Thrudging on through the silent rain we saw much of the great architecture of the city of Aarhus and - not to forget - AroS, the art museum. We learned a lot and had lots of inspiration for our work with art. The trip ended in Aarhus Cathedral where we had time to look around and perhaps draw a sketch. It was a really nice and pleasant trip. It was worth every penny. - Nanna Svendsen, IB2
Lars Sand Kirk ( Visual Arts teacher) writes:
Friday 2nd of December started out as a somewhat grey and foggy day, but developed into a splendid and colourfull experience to us all by Olafur Eliasson's Your Rainbow Panorama on the very top of Aros, the art museum of Aarhus.
It became a day of much photographing, drawing and taking down notes for the students' Investigation Work Books and Studio Works.
The themes of the excursion were arts and architecture, city space and cathedral. Thus our first sight was Aarhus Central Station, where we all met under the lamps designed by the 20th century Danish architect Poul Henningsen and we had a good look at architect Høegh Hansen's neoclassical edifice from 1922.
A five minutes walk from there we saw Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller's City Hall of Aarhus, which is a foremost example of Danish functionalistic architecture and was listed a few years after its construction.
Arriving at ARoS, the art museum of Aarhus, we had a one hour guided tour that included works of among others Bill Viola, Mariko Mori and Pipilotti Rist. When we reached the Eliasson's Panorama on the roof, the sun had driven away all fog and rain, and we could fully appreciate the view of Aarhus's skyline through the coloured panorama windows.
Right across the road from ARoS are The Archives of Commerce in a building designed by Hack Kampmann, a representative of the Danish Arts and Crafts Movement. We were shown his original drawings and we studied the art nouveau interior decorations.
The last sight of the day was the gothic cathedral of Aarhus. Here we looked at the frescoes and at the 532 years old altar, carved by Bernt Notke. Sitting on the church bences - resting our legs - a guide told us about roman and gothic styles - and of the life of teenagers in the middle ages.
See pictures here