In The Backspace

The Bornholm Project

Timea Tihanyi

December 01 – 23, 2010
Reception / Thursday, December 02, 6–8pm

The Bornholm Project: What is beauty if not the uncontainable held for a brief moment?

This summer, Timea Tihanyi was invited to participate in the Artist in Residence program, part of European Ceramic Context 2010 in Bornholm, Denmark. The exhibition is a documentation of a public art intervention project, inspired by the rich ceramics history and amazing natural beauty of the island of Bornholm.

Seventy-nine ceramics sculptures were placed along the bicycle paths of the island during a week in September. Each sculpture was meant to serve as a marker in the form of a roughly shaped block of unfired clay. They were left unfired to allow the natural process of erosion gradually melting the clay back into the soil. Inside the compartment of each clay block, I placed a small fragile porcelain sculpture. During the hours and days of placing and consequently documenting the sculptures, I had a chance to discover again and again each subtle and gorgeous detail of land, sea, and sky; the constant beauty of textures, colors and movements, which never stopped to amaze me. Over time, some of the sculptures were moved around, people either adopted them, or facilitated the first steps towards their inevitable decay into the ground.

Press for The Bornholm Project:

Timea Tihanyi
Article by Brian Miller. Seattle Weekly, December 2010.