Pilegrimsleden | A place for reflection

A place for reflection - within our capacity to imagine lies the possibility to develop linguistic awareness that we can identify with. Is this what characterizes our species - a consciousness that has a tendency to consider itself the centre of nature?

"M.A.U.R" (ant) is a 2,5 x 2 x 1,5 meter bronze sculpture of an ant studying nature, equipped with an astronaut outfit and a film camera. The camera is directed at a giant anthill that is located next to the pilgrim trail at Kløv. In the clearing, with a view over the valley and surrounded by large trees, the artist has been inspired by the anthill as an image of nature as creative work, and language as a way of being conscious of this creative work.

Kløv has for a long time been a place for rest on the highest point between Øyer and Tretten. After the steep rise through the forest, this open and peaceful place invited the walker to have a rest or stay the night. The immediate surprise aspect of coming across the giant ant and the anthill in the woods, opens up for existential questions and pondering - What are we? Where do we come from? Are we a part of nature? "M.A.U.R" can be seen as a metaphor for humans attempting to put ourselves in the centre and create context and comprehension , but also with the possibility for a different and more collectively oriented way to be in the world.

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