THE JOURNEYS IN SCANDINAVIA AND ON THE EUROPEAN WATERWAYS

 

Many countries and cities, in scandinavia and both west and east europe have already shown interest in order to get a visit from Life-boats

 

The journeys can be undertaken over the course of many years during the summer seasons.

The three sailing sculptures will be launched in June 2016 in the harbor of Aarhus, They will sail the first two years as ambassadors for Aarhus, being the European Capital of Aarhus 2017. Then Life-boats will have their home harbor in Aalborg for a few years, sailing out from there. Several possible routes can take place at different times. One could be a Nordic journey, the other an Eastern European and the third a West European canal journey. Our map shows the canals and rivers of Europe.

 

The cities that the sailing sculptures will be docking at will be chosen in collaboration with a network which is in the process of being built up. It is an important part of the overall concept of the project that “Life-Boats” become an open narrative framework and that it establishes an artistic exchange, where representatives of each country meet the sailing sculptures and the artists that are travelling with them, with their own performance artists, musicians, singers, etc. The sculptures will function as mobile cultural institutions.

On this canal map one can see the towns that already has shown interest in a visit from Lifeboats. (marked with red)

SKAGEN, SÆBY, ÅLBORG, RANDERS, ÅRHUS, FREDERICIA, SØNDERBORG, AABENRAA, FLENSBORG, HELSINGØR, AND COPENHAGEN. BERGEN, OSLO, THE TELEMARK CHANNEL,S WARSAWA, KRAKOW AND SEVERAL CITIES ALONG THE WISTULA RIVER IN POLAND
In addition there are several cities along the canals of Europe waiting to be contacted (marked in yellow)
THE LUBECKER CHANNELS, BERLIN, AMSTERDAM, GHENT, BRUSSELS, PARIS, MARSEILLES AND THE SWEDISH CHANNELS