LINNAMETS (2009, Tartu) The invisible is the mail topic for giant city-art installation LINNAMETS (City Forest). The project is a giant painting on the roof of Tartus's most central shopping mall Kaubamaja. It should be seen from the space and though become the only Tartu's piece of art visible from high above (possible tourist attraction?). By January 2011 we know that Estonian Maa-amet shows a picture of Linnamets, we are still waiting for Google (at the moment Google Maps picture is from 2006). The picture itself is a geodetic sign for large-leaved forest oriented along north-south axis. A person looking at it from above should get confused weather he/she sees a topographic map or a picture. Ironically it is placed on town's biggest shopping mall suggesting it doesn't exist but the forest grows there. On the other hand forest is important for Estonian people, is undoubtedly positive sign. A word-game takes place also: "mets" / "mõttemets" / "Tartu – head mõttete pealinn" (forest / forest of thoughts [Estonian poetic stamp] / Tartu – a capital of good thoughts [motto of Tartu]). But the most interesting idea we wanted to convey was the invisibility of art: you know it is there, on the roof of Kaubamaja, but you can't see it unless you change your point of view. LINNAMETS is done in collaboration with Vahram Muradyan. Download press-release (in Estonian) See Linnamets on online map servers: Some facts: Press: Thanks: Photos: |
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