Site 4: Thomsens Ishus
Norbert Attard: Ruinhaven
Norbert, Nathan (Monica's husband) and me photographed by Julia Whitney Barnes
The rocks around Thomsens Ishus gave me the idea of ruin sculptures for Norbert Francis Attard, whom I had worked with in 2010, for my project in NY community gardens - he had told me about the oldest temple in the world, in his country, Malta. The scattered rocks in Fjellerup consist of partly collapsed buildings as well as an old dairy in town - put there by fishermen to help keep the sand in place. Norbert and I started the digging by hand and, one by one, s small team came into place. Tage found an exhausted Norbert and asked if he could help - and soon brought Hans. Asger, the host of Julia, also came to help and contacted Børge.