Matyรก Cigler DALE noreg remote place(s) Subjective Collective Atlas
spring 2016
liminality - islands 61°21’41,85” N 5°23’30,00” E What are the liminalities of an island, where are its borders and how do we define territories within the island itself? How is it connected to its surroundings in different environments. Is island always a remote place? Is it remote in a city? I try to analyze islands around and within Dale and see how the is the connection between them, Dale and places within these islands. Islands have been always very attractive places for people who want to hide from something, usually from other people like law inforement when you did something “wrong”, main stream civilization (monasteries) to find inner peace or jsut to hide from people in general. It is also the place to hide from the oceans, when your boat sinks and you think this island has saved your life until you realize there is no fresh watr on it. But it is also the place to put people which are not acceptable for the society anymore, just like Australia, or when Napoleon was put away on st. Helena. I got inspired by “The Book of Robinsons” written by Frantisek Běhounek a czech polar adventurer who has wracked with Umberto Nobile on board of the airship Italia on the way to the North Pole. Běhounek has written this book after this experience to correct all the romantisized stories like Robinson Crusoe, or Moby Dick. Another important role of islands in history is their potential of utopia. Many have tried to create an ultimate society on an island disconnected to the rest of the world. It’s not a coincidence, that Thomas More has chosen a fictional island to create his ideal world. So islands seem to be very special spaces with properties which have inspired people through the history to create extraordinary places.
part I general observations of Dale
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fjords
(situation)
Dale is possitioned in a deep fjord called Sunnefjord. It is not on the regular ferry line between bigger cities. a: Dale
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geological structures
(map)
The mountain ranges arould Dale seem to have specific directions. They were carved by glaciers about 400 milion years ago. In an abstraction like this, there seems to be similarity to other natural fenommenons like winds, clouds, bird swarms and flocks. a: Dale
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natural and man made structures
(map)
This is not something specific to Dale only, but it has always chached my eye how some human interventions do adapt and respect the natural environment around them and some ara just ignorant streight lines. Those, which fallow the lines given by nature seem to have a right to be there. Somehow. I think it makes more sense. a: sea b: river c: roads
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between hills and water
(perspective)
It is like Dale(a) would be limited by three major forces - the two hills and the fjord. Its space is very precisely defined. a: b: c: d:
Dale sea Jarstadheia Grønholten
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cut A
(section)
a: north-east b: south-west
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cut B
(section)
a: north-west b: south-east
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remote Dale?
(map)
How remote is actually Dale? Is it a remote place? Is remoteness given only by distance to nearest towns? a: b: c: d:
Dale Dale > Flekke = 3,8 km Dale > Riksvei = 14,8 km Dale > Bygstad = 22,6 km
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Dale coastline
(map)
a: west side of the river Dalselva b: east side of the river Dalselva
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water
(map)
Sometimes, water paths indicate the shapes of the environment, sometimes it just looks like an old grumpy man. a: streams b: Dalselva c: Sunnfjord
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c
a
volumes
(perspective)
The shapes of spaces and volumes give are creating a specific genius loci. These deep valleys can create a feeling of safety, but also of anxiety and constraint. a: Dalsfjordbrua b: Nyhamarmyra c: Dale
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under the mountain
(perspective)
This mountain(b) is guarding the village. Is it something you see every day on the way to work? Or you just get used to it and dont see it anymore? a: b: c: d:
Dale Grønholten Fløyen Jarstadheia
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c
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d
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a strange stone
(pespective)
There is this very strange stone outside of Fjaler Kommune. It is one of those objects put in public space that could mean almost anything. Is it a tribute to a fallen soldier in the WWII? Or an ancient stone from viking ages? It probably doesn’t matter at all - it just creates some kind of imaginative value in the space. Also the new born volume(b) looks rather strange next to it. a: menhir b: volume
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typology
(diagram)
Different shapes of roofs and windows around Dale.
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d
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typical street situation (perspective) Typical view composition in Dale offers some uninteresting rectangular volumes(a), few small trees(b), a stripe of grass(c) and a wide road(d). All dominated by a mountain(e).
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ship traffic
(perspective)
Ship traffic seems to be a vital part of Dale’s life and scenery. a: Dale
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Blægja
(plan)
Composition of non-random shapes of the highest(1304) mountain around Dale captured by satelite. a: lake b: shadow
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textures
(perspective)
The landscapes around Dale are dominated by vertical and horizontal textures. The horizontal water level and the rocks emerging from it to the hights. Also the bridge has a very strong presence in the fjord.
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part II islands and liminalities
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eye island(a)
(plan)
Low green uninhabitated island. About 12 by 5 meters. It is in Dale on the river Dalselva. Unlike the other islands in Dalselva, this one is not possible to reach just by a simple jump, one needs to get wet to get there without a boat. This feature makes it probably more atractive, then the other islands nearby even though it is much smaller. These 6 meters make it a remote place. An island in the middle of the village - yet very distant.
