20/06/2011

They came, they flew – installation (2011)


A flock of birds.
They came, they flew – 2011
The installation opened on Friday June 3rd at 4pm with German composer and musician Regine Brunke performing her music piece: Hinter den Farben der Woeken /Behind the colours of the clouds (2008) for viola cello & verrophone (glass tube-instrument) which was a perfect match.
Regine Brunke with her viola cello.
The installation was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds (1963) and contained 204 hand-cut and stitched birds, of the three common breeds to the area for this particular time of year: Colóeus monédula (Jackdaw), árus ridibúndus (Black-headed Gull) and the Délichon úrbica (Common House Martin).
After 4pm that day any visitor to the 3rd floor of the tower was invited to cut down a bird and set it free where ever they pleased (i.e. bringing it home with them).
Snip, snip.
Birds taken off.
They came, they flew.
The installation finished on June 26th, 2011 at 5pm.
Below the tower at Limfjordscentret Doverodde, Denmark where the birds were being kept.
The Tower, Limfjordcentret Doverodde, Denmark.
A lonely bird left.