The Rooms

Seit knapp einem Monat hat unser kleines, aber feines Museum

The Rooms

eröffnet, mit drei Abteilungen: Geschichte der Provinz, Kunst und Archiv.

Die Kunstausstellung hat mir sehr gut gefallen, leider darf man nicht fotografieren und Postkarten kann man noch nicht kaufen. Eines der interessantesten Stücke war für mein Gefühl der Bücherturm aus 12.000 Büchern.


Argument # 4 (b), Tom Bendtsen
(Photo von der Website des Museums kopiert)

Die Interpretationsmöglichkeiten sind sicherlich vielfältig: vom Turmbau zu Babel -also Größenwahn und Niederlage-, zum Versuch die Menschheit zu einen.



Der Eingang (fotografiert in dem Moment als der Museumswächter mich gerade darauf aufmerksam machte: No pictures, please!!



Von Innen (fotografiert bevor der Museumswächter mich darauf aufmerksam machte: No pictures, please!)


Zu Argument #5, einem ähnlichen Projekt, 2001 ausgestellt in der

Southern Alberta Art Gallery

schreiben die Ausstellungsmacher u.a. folgendes:

Men of many words sometimes argue for the sake of talking; men of ready tongues frequently dispute for the sake of victory; men in public life often debate for the sake of opposing the ruling party, or from any other motive than the love of truth.
(Crabb)

Inspired by the "argument", Tom Bendtsen creates a series of architectural installations using books and the knowledge they contain as his medium. He explains his work as "a paradox between the ‘density’ of knowledge, and the fragile and often arbitrary relations between knowledge and history." Through the use of texts and the force of gravity, Bendtsen creates stable yet seemingly delicate structures. Their very nature represents the randomness of learning and experience that affects our lives, as well as the ongoing battle over the interpretation of history in our culture.

At first glance, in Argument #5 the observer is introduced to a most spectacular and innovative piece of architecture. However, upon closer examination, the viewer is able to piece together the elements of the work and to comprehend the layers and individual relationships set up by the arrangement of the books. Each text lies in a manner which reflects upon the concepts that have preceded it as well as those surrounding it. "Books are stacked in such a way that historical dialogues are created between the individual texts and titles," explains Bendtsen.