The project has several objectives: working with aesthetic consequences in an emotionally challenging set-up; connecting the local and site-specific with wider discussions about the impact of the Anthropocene in an international perspective, and presenting an extended concept of sculpture within the context of the Sculpture by the Sea festival.An area extending for some 200 m2 … Read More
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15 m3, 2013
The project explores the aesthetic consequences of the Anthropocene and its impact on Earth. Australian sand washed out over the course of 30,000 years has been imported to Denmark, contributing a distinctive materiality and texture shaped over millennia.15m3 of red Australian sand spreads out across a black, painted floor, forming a wealth of topped heaps … Read More
Garden of natural delight 2013
The project serves several objectives: working with the aesthetic consequences of actions in an emotionally challenging set-up; connecting the local and site-specific with wider discussions about the impact of the Anthropocene aspects in an international perspective, and presenting an extended concept of sculpture within the context of the Sculpture by the Sea festival.In early April, … Read More
Oak Tree, 2012
The project has several objectives: to work with aesthetic consequences in an emotionally challenging set-up; to explore the consequences over time of deliberately provoked localised climate change, and to explore the concept of the Anthropocene.In early March 2012, a twelve-metre tall oak tree in a secret location in the centre of Jutland is entirely wrapped … Read More
Oak Wood and Cactuses, 2012
The project explores the aesthetic consequences of actions in an emotionally challenging set-up, the consequences over time of deliberately provoked localised climate change, and the concept of the Anthropocene.A large mobile consisting of 10cm laser-cut texts cut out from 2cm oak planks hangs from the ceiling. The texts are hung from arrows by means of … Read More
Striking Back On Nature, 2011
Projects involving nature as material, exploring the aesthetic consequences and impact of the Anthropocene on the world that we believe we know.Prompted by the political and general discussions about climate change as reported in the press, and by discussions about the Anthropocene, I and Australian artist Bjorn Godwin have launched a range of experiments to … Read More
Blackbird Singing, 2009
Laughing Kookaburra Grey_Shrikethrush Sulphur-crested Cockatoo