HOME is where I am ARNA Art & Nature
The two art projects within 'See this is where I live' ARNA Art & Nature
See this is where I live sustainable development and children When climate change and rapid urbanization is imminent,
Avian Kingdom and transformed their impression into art.
working with children is a constructive approach that
Together with an experienced art pedagogue the project
stimulates their creativity and belief in their own ability.
inspired around 300 children to do the same.
The starting point to become involved in our home area's
The creations of both proffessional artists and local
sustainable development is to have feelings for it, to care
children show in what great variety we can experience
for it. To imagine our home area's future we also need
the nature we are surrounded by. After the project they all
fantasy. From the starting point of caring and fantasy
bear with them personal experiences of the nature here
ARNA formed a question to become developed in the
and through the process of creations they also made it to
project 'See this is where I live'.
their own, and to care for.
What can we, who live in The Avian Kingdom, learn from
This is the essence of the project. To care for a
childrens fantasy and contemporary artists creativity to
sustainable development of the area we live in, we need
view our home area with fresh eyes?
to have personal experiences that involves our senses that become embedded in our memories. Jasmine
The project's theme has so aimed to stimulate an
Cederqvist,
biologist,
artist
and
the
projects
art
interaction between international artists and children
pedagogue describes in her text the importance for
through schools in two municipalities, Eslöv and Sjöbo.
children to get these experiences. But as we become adults, we also need to let the children inspire us, to
'See this is where I live' has through its two sub projects,
continue to explore the nature, and to care for it.
'Home is where I am' and 'The spaces between' involved a total of six contemporary artists, based in South Korea,
The project, developed during 2016, also included a
Canada, UK, France and Italy. They stayed in The Avian
program for adults and families with artist talks, open
Kingdom to work in periods of four or eight weeks. During
studios, newsletters and exhibitions.
their stay they explored the nature and history of The
In Swedish listen to one of the children in 4th grade talks about how art can let you see upon a place in nature with new eyes.
Kerstin Jakobsson
The spaces between ARNA Art & Nature
The art project the spaces between What is it we, as humans, choose to see, or see away from, in the landscape that surrounds us? And how can art give new perspectives on what's interesting or important in a landscape? This was the theme for the art project 'The spaces between' developed during the autumn of 2016 in The Avian Kingdom in cooperation with the schools of Sjรถbo municipality. The project involved five different schools in Sjรถbo municipality, with a total of about 155 students, all in 4th grade. Through ARNA's artist in residency program three artists were involved, Tiki Mulvihill from Vancouver,
Planning with the teachers how to best develop the project's theme in the different classes together with art pedgagog Jasmine Cederqvist, seen to the right in the picture.
Cecilia Andrews from Paris and Margherita Marchioni from Rome. They met all the seven classes involved and talked about their work as an artist, inspiring the children to explore and express their neighbourhood with open minds. Together with art pedagogue Jasmine Cederqvist, the children created art both outdoors as land art and indoors in the classrooms with great entusiasm. Even if many of the outdoor creations can't last, we are certain that the process of using the senses to explore and express nature will last. We hope also it become part of how they care for their home areas nature in the future.
Tiki Mulvihill, Cecilia Andrews and Margherita Marchioni
Outdoor studio.
The spaces between was supported by Kultur Skรฅne
The spaces between Artist Cecilia Andrews
New horizons The landscape of SkĂĽne, especially near HarlĂśsa, around
Working in relation to vastness opens my eyes. It gives
the reserve of the Avian Kingdom is sublime in the
me the opportunity to show a recent vision, a parallel
autumn season. Aromas, colors and sounds awake with
dimension and a new poetry. I think about the quote of
multiple contrasts of those red, yellow and green trees.
Gerard Richter: "Art is the way to address what we are
Black trunks darken through humidity. The noises and
closed, the unapproachable. ".
traces of animals, living and being protected there, amaze me immediately.
