{"id":3498,"date":"2025-03-12T21:19:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torunnskjelland.com\/public-commisions\/skilled-hands-building-and-construction-re-high-school\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T21:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:19:24","slug":"skilled-hands-building-and-construction-re-high-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.torunnskjelland.com\/en\/public-commisions\/skilled-hands-building-and-construction-re-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Skilled Hands, Building and construction, Re High School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Skilled Hands<\/h3>\n

Skilled Hands, Building and construction, Re High School<\/p>\n

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Skilled Hands, Silent Knowledge<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Public Art at the Building and Construction Department, in continuation of the Library Artwork<\/strong>

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The site-specific artwork at the Building and Construction department (Byggfag) is conceived as a continuation of the library project, yet it stands in clear contrast both in form and intent. While the library installation unfolds as a layered and expressive visual flow\u2014mirroring the information age we inhabit\u2014the Byggfag piece adopts a more grounded, three-dimensional collage style, with emphasis on craftsmanship and material sensibility. <\/p>\n

The conceptual foundation is drawn from the idea of skilled hands<\/em> and tacit knowledge<\/em>\u2014a celebration of experiential learning. This is knowledge not gained from textbooks, but from practice, repetition, and intuition; it resides in the hands, in gestures, in the process of making. The project emphasizes the mutual dependency between the hand and the mind. Theory and practice are not opposites\u2014they are conditions for one another. <\/p>\n

A recurring motif is the image of two hands, referencing Michelangelo\u2019s Creation of Adam<\/em>. The gesture\u2014familiar and iconic\u2014is here reproduced with a subtle, softened tension. It nods to our shared visual heritage, while playfully suggesting the passage of knowledge: between generations, disciplines, and between thought and action. <\/p>\n

The raven, also featured in the library work, reappears here as a central figure. As one of the most intelligent birds in the natural world, the raven symbolizes memory, transformation, and wisdom. It carries local resonance, too, having appeared in the coat of arms of the former Ramnes municipality. The bird serves as a poetic bridge between tradition and contemporary interpretation. <\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3347,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3498","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torunnskjelland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torunnskjelland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torunnskjelland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torunnskjelland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torunnskjelland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.torunnskjelland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3498\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torunnskjelland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torunnskjelland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}