Solveig Bergene's watercolor painting Untitled (2020) is one of the works that can be experienced in the exhibition Who Wants to Live Forever? at Kunsthall Trondheim. The picture shows a detail of the work. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Daniel Vincent Hans
During the exhibition Who Wants to Live Forever?, on view 17 September–15 November, Kunsthall Trondheim invites you to a different mediation experience through an investigative and reflective walk in two different landscapes in Trondheim's local environment. Each walk will be guided by a researcher together with a mediator from Kunsthall Trondheim. Through informative and exploratory access to the surrounding areas, we will immerse ourselves in both concrete material and abstract themes of time and immortality from the exhibition.
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We meet in Rotvollfjæra and walk along Ladestien with a view of the Trondheimsfjord towards Fagerheim through a large range of different nature areas that many use daily or weekly. This stretch is also the last stage on the Pilgrim Road towards Nidaros Cathedral which runs along the fjord.
On this walk we will explore what we experience when we are in nature and what benefits these experiences give us. What value do we place on local natural areas that we can use in our daily lives, and how well do we really know them? Along the way, we will reflect on the themes of nature, life, death and immortality with the help of findings from social science, natural research, local history, sensory exercises and literature.
8 November, 2pm-3.30pm
13 November, 4pm-5.30pm
Meet up at Rotvollfjæra
The trip is also suitable for families with older children and for prams / wheelchair users. Length: approx. 2.6 km
The nature walks are free but requires registration via Hoopla. If it rains a lot this day, the event will be postponed.
Supported by Fritt Ord and Kulturrådet.
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Berit Köhler is a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Natural History (NINA). She has a master's degree in sociology and a Ph.D. in social geography. Köhler works with questions about the relationship between humans and nature. In her doctorate in Switzerland, she has looked at ecological restoration of rivers, attitudes of the population to such changes in river rooms and how people can be involved in restoration projects in the best possible way. Köhler generally researches topics such as what benefits we get from nature, what qualities we want nature areas to have, and how these can be compared with the qualities that ecologists think are relevant.