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labyrinth - applicants
Marianne Ewaldt - Schneelabyrinth
n the meeting about the labyrinth contest the jury
has made their final decision. The concepts of three artists are chosen to
continue. These artists are invited to continue their idea and make on location
a detailed plan for the labyrinth.
By making the decision the jury has looked after:
1. the artist’s view on the labyrinth and the artistic quality of it
2. if the idea can be developed and realized,
(is it a more open idea or almost a final idea)
3. what kind of special equipments the artist mentions
in the proposal
4. the expect costs by realization and maintenance
(as far as the application this aspect shows)
The committee is on the whole satisfied with the quality of the applications.
The way the artists specified the assignment shows their different views on the
phenomenon labyrinth.
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Tomasz Domanski - proposal
Saksala Labyrinth 2006
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Jinson Joseph
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Hakan Pehlivan -
labyMosaic 2006
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Flutura & Besnik
Haxhillari transparent mask 3 2005
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Frédéric Levy-Hadida - labyrinth
project 5 - hutt
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Babs Behrendt 29.01.2006
Classical labyrinths have certain functions . After all, even these functions
can very well find consideration if the path of the natural labyrinth responds
to criteria.
It would be important to limit environmental degradation, giving the walker an
occasion to be in tune with nature without having the impression that the forest
had to sacrifice to human needs by being formed too directly.
This may include that parts of the design could concern the labyrinth traditions
common to many people over the world.
This may also include the possibility of using the symbolism and the sacred
meanings of these traditional designs, thus referring to the “old magic”.
In any way, it would be wise to try to adapt the design to the forest, using
existing trees and bushes, just as you suggest in your call.
This labyrinth would be slowly growing to its maturity over time, the hand and
the tools of man being present to enhance the beauty of the natural path. Maybe
there are trees that can tell a story about themselves, their forms and
deformations…the rowan with it’s wonderful display of colors, the pine trees in
there austerity, and the birches singing with the breeze. Surely this forest has
already a story to tell ,contained in the very fabric of the forest and the
landscape, just waiting to be encountered, if we are able to look and listen.
Maybe a botanical walk could be very nice. Not only confronted to himself, the
walker would learn more of nature, the diversity of plants and their uses, or
become more conscious of conservation issues.
The web of natural systems in this forest-labyrinth may make the walker realize
that he is part of a global life system with which he can communicate.
ART could play a great role by integrating the forest of the labyrinth.
The “labyrinth-magic” would be enhanced.
Certain pieces of art along the way could have references to ancient meanings of
the labyrinth, thus telling history…some aspects of a classic labyrinth could be
present in a modern artistic version.
There would not only be small paths but also open spaces with perhaps
site–specific art. Artworks would be made with existing materials on hand .
Depending on the position of the sun at certain moments, artwork could use its
light. The wind or the rain could make changes in materials used. A co-creation
with nature is possible.
ART, by bringing universes together ,could be a way to mediation between human,
nature and society,. This art-experience would be unforgettable, having opened
the senses and feelings with the help of nature.
In all it’s interconnectedness, diversity and wonder, the forest-labyrinth would
be on the frontier between landscaping and visual arts, a place to understand
nature, to understand art…
Although one hectare is not a very big space, the path should take about one
hour to walk, permitting the walker to take time to stop at certain places
appealing to him. There would be places to sit. After all, one function to a
labyrinth is to be the a path of meditation, a “mirror of the soul”.
There are also other ideas, but now is not the moment to expose them all. I only
hope to be among the artists having the privilege of an intercultural artistic
and human encounter, constructing ideas in this piece of forest in Finland so
far from here but so near to me.
©babs berendt 2006
Labyrinth project – ideas by Clemens Hollerer/Austria 30.01.2006
Territory is my first keyword for the labyrinth project. When I looked at the
map of the region, the first thing I noticed were the different sized properties
divided by lines, which might be streets or even fences in real. People
everywhere in the whole world tend to create territories, emphasizing power,
privacy or just simply because their ancestors had done the same exact thing .
As for the piece of selected land for the project I also want to outline an area
by itself, with the one big difference that it is open to everyone. Everyone is
invited and everyone is welcome. Actually it has the purpose to even attract
people and become an exciting place to explore and to remember in the middle of
nowhere.