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cluster of islands in the Dalselva
(plan)
Low green islands partly coverd by trees. Uninhabitated. About 93m long. These islands are only 2 meters from the main land at the nearest place which makes them very reachable, but they are unoccupied anyway. The Teadrop island is visible on the orthophoto maps, but doesnt appear on the vector maps, so its existance is rather unclear. a: long fish island b: oval island c: teadrop island 61°21’41,85” N 5°23’30,00” E
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b a c
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north-east of Dalsfjordbrua
(plan)
These little islands seem to be very rocky and uninhabited. About 200 by 100 meters. It is one of the magic islands that change their shapes rapidly, because it has a quite different shape now when I looked at the map again. Anyway.. this island is amazing example of the geological structures carved out from rock by a glacier 400 milions year ago. Also from all the islands around Dale, this is the one to go when you want to become a romantic criminal. (David?) a: teeth island b: ear island c: food drop island 61°22’57,51” N 5°24’30,44” E
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west of Dale
(plan)
These are two habitated islands east of Dale with about 20 buildings. Mostly coverd by frest. About 2km long and 1km wide. Eating Fish Island(a) is by far the biggest around Dale and with the Being eatn Island the only populated. a: eating fish island b: being eaten island
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being eaten island
(plan)
This island is quite densely populated. It’s 240m x 122m. Probably the most densly populated island around Dale. One has basically no place to go without seeing or being seen by other houses. Must be very frustrating in times of very bad weather when it’s impossible to leave the island.
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b
a
islands
(plan)
The list of all Islands around the Dale(a). a: Dale b: Dalsfjordbrua
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Eye Island
Oval Island Long Fish Isl. Teadrop Isl.
Teeth Island Food Drop Isl. Ear Island
Eating Fisch Isl. Being Eaten Isl.
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a
b
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k
l
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b
(plan)
The north-west coast of the Fish Eating Island is very rocky and coverd by young tree (2-3 years)
Beach of Lost Innocence
Cape Tooshort Pleased Bay Cape Dorsal Fin Bay
Rocks Of Death
Youwish Beach
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c
(plan)
This mid-north coast is dominated by the Pirate Bay and occupied by few farm houses. It has also more open spaces and some older trees (cca 5y).
Cape Tree
Clearing Rocks
Hidden Rocks
Lost Rocks
Wreck Rocks
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Pirate Bay
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d
(plan)
Here the forest (rather young) has tendencies to hang around the rocky coast and is getting thinner to the inner land.
S
hellow Bay
Low Bay
Cape Unseen
Secret Bay
Cape Shadow
Shadow Bay
Cape Clear
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e
(plan)
The very noth-east end of the Eating Fish Island is slowly sinking into the cold fjord by a shellow shelf crating three little islands.
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Disappearing Island
Moisty Island
Kommunist Bay Traveling Island Cape Kommunist
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f
(plan)
The north-west part of the Tailfin Peninsula is just as rocky as the rest of the Eating Fish Island and is dominated by forest, even though the forest gets a bit thinner to the coast.
Cape Talefin
Imaginary clearing Toolatenoticed Rocks
Needle Bay
Scarface forest Twin Bay
Caudal Fin Bay
Upper Bay
Non-existent Beach
Non-existent Bay
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g
(plan)
Precaudal Pit, named after the thinnest part of shark’s tale between the body and the caudal fin, is a narrow connection between the Talefin peninsula and the main island. It’s occupied by two cabins and carries (obviously) the connecting path between the two lands.
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Cape Dorsal Fin Dorsal Fin Bay
Short Bay
Cape Neverbother Neverbother Bay Long Bay
Long Reach
Cape Long Reach
Animal’s Bay Curved Bay
Rock Ass
Scar Entry
Deep Streight
Hidden Defile
Round Farm
Hidden Clearing
People’s Bay
Hideandseek Hillside
Long Scar
Small Farm
Precaudal Pit
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h
(plan)
The highest part of the entire island is situated in the south part. It is called Hill Bellyand it stands above the main path crossing the island, called Lateral Abdominal (again after a big vein in the shark’s belly).
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Deep Deep
Hill Belly
Hangover Clearing
No Beach
Belly Rocks
Lateral Badominal
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i
(plan)
This south-east part is usually seen as the capital of the Eating Fish Island, but those living in the Fish Tale Peninsula nad Pirate Bay don’t like this expression. Well it is definitaly the most populated part with its 6 farms/cabins. It also posses a large Jaw Bay offering a safe place to anker, not mentioning the neighborhood of the Being Eaten Island.
