Postcard from Copenhagen

Dear People at South Pole Station.

Its been a long time since I have seen you woolen sweater dressed guys. This night I had a dream similar to the one from Fight Club where a tiny penguin appears with a soft voice and says "slide". In these days I am sliding to much north I believe.
I really miss the feeling of being in an international territory full of undistributed oil fields. I miss the landscape that has so often provided us with a feeling of infinity and love.

I brought my globe to Copenhagen and have decided to turn it up side down so that every time I look at it my dear South Pole looks right back at me and makes me feel as if I was feet up and head down.

Hope to see you soon, over, under and between the ice.


Yours sincerely,
Anders Krogdal

from South Pole Workshop webcam

OMG its GMC

nature ----> GMC XL

Apparently it's not really clear yet, what has happened; a huge 100m hole swallowed a 3 storage building under a rain storm in Guatemala

check outs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/01/storm-agatha-hole-guatemala
http://www.crookedbrains.net/2009/03/interesting_14.html
http://politiken.dk/udland/article984266.ece

Zec Safet - fascination of the dust

Zec Safet draws his drawings as fractals of doodles. Everything repeating itself as you zoom in, and always becoming smaller and smaller in the repetition. He expresses the trees in this dusty way, almost as smoke from a fire, or as a gray explosion of blossom.
His drawings is both sad and lively at the same time. An intriguing dilemma embedded in the piece. His paintings reminds me of my own fascination of dust, its rhizome nature and open ended becoming. Go see him if you get the chance.

Designing/orchestrating disappearence

well, the first intuitive answer must be yes. Could the grid then instead be placed directly on site, and not imposed afterward in illustrator? Painting on the street, on a wall, placing a constructed grid?

Today i went to Fuglsang Museum in the very south of DK to see an exhibition on the theme TREES. This photo is the reason I went there. The way the tree is orchestrated... is stunning and in a sense ephimeral.


Photo: Myoung Ho Lees 'Tree #3'
Text: Anders Krogdal

støvets æstetik

the Easthetics of Dust ligger i forlængelse af S.P.S' fascinationen af det kortyvarige og flygtige, og er dermed ikke fremmed for projekterne "Ephimeral Euphorium" og "Ephimeral Fairytalestructures or 2 days with a kite".
Det er en art afsøgning af forsvindingen som æstetisk mål - eller delokaliseringen af et stof.
Støv har en tendens til kun at være begribelige for vores sanser hvis det findes i tilstrækkeligt store koncentrationer og mængder, og det er helt oplagt at billederne netop afsøger den arkitektur støven skaber i det tidsrum hvor den undslipper vores sanser.

foto: Sune Rieper & Anders Krogdal
tekst: Anders

NaAD/D [Not appearing, Appearing, Disappearing/Disappearence]

KW, Berlin okt 09 - blue sky by Mr. God Himself


Jeg lavede engang en optagelsesprøve til EASA07, hvori jeg diskuterede 'gadens spor'. Opgaven hed "Hændelser og Spor".
Jeg fandt spor, og eftersøgte de hændelser jeg mente kunne have ledt til sporet.

Jeg brygger på en opfølger til 'Hændelser og Spor', ved navn 'Disappearing/Disappearence', som handler om hvad der sker når hændelser ikke efterlader spor. Samtidig regner jeg med at 'Disappearing/Disappearence' må blive en diskussion af hvornår noget er blevet så meget noget andet, at det kan kategoriseres som værende væk.

Jeg glæder mig til at kunne præsentere en lidt klarere ide.

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