{"id":14988,"date":"2022-11-22T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T12:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/danish-artist-pays-tribute-to-sustainability-adventure-and-imagination-with-sculptures-in-recycled-wood\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:55:09","slug":"danish-artist-pays-tribute-to-sustainability-adventure-and-imagination-with-sculptures-in-recycled-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/danish-artist-pays-tribute-to-sustainability-adventure-and-imagination-with-sculptures-in-recycled-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish artist pays tribute to sustainability, adventure and imagination with sculptures in recycled wood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-Hk-ajN9Ij tatsu-section  tatsu-fullscreen tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class=\"tatsu-fullscreen-wrap\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"0px 0% 90px 0%\"}' data-padding-top='0px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-HyebpsV5Io\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-column-no-bg tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-H1bbaoE9Ij\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-rJ7Zao49Is   \" ><style>.tatsu-rJ7Zao49Is .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;text-align: left;}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner \">\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">Created with children and the young at heart in mind, Dambo&#8217;s multi-site installation is designed as a kind of treasure hunt, inviting visitors to lose themselves in Mandurah&#8217;s unique wildlife as they make their way to each troll on a map, while discovering clues to find the sixth, &#8220;secret&#8221; troll.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><span class=\"swatch-white\">&#8220;I think it&#8217;s really important for the next generation to be connected to nature&#8230;. You can&#8217;t isolate all humans in a city and expect them to care about the natural world. That&#8217;s why I tried to gamify the giants, to appeal to younger people who are so used to discovering the world through a screen.&#8221;<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">Dambo<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">By knitting together his lifelong passions for storytelling, recycling and exploration, Dambo has created the world he wants to live in: a place where people appreciate nature, do their part to protect it, and aren&#8217;t afraid to let their imaginations run wild.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><span class=\"swatch-white\">&#8220;I want people to want to play and experiment. And for them to realize that they don&#8217;t need much to create something big and beautiful. Go out, go around the corner and dive into what&#8217;s there, you&#8217;ll find a lot of adventure and magic in your own backyard.&#8221;<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap align-block block-center  tatsu-By4Zai45Uo   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon circular   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2022\/nov\/15\/magic-in-your-own-back-yard-danish-artist-hides-enormous-trolls-deep-in-western-australia?CMP=share_btn_link\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"The Guardian (EN)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian (EN)<\/a><style>.tatsu-By4Zai45Uo .tatsu-button{background-color: rgba(232,219,208,1);color: rgba(230,255,0,1) ;}.tatsu-By4Zai45Uo .tatsu-button:hover{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,1);color: rgba(255,255,255,1) ;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-row > .tatsu-H1bbaoE9Ij.tatsu-column{width: 100%;}.tatsu-H1bbaoE9Ij.tatsu-column > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-column-overlay{mix-blend-mode: none;}.tatsu-H1bbaoE9Ij > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-H1bbaoE9Ij > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-H1bbaoE9Ij > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-left-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-H1bbaoE9Ij > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-right-divider{z-index: 9999;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-section-background-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-section-background\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-overlay tatsu-section-overlay\"><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-Hk-ajN9Ij.tatsu-section{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,1);}.tatsu-Hk-ajN9Ij .tatsu-section-background{background-image: url(https:\/\/lameche.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Art-Sculpture-Hommage-Durabilite\u0301-Bois-Recycle\u0301.png);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: center center;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-Hk-ajN9Ij .tatsu-bg-blur{background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: center center;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-Hk-ajN9Ij .tatsu-section-pad{padding: 0px 0% 90px 0%;}.tatsu-Hk-ajN9Ij > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-Hk-ajN9Ij > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-Hk-ajN9Ij .tatsu-section-overlay{background: rgba(0,0,0,0.48);mix-blend-mode: normal;}.tatsu-Hk-ajN9Ij .tatsu-fullscreen-wrap{align-items: center;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Dambo Giants of Mandurah is a first-of-its-kind exhibition in Australia presented by Form and the town of Mandurah. This project brings to 99 the number of trolls the Danish artist has created around the world, in landscapes as far apart as the USA, Belgium, China, Denmark&#8230; Huge statues in recycled wood that tell the story of the world in which the artist would like to live.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/danish-artist-pays-tribute-to-sustainability-adventure-and-imagination-with-sculptures-in-recycled-wood\/\" class=\"exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15001,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14988\/revisions\/15001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}