I am currently faced with a panorama charged by the silent presence of humans. After the completion of my
Going out from my studio, literally widened new horizons!
work, I decide to discretely install the sculptures in the forest so that visitors may discover them when wandering
Watching the immensity of the landscape I am hit by
through. I work here and now with certainty, to preserve
frightening simplicityÍž that we are little human beings in
nature and creation alike the preservation of human
front of the universe. This dimension allows me to admire
beings.
deeply this kingdom and I am fascinated by the sky and its birds. But strangely, this beauty and harmony cruelly
"The Space Between" became for me a mysterious
confronts me about what is happening in the world today.
dimension between artwork and the place which receives
This ambiguous feeling of "tragedy" in front of ancestral
the creation. Cecilia Andrews
landscape, buzzes my ears and constantly perceives the meaning of words, such as: preserved area, protected species, environment, consciousness and of course, "peace ".
Cecilia Andrews is based in Paris, France www.ceciliaandrews.com
The spaces between Artist Cecilia Andrews
Wild grain
The spaces between Artist Margherita Marchioni
VOLERE VOLARE Flying has always had to do with utopia, representing a struggle for humans since old days, a metaphor of freedom, of overcoming limits. Visionary eyes have been trying
to
fly,
sometimes
failing
and
sometimes
succeeding, changing in fact enormously our lives. Flying is related to wings. I have tried to make a combination of things that I am fascinated by in this work for ARNA. There is a first obvious reference to The Avian Kingdom and his multiplicity of birds and there are the symbolic meanings of wings. The direction I have always
I have cut beautiful autumn leaves, aluminum cans and cardboards from a shop in HarlÜsa to become feathers, creating a pair of wings and then I have imposed them to fly with a clear word, VOLA! During all the time spent inside the ARNA house with music and all this material on my working table, cutting patiently and assembling the wings, the panorama and the landscape has been a great silent discreet presence, it has been an invisible guide to my hands‌ Margherita Marchioni
tried to give to my work is also in the change of vision, showing that things are not what they seem, rubbish can be the material for an art piece, isn’t that an utopian
Margherita Marchioni is based in Rome, Italy
vision?
www.materiamorfosi.it
The spaces between Artist Margherita Marchioni
The spaces between Artist Tiki Mulvihill
Sandgren, The space between ARNA in Harlosa intrigues me. The land situates in ‘the
and Swedish relatives.
space between’ ancestral birthplaces of my grandmother
I fortunately accessed to a compelling site on Arnold
Thelma Sandgren. This area, and the fascinating antiquity
Hagström’s property, populated by stunning trees, lands
of Sweden, led my crosscultural artwork overlapping past
and crops perfectly adjacent to farmland. My incentive: to
and present. Before arrival, I avoided preplanning, as
create a divergent notion about the ‘space between’
unique sites strongly direct art ideas. Upon arrival, I
triggered
researched Swedish history and images for creation of a
contemporary or ancient active people outside the sea,
unique installation derived from discovery and utilization
with atypical heads of wild animals. All components
of a sitespecific area. Skane thoroughly inspired
existed between place, time and the North Seas. I named
creation!
the
a
historical
installation
boat
‘Sandgren,
reference,
The
along
Space
with
Between’.
Sandgren refers to ‘sand’ and ‘branch’; elements entirely Looking into the past
implemented from the land’s ingrained natural materials.
One ancient Viking boat, people, and animals upon a
Usage of branches, with quirky direction, shape and
Nordic Bronze Age Petroglyph from Sweden excited me. I
angles curiously delineate the sculptural work I created.
often heard of Viking transportation from Scandinavia all the way to Newfoundland, Canada (my country). As a
In the present
child an old story, ‘The KonTiki Expedition’, had a
Fundamentally as an installation artist, I create work,
Norwegian sail the Pacific Ocean to South America like
which remains openended, so spectators can creatively
Vikings, but within a raft. As my name is Tiki, that tale
interpret through their own ethnic and social background
ignited boat obsession in my youth, continuous to
within the landscape… another view through their own
present.
original lens. As a result, ‘Sandgren, The Space Between’, viewpoints a hybrid of Sweden’s deliciously
My Swedish ancestors immigrated upon sailing ships in
unique mix of culture and land within ‘fact overlapping
1889, during a peak period of vast population growth,
fiction’.
