(removed from the park in 1999)
Jane Balsgaard's Lavendel Passage consisted of two parallel plinths of rafters, which on the outside were planted with ivy and in the passage with lavender. The passage opened up to the view of Tranekær Castle and was supposed to attract bees and lovers with the scent of lavender!
So there you slowly passed by, while the blue-purple flowers sent out their condensed fragrance oils and announced warmth and summer, love and passion.
The artist, Jane Balsgaard, always works with nature's own materials – bamboo, birch leaves, nettles, thistles. In particular, she has gained inspiration from repeated stays in Japan.
But while in most cases she is drawn towards the bright and floating, the transparent, which rises towards the sky, it was instead the agricultural land of the Tranekær area that inspired her to come into close contact with the soil. Here, where Stone Age mounds stand close, and where the ground is covered with flint axes and ancient finds.
The sculpture in TICKON was therefore conceived as a lump of earth that opens up like a troll's mound, split by the magical scent of lavender.
Unfortunately, the passage required a lot of water, more than the rain could handle. The lavenders could not bear to dry out, which is why the passage was removed in 1999.
Artist: Jane Balsgaard / See more of Balsgaard's work here.
Year: 1993
Jane Balsgaard, born 1939 in Copenhagen, educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Has created works and conceptual installations all over Europe as well as in Japan. Has spent a lot of time at Langeland, where she e.g. has worked together with Bitt Smelvær (see this).