{"id":11959,"date":"2018-06-05T16:36:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thielskagalleriet.se\/?post_type=exhibition&p=11959"},"modified":"2019-01-07T12:45:42","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T11:45:42","slug":"sketches-and-models-to-a-memorial-gravitationel-ripples-by-lea-porsager","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/www.thielskagalleriet.se\/en\/utstallning\/sketches-and-models-to-a-memorial-gravitationel-ripples-by-lea-porsager\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketches and models to a memorial. Gravitationel Ripples by Lea Porsager"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thielska Gallery presents sketches, texts,\u00a0watercolors and models from the formation\/development\/ evolution\/creation of\u00a0Gravitational Ripples<\/em>.\u00a0The small exhibition will be open during the inauguration of the memorial on the 5th and 6th of June 2018.<\/p>\n

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On December 26, 2004, Southeast Asia suffered one of the most devastating natural disasters in modern times. A quarter of a million people lost their lives following a tsunami in the Indian Ocean. 543 were Swedish citizens. In connection with the 10 year anniversary of the tsunami, the Swedish government decided to create a memorial. In 2017, the artist Lea Porsager (*1981) won the international competition with her earthwork Gravitational Ripples<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The memorial is inspired by a cosmic phenomenon known as gravitational waves. The waves\u00a0arise when two celestial bodies collide, unleashing energy so powerful that it creates ripples\u00a0in the fabric of space-time itself. The team behind the direct detection of gravitational waves\u00a0received the Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm in 2017.<\/p>\n

Gravitational Ripples turns the cosmic wave into an earthly, spiralling cradle. The soil banks\u00a0form a double spiral, creating a web of pathways both outwards from and inwards towards\u00a0the center, where two bronze sculptures evoke the image of orbiting celestial bodies. With the\u00a0consent of relatives and loved ones, the larger sculpture bears the names of the Swedish\u00a0citizens who lost their lives.<\/p>\n

As an earthwork, the memorial is subject to the ebbs and flows of time. Following the\u00a0changing seasons, it will always be in passage, always in a state of transition.<\/p>\n

Gravitational Ripples<\/em> was created by Lea Porsager together with S\u00f8ren Assenholt, Rasmus\u00a0Strange, Thue Tobiasen, and Synn\u00f8ve B. Br\u00f8gger.<\/p>\n

Material: Soil, vegetation, bronze, steel.<\/p>\n

Inaugurated in 2018.<\/p>\n

The memorial was commissioned by Public Art Agency Sweden and The National Property Board of Sweden, and developed in collaboration with the Royal Djurg\u00e5rden Administration. The memorial is owned and managed by the National Property Board of Sweden.<\/p>\n

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Lea Porsager, model for Gravitational Ripples<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Lea Porsager, sketch, Gravitational Ripples<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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