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I WAS HERE invites you to be not only a spectator, but a participant in a poetic journey that interweaves past, present and future of our changing landscape. This multidisciplinary installation combines sculpture, text, sound and rituals performed by the audience, which consists of both adults and children.
The installation is inspired by Das Eismeer (1823–1824) by Caspar David Friedrich, deconstructed to reinterpret both its form and content. At its centre is a large smoking volcano and nine cloaks — seven for adults and two for children — symbolising the ice in the painting. Inspired by 19th-century travel garments, the cloaks give visitors an active role in the work. Das Eismeer stands as a protest against industrialisation and the Enlightenment, reflecting a sense of alienation from nature. Accompanied by a reimagining of the 1858 whalers’ song Rolling Down to Old Mohee, I WAS HERE. links these historical emotions to contemporary ideas such as Anthropocene horror, solastalgia, and ecological grief.
Visual arts can be visited daily from Saturday 14 June between 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
Accessibility info
The access route from the bicycle parking area is 200 meters of paved path and 300 meters of loose sand beach. No seating is available.