Utilsigtet springvand
Pirpa, Grønttorvet, Valby, 2017
Elliscavator på Pirpa:
Det allestedsnærværende (utilsigtede) springvand
Med udgangspunkt i byggepladsen Grønttorvet i Valby, skabtes Det allestedsnærværende (utilsigtede) springvand. Nedrivning og byggeri i området synliggjorde vandføringen og manglen på samme – det dryppede ind flere steder, og der var pludselige oversvømmelser over alt.
Vi sammenkoblede og forbandt og forviklede de gamle og nye vandforbindelser i Pirpa med haveslanger i mange retninger, så de indrammede udstillingsrummet. Vi samlede regnvand i flasker og plastikbeholdere, satte flere springvand i gang ved hjælp af uigennemskuelige vandveje og skabte stillestående vandspejle i udstillingsrummet. I udstillingen blev PIRPAs konkrete vand- og elforbindelser til omverdenen således fremhævet og forbindelsen til Grrønttorvets utætte kloakker, dryppende håndvaske, hullede tage, søer, vandpytter og kom tættere på.
Udstillingen er støttet af STATENS KUNSTFOND
The Ubiquitous (Unintentional) Fountain
PIRPA, Grønttorvet Valby, 2017
In collaboration with Elliscavator (Ellen Hyllemose, Lise Nørholm and Camilla Nørgård)
With a starting point in the old farmers’ market Grønttorvet in Valby, which had been transformed into a construction site, Camilla Nørgård together with Ellen Hyllemose and Lise Nørholm (Elliscavator) created the exhibition The Ubiquitous (Unintentional) Fountain. The demolition and construction at the site made the water supply visible and the lack of the same – water was dripping several places, and sudden floods occurred.
The water and electricity connections to the outside world became very clear with the exhibition, that highlighted the site’s underground water systems and the ubiquitous unintentional fountains that existed both outside at the construction site and inside PIRPA. The old farmers’ market was full of leaky sewers, dripping sinks, leaky roofs, pools of water and brief unintentional fountains.
The artists connected and entangled the old and new water connections with garden hoses in many directions so that they formed a framework for the exhibition space. They collected rainwater in bottles and plastic vessels found at the site – leftovers from parties at the building site. They started several fountains by incalculable water ways, and they created stagnant water surfaces in the exhibition space. In this way they highlighted and made visible the network of water connections that we usually don’t see, because they are hidden in plastic, pipelines etc. In the exhibition, the water system and the unintentional fountains appeared as sculptural objects in a complex total-installation.
The artist group Elliscavator consists of Ellen Hyllemose, Lise Nørholm and Camilla Nørgård. The three artists periodically collaborate on projects alongside their individual practices. They create a common, undefined space, which usually takes the shape of and is created through dialogue engaging with the specific place during the construction of their exhibition.
The exhibition was supported by the Danish Arts Foundation.