My basic idea is to outline the designated area like a fence with one color.
There are several entrances to the labyrinth. Furthermore I draw 3 lines using
the primary colors in a site-specific pattern through the forest. Colored tree
trunks and wooden knee-high tree blocks serve as the points that form the lines.
These lines will have gaps in between, so when people follow them they will
eventually have a harder time to find their way out. I try to remove as few as
possible trees, to state that nature does not have to be destroyed in order to
be explored. Labyrinth also means chaos. I want to break that chaos by arranging
particular geometrical shapes within the forest. For instance a square within a
clear formation of birches will invite people to sit down and take a rest on
their trip. I try to create a visual similarity but also tension between my
created forms and the natural forms found in the forest. On points of the 3
lines where the forest shows significant formations or structures I will add
some minimal structures made out of wood to emphasize the natural beauty and to
make people aware, what beautiful piece of mother nature the have been
neglecting in the past. On parts where lines will cross people are invited to
change their path and start discovering new visual experiences.
Before entering the forest people are handed out a piece of paper (showing a
green rectangle symbolizing the labyrinth from a birds view) and three pencils
in the primary colors. They are inspired to make drafts of the patterns of the 3
lines while walking through the labyrinth. Drafts will be collected at the end
of the trip and exhibited at the Saksala Art Center.
©clemens hollerer 2006
Borut Korosec Labyrinth in the forest: Saksala ArtRadius 30.01.2006
The words that come to my mind, when thinking about labyrinth are paths
(structure), points of decision, journey to unknown, identity and since the
place of the labyrinth is park also nature, human presence and culture.
For the Labyrinth project I would make audio recordings of human presence,
cultural environment and nature sounds.
Sounds of the human presence would be characteristic for human beings (sneezing,
laughter, whistling of popular song, coughing – all nonverbal), then short calls
(“Is that you Lauri? ... Lauri? .....Is that you?....«, »..To hell with the
boss«) and short dialogs (he says:« You know you shouldn't do that. », she
answers: »Why not?«). So reaching a certain point in the park you would hear
distant laughing or short dialog between two persons, as if somebody was present
»just around the tree«. These sounds would function as a surprise. Almost all
surprise in our life come from human beings. Here I want to use simple things
(sneeze, whistling) and not some clever intellectual sentences as a source of
surprise.
Sounds of cultural environment would be sound from the city or the places we
live in. They would have to be characteristic so people would recognize the
origin of the sound (sounds of the biggest factory where a lot of people work,
the sound of the ring bell in the schools..).These sounds would serve as an
impulse that awakes new individual images from our collective past (me in the
classroom, me waiting for the father to come home from the job). Such an image
then stands in opposition to the sight that park gives.
Nature sounds would be wind, birds singing...They would just emphasize the
environment and maybe confuse the visitor (is this bird singing nature or art).
The sounds would be played only when the person reaches certain points, so the
CD players would have to be connected with sensors. Also small loudspeakers
would be needed. At »audio points« all the sounds would be available. So where
one person hears ringing of the school bell at particular tree, the other hears
laughter of the woman.
In order to give a labyrinth a certain structure, path I would make 2D
fountains, walls, banisters. The fountains would be signs for gathering (as in
cities). A hint where to go. Their shape could be quiet unusual or reminding the
shapes of some known fountains from Finish cities. The walls and banisters are
signs of protection and security, but also something that »destroys« the sight.
Journey to the unknown and Identity in the nature environment recalls the idea
of sublime art and romantic »gothic« novels, where the nature is present as a
sleeping giant, where the human being with his past experience and future hopes
stands as a mystery, as big as an nature that he is staring at. Human being as a
labyrinth, as something beautiful and strange, unknown at the same time.
This is true even for the nowadays environment awaken conscious. But here we
must admit that the nature can take of her very well. When we are talking about
protecting it, we are always talking about us.
I want to make a place for common experience, interesting also for the children,
with a rather light atmosphere and humor, with some interesting shapes, where
people gather, maybe say something or hear the imaginative flow of water, flow
of words, memories or just wind in the trees which erases everything.
©borut korosec 2006
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