Kemijärvi
About ten
years after the unveiling in 1990 opening the arctic circle has seen the
construction of a new music school on an adjacent location. The lawn on which it
stands has been leveled now. At first it was placed on two mounds so that the
snow would not cover the lower part of the sculpture. But they disturbed the
effect of the reclining form and the curves being taken up in the landscape.
Lucien den Arend contended that the actual level of the snow varies and that the
sculpture like all other objects is subjected to constant change. it would be of
no use to try to anticipate a momentary snow level., so he suggested to make a
more gradual slope. On the previous page the mounds were connected by filling in
the space between them - leaving the lower area along a contoured terrace so the
wind would blow snow there and extend the time that the sculpture's foothold
would remain visible. With the building of the Kemijärvi Music School, the slope
has now been made even more gradual, which is much better.
opening the arctic circle
(avautuva napapiiri) - stainless steel -
2000x354x354cm - Kemijärvi culture
center (kulttuurikeskus) FI
photo © Mika Pohjantähti
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