Skymning i Rosendal
Järnåldersbyn i Bödaskogen på norra Öland är världsunik på grund av omfattningen av de välbevarade lämningarna från järnåldern. Byns meterhöga husgrunder, murar och fägator visar än idag hur människor levde och organiserade sin tillvaro här mellan år 300 och 600 i vår tideräkning. I dag ligger byn mitt i Sveaskogs planteringar. En stor yta har röjts, varav en liten del har grävts ut. Fler lämningar finns synliga för den som strövar genom skogen runtomkring.
Skymning i Rosendal tar sin utgångspunkt i platsens olika tidslager. Arkeologen Jan-Henrik Fallgren har sedan 1988 arbetat med utgrävningar och guidningar i Rosendal, här möts vi i ett samtal mitt i lämningarna. Samtalet börjar i solnedgången, och när mörkret faller visas konstinstallationer skapade med inspiration av platsen ute bland husgrunderna. En malsten, som hittades upp och nedvänd i en av härdarna i husen, skickas runt och sand hälls i våra händer.
Ta del av samtalet här
Dusk in Rosendal
The Iron Age village in Bödaskogen in northern Öland is world unique due to the extent of the well-preserved remains. The village's meter-high house foundations, walls and alleys still show today how people lived and organized their existence here between 300 and 600 AD. Today, the village lies in the middle of Sveaskog's forest plantations. A large area has been cleared, a small part of which has been excavated. More remains are visible to whoever walks through the surrounding forest.
Dusk in Rosendal takes its point of departure in the place's different time layers. The archaeologist Jan-Henrik Fallgren has worked with excavations and guided tours in Rosendal since 1988, here we meet in a conversation in the middle of the remains. The conversation begins at sunset, and as darkness falls, art installations inspired by the site are shown out among the foundations. A millstone, which was found turned upside down in a hearth in one of the houses, is passed around and sand is poured into our hands.
Järnåldersbyn i Bödaskogen på norra Öland är världsunik på grund av omfattningen av de välbevarade lämningarna från järnåldern. Byns meterhöga husgrunder, murar och fägator visar än idag hur människor levde och organiserade sin tillvaro här mellan år 300 och 600 i vår tideräkning. I dag ligger byn mitt i Sveaskogs planteringar. En stor yta har röjts, varav en liten del har grävts ut. Fler lämningar finns synliga för den som strövar genom skogen runtomkring.
Skymning i Rosendal tar sin utgångspunkt i platsens olika tidslager. Arkeologen Jan-Henrik Fallgren har sedan 1988 arbetat med utgrävningar och guidningar i Rosendal, här möts vi i ett samtal mitt i lämningarna. Samtalet börjar i solnedgången, och när mörkret faller visas konstinstallationer skapade med inspiration av platsen ute bland husgrunderna. En malsten, som hittades upp och nedvänd i en av härdarna i husen, skickas runt och sand hälls i våra händer.
Ta del av samtalet här
Dusk in Rosendal
The Iron Age village in Bödaskogen in northern Öland is world unique due to the extent of the well-preserved remains. The village's meter-high house foundations, walls and alleys still show today how people lived and organized their existence here between 300 and 600 AD. Today, the village lies in the middle of Sveaskog's forest plantations. A large area has been cleared, a small part of which has been excavated. More remains are visible to whoever walks through the surrounding forest.
Dusk in Rosendal takes its point of departure in the place's different time layers. The archaeologist Jan-Henrik Fallgren has worked with excavations and guided tours in Rosendal since 1988, here we meet in a conversation in the middle of the remains. The conversation begins at sunset, and as darkness falls, art installations inspired by the site are shown out among the foundations. A millstone, which was found turned upside down in a hearth in one of the houses, is passed around and sand is poured into our hands.
Foto: Sofia Sundberg
See below for English version
De två filmer som visades på skärmar i mörkret ute på platsen:The two film loops that was screened in the darkness out in the remains:
Snittat Landskap / Incisioned Landscape (Loop 3:05 min)
Återkallelse / Recall (Loop 2:00 min)
The Iron Age village in Bödaskogen in northern Öland is unique in the world, given the importance of the well-preserved architectural remains. To this very day, the village's metre-high house foundations, walls and livestock paths show how people lived and organised themselves here between 300 to 600 AD. Today, the village is located in the middle of Sveaskog's plantations. A large area has been cleared, and a small part has been excavated. Several remains are visible for hikers in the surrounding forest.
Skymning i Rosendal (Nightfall in Rosendal) takes the site's different time layers as its starting point. For a long time, the archaeologist Jan-Henrik Fallgren has been involved in excavations and guided tours in Rosendal, and we meet here in conversation amongst the remains. The talk starts at sunset, and as evening falls, art installations inspired by this specific place amongst the house foundations are displayed. A grindstone, which was found turned upside down in a hearth in one of the houses, is passed around, and sand is poured into our hands.
Past and Presence är ett samarbete mellan konstnärerna Ebba Bohlin och Anna Ridderstad som undersöker landskap, historia och ekologi. Under 2022 och 2023 befann sig Past and Presence på norra Öland, med nedslag i bland annat en övergiven järnåldersby och en rituell plats där himmel och hav möts bakom en avskiljande mur.
Past and Presence is a collaboration between artists Ebba Bohlin and Anna Ridderstad, which investigates landscape, history and ecology. In 2022 and 2023, Past and Presence took place in northern Öland, focusing on an abandoned Iron Age village and a ritual site where sky and sea meet behind a separating wall.