Free as a Bird

30 May - 30 Aug 1998

In May 1998 the ArtCentre Silkeborg Spa is celebrating the opening of the newly renovated spa building with the exhibition Free as a Bird. The exhibition invites the guests to a line of works and other contributions which circles about birds, in the the park and inside.

Many of the works are executed in perishable material made especially for this exhibition. All of the participants of the exhibition are trying to maintain the wonder of the being of the bird.

Graphics, sculptures, installations, photographies, weavings and much more are to be seen. About 25 participants, who have roots in for example zoology, ornitology or are well-known Danish artists, are contributing to the exhibition. It is possible to see works of Sigrid Lütken, Erik Eide, Annette Holdensen, Kirsten Klein, Lars Abrahamsen, John Olsen and many others.

The exhibition has the cultural history, as well as the nature as background. The artists are circling about birds, as well as in the reality and in symbols: Beautifull, frightening, mythological or fantastic.

In addition to the catalogue of the shown works and a illustrated collection of newly written stories about birds, a line of cultural historic books about scarecrows, decoys, elderly Danish poetry about birds and H.J. Ranch's Song about a Bird are published.