Tuesday, September 22, 2009

WANÅS, a farm and art park

Wanås is about 2.5 hours north of Karlskrona Sweden.  Its a gorgeous area that used to belong to Denmark, and now is back in the hands of the Swedes.  The curator that gave us a tour has been there since the 80's and has worked with amazing world-renowned artists, so it was so inspiring to hear her talk of the history the park and her experience.
This radiator is an art piece.  It heats up with the energy from milking the cows (the heat from the milk).  It is about global warming and the methane that comes from raising cows.  (Eat less meat y'all)
This is Maya Lin's sculpture from 2004...you can see the raise in the ground?  Its a large spiral spanning this grazing field for the cows.  Its best seen in arial view:)

This exhibit took up 4 floors of a barn!  Each floor was different, this was my favorite.  Ann Hamilton wrapped each column of the strucuture hundreds and hundreds of times with string. 
Arial art!
A swedish artists view of global warming.

She is peeing.
For real.
At the end of the day, everyone takes time to swing around...can you see my classmate Spud at the tip top?  

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