Midlertidig Hvidovre - Hvidovre imidlertid

Hvidovre, 2015

Hvidovre skulle have ny bymidte, og mens man ventede, var det et ønske, at pladsen ikke lå øde hen. Flere midlertidige offentlige kunstprojekter blev derfor igangsat i området i løbet af perioden. Et af dem var Midlertidig Hvidovre – Hvidovre imidlertid, som blev placeret på en forblæst græsplæne ud til et lyskryds og en befærdet vej.

Midlertidig Hvidovre – Hvidovre imidlertid blev bygget op af tiloversblevne byggematerialer fra det lokale parcelhuskvarter. Forskellige typer sten, beton, fliser og klinker, sat sammen til et patchwork af varierende farver, teksturer og mønstre.

Værket bestod af fem murstensbænke anbragt i en halvcirkel i græsset omkring en lille, rund plads bestående af en betoncirkel på ca. to meter i diameter. Bænkenes mål var 40 x 100 x 50 cm, og tilsammen lignede de en lille samling af etplanshuse. På betoncirklen i midten – som kom til at fungere som en hoppe-på-sten-legeplads – blev et udvalg af de forskellige, indsamlede materialer præsenteret som en samling af byggematerialer: Almindelige, masseproducerede mursten, betonfliser, kakler, klinker, gasbeton – men alligevel med små overraskende modetendenser og variationer – Hvidovres bygge-DNA, kunne man kalde det.

Efter planen skulle værket have stået i tre måneder, men da opførslen af den nye bymidte blev forsinket, endte værket med at stå i tre år. Med et mindre vedligeholdelsesbeløb fortsatte Camilla Nørgård med at vende tilbage for at tilse og vedligeholde værket. Da Midlertidig Hvidovre – Hvidovre imidlertid til sidst skulle nedtages, afholdtes en offentlig finissage, hvor de lokale fik tilbud om at tage en del af værket med hjem.

Temporary Hvidovre – Hvidovre in the meantime

A new town center was being planned for Hvidovre and it was decided that the site shouldn’t be desolated during the planning and construction. Several public art projects were created during that time.

One of them was Temporary Hvidovre – Hvidovre in the meantime, which was placed on a windy lawn near a busy road. The work included five benches placed in a semicircle in the grass surrounding a small, round space consisting of a concrete circle with a diameter of two meters. The work was constructed with collected, leftover building materials from the local residential area. The benches were built with these leftover materials: different types of stones, concrete and tiles, put together in a kind of patchwork in red, yellow, white and grey with various textures and patterns. The benches measured 40 x 100 x 50 cm, and together they resembled a small collection of houses. A selection of the collected materials was placed upon the concrete circle that functioned as jumping-on-stones-playground, representing the building materials, which we use to build: regular, mass produced bricks, concrete tiles, aerated concrete, but with some surprising variations and trends – a kind of building-DNA of Hvidovre.

According to the plan, the work was supposed to stay for three months, but since the construction of the new town center was delayed, the work ended up staying for three years. For a small fee, Camilla Nørgård returned several times to maintain the work. When it was taken down, a public finissage was held, and the locals were offered to take a piece of the work home.