Imaginary Homelands

Imaginary Homelands alias Ultima Thule alias Dundas “Det gamle Thule” / Dundas “The Old Thule”

4 x silver/gelatine prints in white frames with pencil annotations featuring a Danish text from c. 1992 by Pia Arke’s brother, critic Erik Gant, The photographs feature Arke’s childhood home in Dundas, Thule, and were taken during her 1992 visit to Thule. The frames and annotations were added in spring 2003 prior to the opening of her solo show Scoresbysundhistorier – retrospektivt (Stories from Scoresbysund – In Retrospective), Møstings Hus, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, April 26 – May 18, 2003, during which time Arke got different people passing by to write the text on the frames

Exhibited for the first time in Moderna Museet, Stockholm in 1996 along with a broken seesaw and a swing seat. See: Playground
Exhibited in Möstings Hus, Copenhagen in 2003. Here the work got its frame and annotations.

1992/2003

Measurements: 46 x 44 cm, 55.4 x 43.4 cm, 46 x 56.5 cm, and 44 x 47 cm framed

Collection of Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

See also:
Playground
Thule Airbase