58°27′20″N 8°48′14″Ø / The Red List of Protected Species

Location: The Roligheden School area, Skilsøveien 238, Færvik, Tromøya Island, Norway
Permanent project.
Technique: painting, vermilion silicate paint on gneiss metamorphic rock.
Dimensions: 2,7 x 16 m

Art consultant: Håkon Rosenberg Gåre

Cooperation: Arendal Municipality Commission

 

Context: The project marks an area belonging to Roligheden School and its users.

To emphasize this location, the artist adopted a strategy inspired by prehistoric human tribes, who defined their territories through rock paintings.

Agder Municipality was previously a blank space on Norway’s map in terms of this type of heritage.

The horizontal line refers to the sea level in the Bronze Age at this specific location.


Documentation


Links

https://roligheden.skole.arendal.no/index.php?pageID=237

https://agderkunst.no/2021/03/08/roligheden-skole/