FINNISH GRANITE

STONE SYMPOSIUM

-ISLANDS-

H-K 62º latitude

a contemporary monument

©2009 saksala artradius

the idea

monument of the 21st century a line of monumental sculptures on the 62º latitude will be

a sign of the 21st century and can stay for hundreds of years

• human beings always leave signs and symbols

• monuments of past civilizations, like Stonehenge, were made by a community, without an individual signature

• in our time we live in a society of individuals, every artist shows his own vision and relation to reality

• a monument of the 21st century will show this individual approach, and by organizing the sculptures on a grid will give a unique view of our civilization

monuments from the past

contemporary signs

stone and area

• In art centre Saksala ArtRadius a stone symposium in spring 2009 has to be prepared.

The Finnish landscapes appeals to the imagination especially in spring.

The landscape is grand with spectacular light in small hours that brings a lot of energy.

Finnish landscape is famous and Finnish granite is world-famous by sculptors, they like the fine crystal and its easy work.

For the stone symposium ‘Finnish black granite from the stone quarry will be available together with boulders dating

back to out of the glacial period. Both materials are typical for the Finnish landscape. The granite forms the

landscape and the boulders ‘grow’ in the fields during springtime.

A characteristic noise in spring is the machine which is digging these boulders from the fields. Farmers bury them in a hole in the field or make walls from then; sometimes they mark their land with it. What water is in Dutch landscape

these stones are in Finland.

Both stones can be combined and shall be interwoven with the Finnish lakes, islands and silence of the landscape as

a contemporary monument for the future.

The primeval landscape is made in the glacial period. The ice cap covered the land and after moving to the north it left stones of all sizes. Deep holes in the rocks-bed were filled up with water and thousands of lakes appeared.

The map of Finland shows the way the ice moved. The ice was strong and big rocks were replaced by the ice. The

biggest one (of Europe, maybe even of the world) is the monolith on which Saksala is situated. One big rock on

which already in prehistoric time people started to live.

Workspaces are planned in the Saksala area and on islands in the lake. A group of minimal 6 international sculptors will be invited to work during 8 weeks in inspiring surroundings with these

magnificent Finnish materials and visualize their own image of this primeval landscape.

This symposium will be the beginning of a marked line between Haukivuori and Kangasniemi on

the H-K 62º latitude.- in the summer over the water and in the winter via the ice.-

The islands in lake Kyyvesi with the sculptures are places where one find an interesting document of contemporary

art and see the landscape from a different viewpoint.

Because of the budget and the complicated organization a long term planning is necessary.

location

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location for the first period:

• 1. Art Centre Saksala ArtRadius in Haukivuori

• 2. islands in lake Kyyvesi in Haukivuori

• 3. harbor and beach of lake Kyyvesi

• 4. FOAM ArtRadius Sculpture Park in Haukivuori

period: ?

material

finnish granite

tools and machines

matti peltogangas

artists ian newbery

sibylle von halem

landscape and sculpture

patrice belin

sherif abdel-badie ian newbery

ian newbery sibylle von halem

ton kalle matti peltogangas

ton kalle

reiner fest

patrice belin

bertrand neymatti peltogangas

reiner fest

reiner fest

reiner fest

sibylle von halem toru saito

reiner festtoru saito

time schedule• preparation

• until September 200?• 1 making the plan

• 2 visiting granite quarries

• 3 calculating the budget

• October 2008 – March 200?• 4 contact with selected artists to made the group

• 5 making appointments and contracts• 6 visiting the locations in the lake (during winter time)

• 7 press release about the project

• 8 applying for stipendiums for the first par of the budget: • Suomen Kulttuurirahasto October 31 200?

• Nordic Culture Fund January 31 200?• 9 sponsor program private persons and companies

• 10 contact with embassies of participating artists

• April 2009 – September 200?

• 11 visiting locations for big boulders, selecting and transport appointments

• 12 meeting with sponsors

• 13 preparing the locations on the islands• 14 reservation from machineries and equipments

• 15 press release about the symposium

• 16 applying for stipendiums for the second part of the budget: • Arts Council Finland September 30 200?

• Nordic Culture Fund September 30 200?

• October 200?-March 200?• 17 applying for stipendiums for the second part of the budget:

• Suomen Kulttuurirahasto October 31 2008?

• 18 preparing the places on the islands• 19 preparing the places on Saksala ArtRadius

• 20 order the black granite• 21 arranging transport and logistics

• 22 work of the participating sculptors on the website www.foam.ws

• 23 definitive program of the symposium

• 24 press release start symposium and participating artists

• April 200?-June 200?• 25 April 15 start symposium

• 26 visiting granite quarry to look after the material• 27 transport from the granite to the locations

• 28 symposium program

• 29 special sponsor meetings• 30 special visitor meetings

• 31 excursions• 32 June 10 ending symposium

• 33 exhibition and presentation

• conclusion

• July 200?-September 200?• 34 preparation of the catalogue

• 35 financial statement• 36 website

• 37 publishing of the catalogue

• 38 presentation of the catalogue• 39 making a guide tour along the sculptures

• 40 special sponsor meeting•

• realization

• explanation of the budget and time schedule

• Because of the long term preparation and planning of this stone symposium we will apply for a period of two years so we can start with the preparations already in 200?

• The first year 2008 shall be needed to prepare the organization, the materials and make all appointments necessary to continue.

• The second year 2009 the symposium will taken place.

• Most of the payments will be done in 200?

• To be sure the funds are stretching to finance the whole budget we are applying now and when the amount is full by promises we can start to confirm the appointments and start to pay the costs.

• In 2006 only the part for preparing the stone symposium had to be paid.

• As a rough estimate the costs in 200? will be:

• travel cost, lodging costs, fee coordinator, meeting costs