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AllaprimA MuseuM
art contest - LABYRINTH -
labyrinth project
map of the location
- X marks the spot
blue part: the art centre area 5 hectare
green part: labyrinth area 1 hectare
steps:
1. artists can send by mail or post (only A4) global
ideas about a natural labyrinth,
deadline:
is closed
2. after selection 2 or 3 artists will be invited to
visit the art centre,
the location and condition of the labyrinth,
they will then make a
detailed plan on location
3. one of the plans will be selected and executed
the area is a forest with young trees like pine,
birch and
rowan, close together and neglected
thinking about a labyrinth people can walk,
discover, art can be integrate,
a
new point of view is given to the area
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.
This part will be transformed into a labyrinth created
by artists.
There are several possibilities to create the labyrinth with the existing trees
as the material.
The artists will determine which trees will remain and how one
shall walk through the passage ways.
commission
The area is 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 can connect 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.
information:
Marja de Jong
mobile 00358 (0)50 4625 675
mail@saksala.org
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