AT THE CENTER OF EVENTS - EXPERIMENTAL LAND ART SPACE, BOTTNA - 2011-10
In the exhibition Bottna Land Art 2011 we built a wooden structure in an abandoned quarry. With its 3000 laths wrapping itself around the rock, the structure was clearly an addition to the site. Time and weather has integrated the structure with the surrounding environment. The Third Landscape is now the landscape.
As a pilot project for Experimentyta Land Art, the site will now serve as a platform for new interventions and events. We intend to invite people with different experiences and skills, who will add new stories to the ongoing narrative.
Documentation of the events will be posted below.
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october 2011 - project starts | |
Late October. Finishing seminar @ Gerlesborgsskolan. Fog. We hadn't seen the structure since July and didn't know what to expect. A small part had fallen. We fixed it and had a cup of coffee. The structure is now more a part of the surrounding space. It seems more quiet and content. The site is obviously a different place now. A good place. |
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january 2012 - reading the structure | |
Late January. Snow. The structure still stands. The passing storms has blown right through. We pass the mic to actor Robert Bolin. He walks around and interprets the texts, gently poking the structure to uncover the laths from the powdery snow. Sounds are softened. After three hours we leave the quarry once again. With cold feet, a new friend and tape filled with texts brought to life. |
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march 2012 - hacked website | |
Late february - early march. The cellstructures website is hacked. Random images and text is layered on top existing structure. Is this a coinsidence or a part of the ongoing interventions? After 10 days we decide to remove the hack (from our server...). |
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april 2012 - visiting site | |
Sunday 15th, morning Clouds,partly sunny. Every time we have visited the site, there has been change, and we have felt excited. Today it was rather dull. The structure and the space was just…there. It is obvious to us now that the project has reached the end in its current form and must develop. Our discussions revolve around spatial form and textual content. We talk about subtraction and rearanging. |
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april 2012 - meeting with de luxe | |
Sunday 15th, afternoon Inner city parking lot. Invited artist group De Luxe takes us for a walk in between houses, ending in a semi-hidden yet very public urban alcove, overlooking the city and the water. Squatting in dialogue with the third landscape, taking one of its core sentences – if I was in charge - as the point of departure. Unsolicited carpentry, as means to raise questions about the use of public space. |
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april 2012 - writing | |
Wednesday Thursday april 18 - 19th
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