BEWARE THE GIANTS
27 Sep 2017
A public art project encourages hikers to discover overlooked places in the woods of Western Copenhagen as they traverse popular walking trails, leading them to find Forgotten Giants in nature spots.
The project, which utilised scrap materials to produce six massive wooden trolls, intends to bring art out of the enclosed space of a museum and turn it into an exciting, interactive experience in nature.
Odense native Thomas Dambo is an artist and designer who creates both sculpture and utilitarian objects out of recycled materials. Dambo is known for being a strong advocate of upcycling and frequently gives talks and workshops in schools and other institutions.
Forgotten Giants is a massive enterprise comprised of six giants made out of scrap wood from demolished buildings and fallen trees. Each of the giants is accompanied by a poem engraved on a nearby stone.
Louis, Oscar, Teddy, Thomas, Little Tilde and Hill Top Trine are scattered around the woods; placed deliberately to encourage visitors to stray off the beaten paths. According to Dambo, one can visit them all in one day with the aid of a bicycle.
“I have placed all of the sculptures in places where you normally wouldn’t go, but still in places which you can reach with public transportation or preferably on your bicycle,” he claims. “They are also spread at a distance, making it possible to visit them all in a day if you go by bicycle.”
The artist has placed a map on his official website with the coordinates and some hidden clues to find them, similar to a treasure hunt.
“Most of them would be hard to find without the treasure maps available on my website, or by guessing the riddles/poems I have made on the rocks near the sculptures,” says Dambo.
