed out that with the help of some relatively simple improvements, the marsh could do its work even better as a sanctuary for birds, water species and herbs.
The goal is to improve habitat conservation and variety and restore the wetland in the reserve. The
increased attention to the area will hopefully increase awareness of the ecological importance of wetlands.
The goals of the improvements are to:
To maintain and to restore biodiversity and ecosystem functions
Make a safe place for birds to hatch and nest
Remove invasive plants.
Make a life research facility for students of the University.
Increase interest and knowledge about the ecological importance of wetlands.
Make the area an exemplary for the recovery of wetlands.
We intend to work on site specific art works where the project in the wetlands, the problems they face
and/or causes will be addressed by each individual artist resulting in a dialogue with the space, the area
and hopefully raise questions for the viewer to respond to.
Etiketter:
ISLAND,
NORDENS HUS,
REYJKJAVIK,
SLIPPERY TERRAIN 2011
NATURE AND MEMORIES / Hardanger Kunst Senter 2010



The modern man is looking to nature to enjoy the solitude, peace and tranquility. Alone in the forest, we get time for our own thoughts. Sometimes a place of melancholy and sorrow. Such dreams become a healing force for lost, troubled souls. But there is another side. Solitude in nature can be ugly and unmanageable, making us feel small and exposed. Like strangers. Do we, the modern urban people, find what we seek when we go out in the forests? Relaxation? Depth for the soul to breathe whitin? Or do we meet a self-sufficient, icy emptiness, filled with haunting birdsong?
The exhibition visualized the contemporary urban man's complex relationship with nature as an experience. Our romantic notion of nature as a sanctuary set against images of nature as a place of confusion and crisis. In the face of nature, we meet ourselves, but what happens to our natural experience if we can not face ourselves? Someone with a guilty conscience, will not be seeking refuge in forests, wrote John Burroughs in 1895. I will update this statement: With a guilty conscience, we go into the forests.
fredag 3 september 2010
onsdag 12 maj 2010
VALMA - GENETISKA MINNEN, FINNS DET ?
onsdag 14 oktober 2009
fredag 18 september 2009
MARKERING AV VÄNSKAPSRINGENS TAL VID RÖDA STEN
Ringen vid Röda sten har påbörjats.
Söndagen den 13:de september 2009 startade den första delen av utmarkeringen av cirkel nr 2. Cirkel nr. 2 bygger den andra av de två vänskapstalen, 284. Lars Åsling och Diana Storåsen slöt upp och vi påbörjade utmärkningen av gränsen till den andra ringen med diameter 284 .
tisdag 1 september 2009
GÖTEBORGS KONSTBIENNAL 4 SEP–15 NOV- 2009 SATELLIT PROJEKT -VÄNSKAPSTALETS RING

PERFORMANCE - "EN RING AV TULPANER"
UNDER SEPTEMBER KOMMER JAG ATT UTFÖRA EN PERFORMANCE SOM "TULPANFLICKAN".
SOM MEDLEM I GRUPPEN "VÄNSKAPSTALETS RING" PLANTERAR JAG TULPANLÖKAR FÖR ATT MARKERA DEN 2 RINGAR VI PLACERAT UT VID KONSTEPIDEMIN OCH RÖDA STEN./ info: www.thering.in
DETTA SOM EN SYMBOL FÖR GRÄNSEN AV DEN MAGI SOM SKAPAS INNANFÖR RINGEN.
FOTON AV AKTIONEN KOMMER ATT PUBLICERAS UNDER SEPTEMBER.
Projekt idén / Vänskapsringen/ "En ring av tulpaner"
Den röda tråden är att väcka en poetisk förnimmelse, som snuddar vid DET DRÖMSKA, sagolika och ofta nostalgiska.
Hela projektet har en poetisk underton och fokus är tema vänskap och magi.
Genom att sätta dessa tulpanlökar i skog och mark runt Konstepidemin och Röda Sten växer en synlig gräns upp till våren och väcker en nyfikenhet hos publiken och skapar kärnan i verket.
Den näst intill naiva glädje och överraskning och anda som det skapar står i koppling till vänskap och magi.
Verkets symbolik om det vi planterar mentalt hos varandra kommer vi sedan se växa vacker.
Under september planterar jag ut ca 300 tulpanlökar runt Konstepidemin och Röda Sten i Göteborg.
MED TACK TILL, SPONSOR: PLANTAGEN http://www.plantagen.se/
och Lasse Butikschef på Hisingen Plantagen.
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