Stenarna reser
Stones traveling, 2019 - ongoing
Stones can travel, and move like humans. Both voluntarily and forced. Historically, rocks have been traveled, for example, due to the Big Bang, the ice age, volcanic eruptions, and landslides. But mountains are considered to be something immobile and static. With the movement of the stones, the project wants to discuss what a journey is and means. The stones selected are both individuals and parts of a larger whole, fractals.
Stones traveling is an attempt to move the line between nature and art, original and copy.
How and when does a stone become an artwork? How does the transformation from a geological object to a symbolic / metaphorical artistic object take place? The stones become a substitute for the mountains that remain where they always stood.
A. Shelf with stones from peaks in
Jämtland, waiting for traveling to
peaks on Iceland.
Stones from the left to the right:
Stone nr 1, Åreskutan, 25/6 2019
Stone nr 2 Västerskutan, 25/6 2019
Stone nr 3 Mullfjället, 30/6 2019
Stone nr 4 Getryggen 31/6 2019
Stone nr 5 Storsnasen, 23/7 2019
Stone nr 6 Lillsnasen, 23/7 2019
Stone nr 7 Norder Tväråklumpen, 24/7 2019
Stone nr 8 Sönner Tväråklumpen, 24/7 2019
B. Shelf with a stone from Kanton Bern, Switzerland,
and stones from Trollheimen, Norway, 3D-copies of
the stones. The original stones will be placed in
Sweden and Switzerland.
Stones and 3D copies from the wall to the front:
Stone nr 35 Niesen 1/8 2021
Stone nr 30 Blåhøa, 4/9 2020
Stone nr 31 Geithøtta, 5/9 2020
Stone nr 32 Gråfjellet 6/9 2020
Stone nr 33 Skrikhøa, 6/9 2020
2019 I started to collect stones from different peaks and analyse them artistically. With each collected stone, I made a ”stone print”, staining the stones with watercolor then print on paper. I also made frottage with charcoal. After that, the stones are moved to new peaks. The movements are made as performative acts and documented with photography, video and audio. Recently I also made 3D-copies of the stones and bronce-sculptures.
Untill now I have collected 58 stones, 43 of them are catalogised, 36 of them have travelled to new peaks. Theres K Agdler
Stoneprint, stone nr 1, 2019
Size 250 x 130 mm
Stone copies - shadows of the original?
What is the artwork, the original or the copy?
What is the artwork worth if it’s original or
a copy?
