and honey upon hawthorn grows, 2013
An art project in public space by Thorsten Goldberg for the City of Danzig (Gdańsk)
The South Baltic project called „Wind energy in the BSR 2″ (short: WEBSR2) is a consortium of experts from several countries (Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany) with the aim to promote and advance the expansion of wind energy in the partner countries.
In order to anchor the wind energy in public consciousness specifically in these three cities of Kalmar, Rostock and Gdańsk, Thorsten Goldberg was commissioned with a work of art in public space.
On the 13th of June 2013 the art work „AND HONEY UPON HAWTHORN GROWS“, located close to the sea, in the Ronald Reagan Park in Gdańsk, was presened to the public.
Similar to a lantern above curved mast rises from the ground. Like the leaves of a plant solar cells are raising towards the sun and a five-bladed rotor turns to the wind. With the gained energy the lamp, which is placed at the highest point in the calyx-like funnel, is being operated.
Letters wander upwards the stalk and form the Polish title of the work „I MIÓD NA GŁOGU ROŚNIE“, in English „AND HONEY UPON HAWTHORN GROWS“. That is a part of a sentence from the english Cockaigne story, announcing a promise of an country, in which there is no more energy needed – a perhaps soon realized utopia.
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