Commission for: Blackfoot Pathways - Sculpture in the Wild, Lincoln MT (USA), 2018
Site: Dry creek bed in a forest area
Material: Lodgepole pine, weathered barn boards, steel rope Length: 20 m / Height: 4 m
About: Walking in the sculpture park I arrived at a dry creek bed, a small valley, which meanders through the otherwise flat terrain. So the idea of a bridge came quite “naturally”. Also the material came quite “naturally” - it was just nearby: dead trees, found in the park and weathered boards from a broken cabin in the mountains. This kind of coincidence makes the work look “natural”, just like a normal bridge someone has built to cross the creek. But unfortunately crossing is impossible: the bridge is breaking apart! Or are the pieces just coming together? Which invisible forces are in action here? It appears, as if a film has stopped - a moment of “frozen time”.