Memorial That Unveils Its Being in the Heathland

An artistic earthwork consisting of three fragments, carried out in divergent heathland locations; one on the island Læsø, and two in Jutland. The fragments are intended to uncover the deep, layered histories embedded within the remnants of Danish heathland landscapes. A memorial that not only marks this moment in time, but also honours the ongoing interspecies processes it is part of. While the memorial already exists in the landscape, the work acts as a ma(r)king of time, making it visible and unveiling its being.

The earthwork was created in collaboration with the research project 'Anthropogenic Heathlands (ANTHEA)' led by archaeologist Mette Løvschal (Aarhus University / Moesgaard Museum)

Part 3
50 x 100 x 6000 cm
Præstbjerg Naturcenter, Herning Kommune

Part 2
50 x 500 x 600 cm
Skulpturlunden, Hvolris Jernalderlandsby, Viborg Museum

Part 1
100 x 100 x 100 cm
Enebærdalen, Læsø Klitplantage

The work was supported by:
The Danish Arts Foundation, Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond, Danish Art Workshops

Publication contribution:
’Memorial That Unveils Its Being in the Heathland’ (2023), in ’A Place for the Heathlands?’ (ANTHEA)
Editors: Mette Løvschal, Zachary E. Caple, Michelle Farrell, Mark Haughton
Co-editor: Karen Grønneberg
Editorial assistant: Thea Møller Jensen
P
ublished by Jutland Archeological Society 2025

Presentations
07.02.2025, Panel discussion, 'A Place for the Heathlands?', ANTHEA conference, Moesgaard, DK
26.05.2024, Lecture on art and shepherding, Tankefrø - Heden, with Mette Løvschal and Emmy Laura Pérez Fjalland, Bloom - Festival om natur & videnskab, Frederiksberg, DK
26.09.2023, Artist talk, 'Hedeværksted - Kunsten i heden', workshop with the pastoral association 'Får til Kanten', Præstbjerg Naturcenter, Herning, DK

Interviews
Billedkunstneren, edition 04/2023 on landscapes, The Visual Artists Association (BKF)
'Læsø repræsenteret i stort forskningsprojekt', Læsø-Posten, 19.04.2023

Additional links:
'Artistic internship among sheepherders', AU
'Making art in the heathland', AU
'Heathland workshop', AU
'Artist collaboration with ANTHEA', AU

Facilitated by:
- Naturstyrelsen (The Danish Nature Agency)
- Læsø AiR / Læsø Kunst og Kultur
- Skulpturlunden / Hvolris Venner (Association of Hvolsris Friends)
- Hvolris Jernalderlandsby (Hvolris Iron Age Village) - Viborg Museum
- Lystbækgaard
- Lystbækforeningen
- Fonagergaard
- Teknik og Miljø, Herning Municipality

All photos:
Tina Sørensen, Kirsten Østergaard
(c) Ellen Martine Heuser