Artwork - "Inverted Bridge"

The artwork is part of the project Tankeplass (meaning place of thought), see all the Tankeplass artworks here.

The artwork is located on Vingnesbrua, the bridge that connects the western pilgrim trail of Gudbrandsdalsleden with the eastern pilgrim trail.

The Vingnes Bridge draws a straight line in the landscape, a line that in the work "Inverted Bridge" has been extended and stretched around the globe. Along this alternative route from Vingnes to the east side of Lillehammer, the artists have tracked down benches from various places in the world and recreated these, for placement on the Vingnes Bridge.

With its seven benches from remote places far from the global beaten path, "Inverted Bridge" invites you to a mental journey as much as an exploration of design concepts and standards. The title "Inverted Bridge" reverses the notion of the bridge as a way to create a connection between two extremes. By going the opposite way and following this alternative journey from the east side of Vingnes and Lillehammer, the artists have collected a random selection of benches from places that few people know about; Azapa in Chile, Tp. Mong Cai in Vietnam, Caroebe in Brazil, Poso in Indonesia, Dornach Chapel in Scotland, Dolphin Sands in Tasmania and Semei in Kazakhstan.

The benches are placed along the entire horizontal part of the Vingnes Bridge. With their varying design and use of materials, they form a kind of world exhibition in miniature. The low-key and subdued nature of the work is contrasted by the individual expressions of the benches, and their mutually exotic and surprising relationship to each other. “Inverted Bridge” connects Pilegrimsleden and Lillehammer to the world by highlighting stories related to the local, and the collective surplus in global interaction and exchange.