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forest - LABYRINTH PROJECT │metsä - LABYRINTTI PROJEKTI The labyrinth in Saksala ArtRadius is finally a maze. It is the first maze


  • LABYRINTH index
  • forest-LABYRINTH for visitors
  • LABYRINTH tour by Ludmila Belova and Nadya Zubareva
  • VIDEO Ludmila Belova WINDOW
  • SNOW SCULPTURE workshop in the forest-LABYRINTH
  • LABYRINTH symposium 2010 - CHILDREN's LABYRINTH
  • LABYRINTH symposium 2008 - FINNISH FOREST SOURCE OF ART
  • LABYRINTH installations
  • LABYRINTH press
  • LABYRINTH exhibition
  • LABYRINTH in progress
  • LABYRINTH plans
  • LABYRINTH participants
  • LABYRINTH applicants
  • LABYRINTHS worldwide

  • labyrinth project

    The labyrinth in Saksala ArtRadius is finally a maze. It is the first maze in Finland, because there is no Finnish tradition in building mazes.
    Finland has several labyrinths on different places and art centre Saksala ArtRadius is proud to introduce this exiting phenomenon of the maze in this Nordic country. The maze (labyrinth) is in ongoing development with new paths and art installations, projects and initiatives.

    map of the location - X marks the spot
    blue part:  the art centre area 5 hectare
    green part: labyrinth area 1 hectare

    history

    Historic Saksala is located on a ridge with the same name in Haukivuori.
    The Saksala rock is the largest monolith in Europe left over from the glacial period.
    Very early already there was settlement on the location.
    The road Mikkeli Pieksämäki follows the ridge and Haukivuori is halfway.
    As long as one can remember there was an inn which served as a resting place for travelers.

    Because the fields are very fertile, there is a farm area on the ridge, they are the best in the whole area.
    After World War II the municipality of Haukivuori transformed Saksala into an old people’s home.
    In 1989 it was abandoned.
    The fields were overgrown with trees and bushes, resembling a wilderness.
    In 1995 two hectares were planted with trees.
    Due to lack of maintenance it never became a forest.

    In 2003 half of this ‘forest’ was reclaimed by a farmer and is now a lost, strange piece of jungle.
    In 2007 this part is transformed into a LABYRINTH created by artists.
    During the years artists will be invited to add installations, sculptures and acts into the LABYRINTH.

    The area was a neglected forest with young trees such as pine, birch and rowan.
    The trees are growing very close together.
    The place is an historical location and the LABYRINTH is connecting the past with the future.
    The artists can either embrace the past or they can seek contrast.
    The physical as well as the mental experience which the visitor has is what makes this forest into a place of contemplation – giving it a new meaning.

    the condition of the wooded area of the labyrinth before the start of the project

    a view on the LABYRINTH after the first part of the realization May 2007
    with new projects the content of the LABYRINTH will develop
    in spring 2008 there will be a INSTALLATION SYMPOSIUM to create creative and inventive installations on different places in the LABYRINTH



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