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symposium CHILDREN'S LABYRINTH 2010 - artists
FINNISH FOREST - SOURCE OF ART -CHILDREN'S LABYRINTH
FINNISH FOREST - SOURCE OF ART -
INSTALLATION SYMPOSIUM CHILDREN'S LABYRINTH- Spring 2010
There were 36 artists from 21 countries applying for the symposium. On
March 2010 the committee has selected international artists.
These artists are invited to participate in the symposium from May 15-31 2010.
Students from the local school will participate in the plans of the invited
artists.
PROPOSAL
For the Children’s Labyrinth Project 2010, Marc Walter proposed an
installation that would have two components:
• a large chamber
• one or several tall sculptures in the centre of that chamber
The size and proportions of the chamber would be dictated by the spaces
available in the Labyrinth as well as by his feelings while discovering the
site.
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The chamber would be inspired by several of his previous installations,
among which Le rêve du castor/Beaver’s dream (Canada), Sanctuarium (The
Netherlands), La Chambre des probables/The Chamber of Odds (Perth, ON).
The sculptures would be inspired by Peregrini/The Pilgrims (Derouin
Foundation, QC), Les Porteurs d’eau/The Water Carriers (Biosphere,
Montreal, QC), L’appel à la Création/Call to Creation (Wakefest, QC).
But the artist left his process open enough for other ideas to emerge
from his first walks within the Labyrinth.
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PROPOSAL
LETTERS - SIGNS - MESSAGES
Small size wooden signs with letters - e.g. Finnish, Swedish ,English, Russian -
to create words which can hang on the trees around to show what you want to say-
so you can assemble (install) words sentences and abracadabra depending of your
mood, education, power of imagination even little kids are able to install MAMA
and CAT -simple words that can be as a signs of a time and real people who d
visited a labyrinth.
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It has to be done simple funny and easy to use, it will invite
children to change the surrounding every time they come and through
their words they communicate with the others coming another time.
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PROPOSAL
With Dancing Figures Project the artist intends to create a totally natural, ephemeral
works with natural materials, like stones, wood and branches , also works who
are easy to play the children with them, so if you touch the figures to shake or
move and to be interested to play with them.
The project will represent three figures about 1m x 1m x 3m each situated on the
field.
Because the base is heavy and with half ball form the figure will be movable and
shakes from the wind or if somebody from visitors play with them.
If there is not big dimensions stones for base for figure (about 1m x 1m
x 40 cm) the bases can made with concrete, three holes in the sand
ground in the form of half ball will be made and will felled with concrete and metal
construction for the figure. On the top( 3 meters about) wooden head
will be put and after one week can use the dry already concrete base for stand up the
figures.
Main focus is on the essence of how people relate to each other, space, the
environment they are in, influence of time, history, culture and how these
change and interrelate to each other.
In that case I enjoy working with people and groups ( especial children) in the
process of making art.
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PROPOSAL
The proposed artwork for the Children Labyrinth of David Kochavi is an installation.
It is built of long straight (mostly) and curved branches. The joints will be
made by hidden screws, covered by a (natural) rope. The structure will have thin
long "legs". The "floor" of the structure will be higher (2.0 - 2.5m) than the
children height.
The work may attract the children because it will be mysterious and look like
"something" taken from their imaginary world. It may be a huge beast/insect
(but, attached to the ground!). At the same time, this structure could remind
the children of a strange habitation, a cage, a guarding facility (to guard
nature?), a wooden spaceship – captured and attached to the ground…and so on.
In its sculptural language, this structure is, mainly, a bunch of vertical lines
(A forest – as a nature symbol) carrying a floating big object high above.
This kind of work is suitable for realization in cooperation with children and
teachers and I will be happy to create it with them.
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Curator of this symposium is the sculptor
Lucien den Arend living
and working in Kangasniemi.
A.I.E.S.M. manager for
Finland.
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