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A few days after I arrived in Fykse I found out from the local journalist that on the 8th of October it would be the 70th anniversary of the Fykse Bridge.
The bridge crosses the Hardanger Fjord and connects two parts of the mainland, after talking to a few people I realised the bridge has many stories to tell and is fundamental to the regions day to day functioning. Before the bridge was built locals and anyone wanting to get to the other side would have to use boats or go long way round that takes you right into the belly of the fjord.
Much water has flowed under the bridge since then.
Bridge the gap.
The bridge has started to bring about many ideas and in particular ideas that looked at its provision of communication. Although Definitions are often overused in an art setting (- as artist often like to distil something by using the simplest means possible) I feel you can't go wrong with a few if you want focus on the structure or function of something.
Myself and Sille Storihle started talking about the bridge and decided we wanted to collect some stories by organising interviews with the people from Fykse.
One of the more long term plans (to maybe happen in the spring) is to create a mass can telephone line from one end of the bridge to the other involving the local people to tell stories across the bridge.
As a starting point to attempt to get people involved in this idea and create a general focus on the bridge, we decided to make a DIY 'cut out and make your own bridge' that would also double up as an invitation flyer to get people together to discuss our proposed idea.
We distributed the flyer throughout Fykse and and the local region the day before the bridges birthday.
To download the design click here.