Five photographs: Tossing Hay, Rain Shadow, Poppy Wrapped Stick, Stick in Grass, Iris Leaf Poppy Wrapped
(exists as art photographs in TICKONS' depot)
Andy Goldsworthy is an artist who spontaneously lets himself be inspired by the present. That is why he had neither a plan nor a sketch when he arrived at TICKON on a late summer day in 1993. But he brought his camera and, like his German colleague, Nils-Udo (see: his "Five Photographs"), his work became five photographs.
The first thing he noticed was the many different grasses that grow in TICKON – then the dead alder trees. Because TICKON is a nature park and not a garden park, dead trees are allowed to remain standing and the grass is not cut closely. Trees are only felled if they are deemed to be a danger to the public and the lawnmower or scythe is only used in very rare cases.
But the wild nature inspired Goldsworthy, so he created five photographs in the park. "Tossing Hay" was of cut grass that, like a condensed cloud, is carried into the air by the wind within the camera's shutter time of thousandths of a second.
When a rainstorm approached, he resolutely laid down on the asphalt road, Botoftevejen, and let the rain leave an imprint on his body. Within a few minutes, the imprint was immortalized on the film and was given the title, "Rain shadow".
Diary note: Afternoon off
Went to walk
Began to rain
Lay down
Had to get up
Car coming
Another work was created when he wrapped a branch in red poppy leaves and placed it in the green so that it ran like a throbbing vein in the landscape. "Poppy wrapped stick" was not as obviously easy to make as it might seem, because as he himself describes in his note, the wind was an insistent adversary that played with it all day.
Diary note: Poppy petals
wrapped around a stick
with water
windy
soon blown off.
The branch on the forest floor was Andy Goldsworthy's fourth photo. Here the branch was dressed in a camouflage uniform, as his fascination with TICKON's grasses and reeds made him wrap a branch in the green colors. The work was titled "Stick in Grass".
Finally, he also wrapped a green iris leaf with poppy red. He made the thin poppy leaves stick with water, "Iris Leaf Poppy Wrapped".
Artist: Andy Goldsworthy / See more of Goldsworthy's work here.
Year: 1993
Andy Goldsworthy, born 1956 in England, student of David Nash (see: Sheep Spaces). Graduated from Bradford Art College and Person Polytechnic. Has created compositions and sculptures all over the globe - from the North Pole to Japan, Europe and the USA and is among the most sought-after natural art artists.