which downsized homeland’s farm sites. I reference images of my Swedish ancestors, ironically all outdoors in wilderness. Curiosity of ancestral past, within present, often remains unclear. Our knowledge limits, derived
Tiki Mulvihill Tiki Mulvihill is based in Vancouver, Canada http://tikimulvihill.com
solely from tales and objects of the past, but fortunately our imagination ignites. Looking into the future These varied Swedishbased ideas and images drove my installation. As a result, I twisted the popular boat view and joined other components through divergent ideas based on the transport and space between my Canadian
Tiki with Swedish relatives
The spaces between Artist Tiki Mulvihill
See this i where I live Art pedagogue Jasmine Cederqvist
Giving children a sense of awe for nature through art I am a visual artist with a background as a biologist and
Margherita Marchioni who makes magnificent objects out
with experiences of teaching in elementary schools for 7
of materials that are all around us, usually waste
years. The last 2 years I have focused on conducting
materials, that not many would consider as art materials.
different art projects in schools. The key question for the
The techniques of these three artists could later be found
project 'See – this is where I live' was how can the art
as inspiration in many of the children's work; the
making
their
repeating of a pattern and the use of natural materials
surroundings with new eyes and an open minds? The two
such as leaves of various colors, pine needles as
sub projects within 'See – this is where I live' had
Margherita and Cecilia, as well as dry branches to create
similarities, such as the artist presentation in the classes
3 dimensional objects as Tiki. The workshop continued in
and workshops, but were carried out in different ways. In
the classroom after we had collected loose natural
"Home is where I am" the artist presentations and
materials at the site to be used for new creative work. All
workshops were mainly conducted in one day in the
the students worked with great enthusiasm and fantasy.
school of Harlösa (ages 612). The theme was to create a
This enormous creativity accounts for all participating
'post card' showing the idea of what the place, Harlösa is
classes.
process
inspire
children
to
explore
to each of them. I am convinced that encounters, as with the participating The
second
project
"The
spaces
between"
was
artists and with art based nature education, gives lasting
developed during the autumn in the Sjöbo municipality
positive impressions that enrich children on many levels.
and involved five different schools, seven classes, all in
It contributes to a future care of nature and the
4th grade. The project started out with an assignment to
environment and is so a very important complement to
the classes; to choose and visit a natural area, familiar to
natural sciences education. I wish all children would have
the group, in the schools vicinity. There they explored the
the opportunity to experience this.
landscape, took photos and wrote down the reflections about the site. This material was sent to me and from this
These four lines by William Blake captures the essence of
I designed different workshops for the classes.
what this awe based perception and magic of nature and the world around us:
The workshops were conducted both outdoors at the sites and in the classrooms. At the sites the students were
"To see the world in a grain of sand
inspired to work with land art which included to explore
And a heaven in a wildflower
the site with new eyes and to use natural materials for the
To hold infinity in the palm of your hand
art making process. They were encouraged to experiment
And eternity in an hour"
with form, color and texture, both 2 and 3 dimensional.
Jasmine Cederqvist
This resembled of the technique of one of the participating artists in the project. Tiki Mulvihill who
www.jasminecederqvist.se
presented her 3 dimensional sitespecific installations,
Recommended litterature: "Levande spår att upptäcka
Cecilia Andrews who uses a form from nature which she
naturen genom konst och konsten genom natur", JanErik
repeats in different ways in her artwork. And finally
Sørenstuen, ISBN 9789144084183
See  this is where I live Children creating land art
Children creating land art
The spaces between Children's work inspired by the artists
The spaces between Children's work inspired by the artists
ARNA i Fågelriket www.arna.nu 'See this is where I live' is an ARNAproject, develope with support from Kultur Skåne and in cooperation with Kulturskolan i Eslövs kommun and the office for youth culture in Sjöbo kommun. The project worked during 2016 and contained two sub projects 'Home is where I am' and 'The spaces between'.