photo from Gard Karlsen webpage
(the one we have yet to get a close-up of)
November 12, 2008 Challenge was given to find them all?!
May 29, 2009 Challenge accepted & half-way done thru the list of 23...
How many others before us have tried & failed we don't know...
Could be many a local school project as well, but find no webpages as proof...
There's only 1 local webpage to be found, besides the Rogaland's Museum webpage (they do own it all afterall) & their link to a Broken Column map...
Here you can see one attempt at finding them all & the photographs...
(except they didn't go into the private house, while we were allowed--but then we still have to get a boat to go out to rock awash off an island near Hundvag for a close up photo, so I guess we're even) www.gardkarlsen.com/broken_column.htm
Ours will be another successful attempt, started today - very successfully - were granted access to more than imagined (15 done) & we'll find a boat yet to make it to the island for the rock awash one at close range...
To be finished sometime next week (8 to go) - then we'll proudly post it all on Facebook followed by a link on the Rain in Stavanger Blog soon after...
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Here following is from Gard Karlsen's page...
What is Broken Column?
According to http://www.stavanger-web.com/
23 iron sculptures, all 1.95 meters tall, have been placed in and around Stavanger's City Center. Some have been erected outdoors and some inside shops, schools and even a private home.
The artwork is made by Antony Gormley, a London-based sculpter also known for Another Place.
It took 4 years to decide whether or not to place the figures in Stavanger.
The project is financed by the Municipality of Stavanger, Stavanger Art Society and Rogaland Art Museum.
Each sculpture is fitted 1.95 meters lower than the previous.
The first iron man is placed at the Art museum some 40 meters above sea level. The last sculpture is found in the sea just outside of Natvigs Minde downtown Stavanger.
I first encountered Mr. Gormley's work at the Sola beach when Another Place took place. Another Place was 100 sculptures (similar to the ones that are described above) placed on the beach and out in the water at Sola...
But now, similar sculptures are back in Broken Column and I will present som pictures of the various statues below.
The sculptures' are all 1.95 tall and they all face 10° west.
The 'Fish Market' sculpture is the one that has given the direction for the rest of the sculptures. It is loacted in the harbour and it is looking out at the sea.
Each sculpture is also placed in a specific height. Sculpture no. 1 is located at Stavanger museum of fine arts and it is located at 41.41 meters above sea level.
Sculpture number 2 is 41.41 - 1.95 = 39.45 meter above sea level and this continues until the last one located 1.23 meters below sea level at Natvigs Minde.
Please check out Mr. Gormely's page (http://www.antonygormley.com/) for more pictures of previous work.
On this page I will present pictures that I have taken of the different sculptures. I have not been able to take pictures of all of them yet but this page will be updated as soon as I take more pictures.
Please click on the Stavanger map to move to the different sculptures or just scoll down to see the photos. Click on each thumbnail to get a larger picture.
Map kindly provided by Kevin Paul Scarrott, cartographer, http://www.stavanger-guide.no/
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Or this link will take you there directly, from Home to Other Practical Maps to Broken Column Antony Gormley (Map & Views PDF)
or www.stavanger-guide.no/maps/maps_other/broken_column.pdf
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