Turning Over a Mountain, 2018 Inside the Arctic circle in the far north of Norway sits the Troltinden Mountain. The mountain (when not hidden by clouds) has an imposing presence dominating the landscape, reaching from sea level up almost one thousand meters. Turning Over a Mountain details a series of attempts to challenge this feature, using the body as mechanism and landscape as source of material. This is a project about inversion, position and scale. Through small scale acts with slightly grander ambitions examining the relationship between protagonist and landscape. The video tests ‘vanishing point’ and ‘a little over the top’, document elements of the journey, the individual immersed within and vanishing into the near distance. On reaching the summit of the mountain two boulders (one for each hand) were removed, resulting in a drop in height of approximately 150mm. These boulders were carried downhill to sea level and used in the construction of an ‘upside down cairn’ (itself no small geo-engineering challenge). The cairn sits in the shadow of Trolltinden on the edge of Nevelsfjord, the top of the mountain once again vanishing from view submerged twice daily under the rising tide. Produced for Kjerringoy Bienalle, 2018
ANDREW FRIEND
Turning Over a Mountain, 2018 Inside the Arctic circle in the far north of Norway sits the Troltinden Mountain. The mountain (when not hidden by clouds) has an imposing presence dominating the landscape, reaching from sea level up almost one thousand meters. Turning Over a Mountain details a series of attempts to challenge this feature, using the body as mechanism and landscape as source of material. This is a project about inversion, position and scale. Through small scale acts with slightly grander ambitions examining the relationship between protagonist and landscape. The video tests ‘vanishing point’ and ‘a little over the top’, document elements of the journey, the individual immersed within and vanishing into the near distance. On reaching the summit of the mountain two boulders (one for each hand) were removed, resulting in a drop in height of approximately 150mm. These boulders were carried downhill to sea level and used in the construction of an ‘upside down cairn’ (itself no small geo-engineering challenge). The cairn sits in the shadow of Trolltinden on the edge of Nevelsfjord, the top of the mountain once again vanishing from view submerged twice daily under the rising tide. Produced for Kjerringoy Bienalle, 2018