The residential area Hørgården did not get its name out of the blue. Like many other Danish road and area names, it says something about the history of the place. Behind the name Hørgården is a story about the past, where residents lived a life with agriculture and the cultivation and processing of the flax plant. Today, history is not a visible part of the area, where it is especially modern residential buildings that visually characterizes the area.
Tokyo Blue has developed a piece of art for a pedestrian tunnel in Hørgården that tells a small part of the area's history through the perspective of local children. On the walls of the tunnel, two large paintings now unfold, where the local children's different versions of a flax plant creates the feeling that you are moving through a field of flax. Among the plant motifs you will find other contemporary objects that the children have brought into the work. The objects have been chosen because the children themselves often use them, just as the flax plant was previously a natural part of the residents' everyday life.
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The work creates a site-specific and adventurous story about the materials and objects we surround ourselves with in everyday life over time. In addition, the existing lighting will be screened and additional lighting will be installed for better visual comfort and an increased sense of security.
Motifs and composition have been developed through a co-creation process between Tokyo Blue and children/young people from Brydes Allé Fritidsklub, Fritidscenter Amager Midt.
Materials: Wallpaint
Light: Downlight iRound, iGuzzini and glare shielding on existing lightstrip
Realized: June 2023
Client: Urbanplanen Amager with support from Lokale og Anlægsfonden
Photo: Tokyo Blue
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