When I first came to the artist in Residence KH-Messen I was fascinated by how much the perspective on the surrounding nature changes with changes in the weather. Suddenly the mountains can have disappeared, hidden by the clouds. Or the water can make the sky seems endless, being turned into a mirror on a windless day. When I was asked 5 year later to return and make an artwork for their art-garden I immediately know I wanted to incorporate this transformative quality into the work. Dancer of Messen changes with the weather and interact with it’s surroundings.
The work consist of three rings on which waterlilie leafes are placed. The rings can be put in motion by the wind and turn in oposing directions, creating a dynamic patern. In the middle of the rings a transparent siloet of a dancing figure is located. in most sercomstances the figure is bearly visible, but depending on the light and the wind direction the it might sudenly be seen clearly.
