Malene Hartmann Rasmussen

Vil Du Med I Skoven?





2011

Ringsted Musik & Kulturskole
Regimentet 3
4100 Ringsted
Denmark


Public Artwork.

About:
Vil Du Med I Skoven? (Wanna Come For A Walk In The Woods?) is made during a Guest Artist stay at International Ceramic Research Center Guldagergaard in the fall and winter of 2011. 
The triangular shelf called a "Amagerhylde" is a traditional Danish knick-knack shelf. The knick-knack on my "Amagerhylde" all relates to music and instruments, the piece is a site-specific commission made for Ringsted Musik- og Kulturskole (a music school for children) located at the old military barracks in the Danish town of Ringsted. The town is know for the iconic Danish sausage factory Steff Houlberg, that have provided the hotdog stands all over Denmark with red saussages for over 200 years. I wanted the Instruments to be visually ambiguous, the sausages and tree trunk could be a drum, a spider has turned a branch into a harp and the maracas are falling from the oak tree. 

Size: height: 125 cm. width:140 cm. depth: 27 cm. 
Materials: ceramics, embroidery, metal wire, MDF, LED