WALKING 2021
/ Metropolis 2021
Elle-Mie Ejdrup Hansen, 2021.
Photo: Karen Kjærgaard.
‘The Line’ (1993) – Revisited
With the new piece ‘Walking 2021’ I wish to recreate a fragment of my journey in Landrover along the Jutlandic coast line. A trip that acted as research preceding ‘The Line – The Light, Peace Sculpture 1995’, which was a 532 km long light line along the Western Jutlandic coast line from Skagen in the North to Sild in the South.
Work
Performance art along the Jutlandic coast line.
Collaboration
Initiated by Metropolis 2021.
Documentation of ‘Walking 2021’
Overview of the route taken, as logged by Elle-Mie on September 3rd, 2021.
Elle-Mie Ejdrup Hansen, 2021.
Photo: Maja Nydal.
‘Walking 2021’ – Twelve words
In ‘Walking 2021’ I commence my journey in the North by Gammel Skagen. Every hour I make a stop to write one of 12 words from the piece ‘The Line’ in the sand:
INGENTING – HAV – KÆRLIGHED – BUNKERE – BEVÆGELSE – KORN – MEDITATION – SPOR – RO – SAND – HIMMEL – UNIVERS
The twelve words describe what the West Coast means to me. They were and still are my attempt to ‘seize’ this space in a concrete and metaphysical sense.
Sand, 2021.
Photo: Maja Nydal.
The words provide a basis for the sculpture ‘The Line’ (1995), which is comprised of 13 concrete squares with 13 words. Originally, the sculpture was created for ‘The Line – The Light, Peace Sculpture 1995’, where seven words were placed at Grenen in Skagen, one in Ringkøbing, and five crossing the Danish-German border at Rudbøl Border Crossing. The sculpture is currently exhibited in the public space in Thyborøn.
Video Summarisation
This video is a summarisation of Elle-Mie’s 12-hour walk on september 3rd 2021. Scroll down further to view each installment of the series on their own.
Elle-Mie Ejdrup Hansen, 2021.
Photo: Maja Nydal.