New Vistas, Forgotten Horizons

Installation view, eSCAPE Skanderborg Arts Council (DK)

Stereoscope, eSCAPE Skanderborg Arts Council (DK)

Stereo Photographs, eSCAPE Skanderborg Arts Council (DK)

Installation view, eSCAPE Skanderborg Arts Council (DK)

Artist Mortan Barker has created a large mound of earth on the highest point in Skovby Nygaard, a modern burial mound. A path led to the top, offering a renewed view. Through a lens, one could see a beautiful and imaginative landscape. Out there, and just beneath the surface, were hidden stories.

Inside the mound was a room filled with the forgotten horizons. Here, one found themselves in a total installation where sound embraced them, and photography appeared in various forms. Through an artistic interpretation, a story about the place was created—akin to how archaeologists dig into the earth.

“I hope my work is open enough to allow people to see the landscape in a new, more nuanced, and complex way. There is a wealth of information in a landscape, and there are many ways to view it.”