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White Bay
Green Bay Green Farm Cape Pee
y
Jaw Ba
Mellow Farm
Cape Beach
Fish Bay Guard Peak
Cape Meadow
Last Farm
Lower Farm
Forest Bay
Pasture Rocks
Crossroad Bay
Random Bay
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j
(plan)
The Being Eaten Island is a peaceful densly habitated island just outside of the Jaw Bay with rather open plains divided by rocks, it differs from the main island. It has two dominating harbours: the West harbour and the East Harbour.
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North Bay
Dark Side Bay
Easy Rorcks
White Rock
East Harbour
Brown Rocks
West Harbour
Brown Rock Bay
Lonely Farm
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k
(plan)
The Cape Lower Lobe is the closest point to the main land and is occupied by one farm which contains one living house, one shed, one boatshed and a ruin.
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Western Clearing Open Rocks
Unfinished Bay
Cape Lower Lobe
Shouldbehere Bay
Ruin Farm
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l
(plan)
The last part of the map, cointains only one boatshed.
Ruin Bay
Forgotten Hill
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Eating fish island
(model pictures)
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The Teeth Island (fire) 03 June 2012 - We have received feedback that there was not worthy to extinguish Hitlists containing nothing of value there. No people or animals, only scrub, victory Emergency Sunday evening. - It is not dangerous to life, it extinguished all to himself, said he, which overlooks the island from where he cage. frida.no (translated by google)
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the ghost of an island (orthophoto) Islands seem to have very clear borders. Even onn the political maps, island countries like UK don’t have border lines, but are really the borders so clear? At least in the smaller scale, there is still a very clear “shadow” of the island when we cut it out. So not only that the island continues under the water and the boundaries are rather unclear, but the sea levels tend to change (rise due to the global warming) and thus the borders get bigger/smaller. Is the UK going to be many thousands sq km smaller in several years? Or does it keep its border line where it is? 61°22’57,51” N 5°24’30,44” E
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intern visual liminalities (plan) The Teeth Island is a rocky land with two bigger and one smaller peaks which create natural borders within the island. In this picture are many different zones regarding to view bordering. Each of these zones have quite different properties, but it is possible to divide them in to few groups: A: Kind of valley/bay situation with very introverted space (g, f, e, d, l) B: Rather open spaces on the hillsides without a very specified centers. (h, a, b, j, c) C: Hill tops - very open (i, j, k) 61°22’57,51” N 5°24’30,44” E
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intern humen-style liminalities (plan) These zones suggest the potential “kingdoms” on the Teeth Island. These are the probable zones that would emerge if the islend was to be separated into few parts govern by different people. Each of those has a hill top defining the center of the kingdom. All of them have access to water, but with different range and different little islands within their borders. They are also very uneven as we see in the traditional land ownership. But aport to the reality, here the power didn’t play any role at the land dividing. It is possible, that king(a) would soon conquer other smaller kingdoms, but may be not - what if king(d) got all the oil? 61°22’57,51” N 5°24’30,44” E
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The Teeth Island (model) Model of the different potential man-made territories.
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general perception of the island according to online maps I have searched on 21 different online map portals to get an idea, how is this island mapped and whether the findings will be consistent.
figure A
(plan)
This is the most accurate map of the Teeth Island’s shape. It appears in most of the norwegian maps and it is the only one with all the little islands. appeard 5 times in: skogoglandskap.no finn.no norgeskart.no gulesider.no ngu.no
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figure B
(plan)
This is how the captains navigating Sunnfjord see the Theeth Island on the maps. appeard 1 time in: ngu.no
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figure C
(plan)
More simplified shape. This time the little island dissapear completely except the West Fang Island. appeard 2 times in: godtur.no ngu.no
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figure D
(plan)
Here, ammount of islands is still two but their shapes are getting more abstract and edgy. It is also from sea maps, seems like sailors like sharp edges very much. appeard 1 time in: navionics.com
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figure E
(plan)
Surprisingly, the most used online map portal on the world is fine with a very abstract interpretation of this little insignificant island. appeard 1 time in: google.maps
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figure F
(plan)
A very beautiful abstraction of the Teeth Island. Finally, all the islands are reunited! Very politically correct. appeard 3 times in: mapy.cz openstreetmap.com mapquest.com
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figure F
(plan)
This is by far the most courageous interpretation of the Teeth Island. I guess this is what happens, when you have an open map system like wikimapia. appeard 1 time in: wikimapia.org
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figure G
(plan)
But the most common way how to record the Theeth Island on a map is not to draw it at all. According to some of the most popular map portals, this island doesn’t exist. How dissapointing. appeard 8 time in: bing.com yahoo.com arcgis.com yandex.ru viamichelin.com here.com mappy.com mao1.eu 61°22’57,51” N 5°24’30,44” E
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combination of all figures (plan) by combining all the shapes, found on the internet, we can get the idea how blurry is the general knowladge about this island. This island is simply not specified yet.
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