A SAILING SCULPTURAL INSTALLATION IN CONCRETE
BY SCULPTOR MARIT BENTHE NORHEIM
LIFE-BOATS THEME DAYS
"Dreams and Hopes for the Future" Ocober 2024
4th and 7th grade students from Strandby School participated in theme days under the title “Dreams and Hopes for the Future”, inspired by Marit Benthe Norheim’s sailing sculptures, Life-Boats.
A film by Liv Lundholm Pedersen (Saga Media)
03.43 min.
FUN AT THE HARBOUR
July 30, 2024
Photographer Peter Jørgensen joined the tour of Strandby Harbour when the Life-Boats were part of the summer Fun at the Harbour days in Strandby.
A film by Peter Jørgensen
01.45 min.
Final Sailing from Grenaa to Aarhus
Monday, October 24, 2016
Life-Boats arrive in Aarhus after their final sail on the Jomfrusejladsen on October 25, 2016. Their first journey has been successfully completed, and they have now sailed to overwinter
at Marselisborg Marina.
A film by Lars Hegndal - 10.00 min.
Launching and Reception, Musikkens Hus Aalborg
Friday, June 18, 2016
After the launching and christening of the Life-Boats in Aalborg on June 18, 2016, a reception was held at Musikkens Hus. Speeches were given by Aalborg’s Mayor Thomas Kastrup-Larsen, Director of Aarhus 2017 Rebecca Matthews, Chair of the Life-Boats Foundation Torben Venndt, and Dr. Phil, art historian and former Rector of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Else-Marie Bukdahl.
Filmed by Lars Hegndal – with English subtitles - 7.34 min.
Test Launch of My Ship is loaded with Life
Thursday, October 29, 2015
On the last weekend of October 2015, My Ship is Laden with Life was launched for the first time to test how it sat in the water. It was an exciting and joyful weekend.
Filmed and edited by Lars Hegndal – with English subtitles
5.50. min
Castingparty "My ship is loaded with Memories"
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Castingparty "My ship is loaded with Memories" 11-14 Sept. 2015. Up to 140 volunteers gathered in Mygdal by Hjørring with artist Marit Benthe Norheim, to jointly casting the last Life-boats.
The movie is filmed and cut by Lars Hegndal
12.40. min
Building "My ship is loaded with Memories"
December 2014 - August 2015
"My ship is loaded with Memories". Building process from December 2014 to August 2015. Marit Benthe Norheim, tells about the working process around the last Life-boat, "My ship is loaded with Memories"
A film by af Lars Hegndal. - 8. min
Two students from Holland about Life-boats
Here is a little film by two students from Holland about Life-boats! You can find it below this introduction. Enjoy!
Two students from Holland got in touch with me a few weeks ago; Anna Klapwijk (www.annaklapwijk.com) and Koen Droste, a maritime engineering student. They told me that they were working on a product-system-service around the Life-boats project, under supervision of Han Brezet, Professor at Delft University of Technology, and Dep. of Design for Sustainability. Han Brezet is also a guest Professor at Aalborg University and he has been visiting my studio twice in the process of building the Life-boats. He has engaged these students in a project on “how to make a sustainable cultural event around Life-boats – connection DK and NL”
Anna and I had a skype call, and afterwards she sent me this little film, where she did a collage of film footage and photos from the Life-boats web-site (mainly by Lars Hegndal), together with her and Koen’s related thoughts and interviews with Dutch people. Anna wrote to me that:
“The end part talks about the different projects we have come up with, that could potentially be done in the different cities that are passed on the way. By the end of the month, there will be a report that elaborates on that. Also, the app at the end exists, but it is a very limited example. We thought it would be good to develop one though, so people can connect through it and share their experience, and the boats can actually be followed.”
2.55 min
Visit from Holland
Wednesday, May 07, 2015
A film by the two students from Holland from there visit is Denmark On the 7th of May, the two students from Holland came to visit my studio, to see the project live during the building process. We had a nice couple of days together, discussing the possibilities for collaborations with Leeuwarden as the European Capital of Culture in 2018. Afterwards they sent me another little video that Anna filmed and edited on the journey back to Holland, to let people into their direct experience of the project.
4.19 min
Making a Concrete Sculpture Seaworthy
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Naval architect Lars T. Olsen from Danish Marine Design ApS explains how the sculptures are made seaworthy and can be CE certified. Presentation from Business and Art Kickoff, LIFE-BOATS – North Jutland European Export, Skagen Odden Nature and Culture Center.
21.28 min.
Art, Environment, and Energy Communication
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen, Rector of the Design School Kolding, talks about the school’s collaboration with DONG Energy and the connection between art, environment, and energy communication in the Life-Boats project.
Presentation from Business and Art Kickoff, LIFE-BOATS – North Jutland European Export, Skagen Odden Culture Center.
21.20 min.