Et fellesskap av mennesker i og utenfor Alrek Helseklynge, for å plante, ta vare på og plukke frukt fra fem plommetrær plantet i hage til Årstadveien 17. Studenter, ansatte, forskere, administrasjon, pasienter, kantineansatte og byggets naboer og besøkende, var invitert alle til å ta del i prosjektet.
May 2020 - September 2023.
Norsk.
English.
Les om vår siste samling: Matlagingsverksted og presetasjoner
︎︎︎ Alrek Helseklynge
︎︎︎ KORO
Nettstedet er støttet av Bergen Kommune.
About the project.
May 2020
Plommetrærne på Alrek is a participatory, durational art project developed by Bergen based artist, Amber Ablett and commissioned by Kunst i offentlege rom for Alrek Helseklygne.
The work brings together a community of people from within and outside Alrek Helseklynge, to plant, care for, pick fruit and share recipes around five plum trees planted in the gardens of Årstadveien 17.
Alrek Helseklynge is a partnership of University of Bergen, Bergen Kommune, NORCE, Høgskulen i Vestlandet, Haraldsplass Diakonale Sykehus, Vestland fyklekommune (tannhelsetjenesten), Helse Bergen, Folkehelseinsituttet and VID vitenskapelige høyskole. By working together it aims to create innovative health and care solutions for the whole person, with the help of outstanding research and education, full-fledged practice arenas and interdisciplinary collaboration.
This art work looks at forming a collaborative community with all those that have connections to the building. The invitation to join the project is to students, staff, researchers, administration, patients, canteen staff, the neighbours to the building and beyond. This community expands the idea of collaboration, that is key to the vision of Alrek, to include all those who work in and share the building and who will be part of the everyday life of the building.
The plum trees have been planted on the border line of the buildings grounds, so that the branches, blossom and fruit will spread both inside and outside of the property. As a poetic mirror to Alrek and health research they in part belong to the organisation, but also to the city and its residents.
This project also includes the neighbours, the immediate ones who overlook the building and the residents of the wider city, as of one of the aims of Alrek is to connect in thought and practice, the building and its users with the city and how they interact with it when they are no longer users of Alrek itself (or other health services). In this way, we can see the immediate neighbours as an illustration of this idea, a very concrete connection with how health care research has the potential to affect the city and the population beyond.
Plum trees have been grown in Norway since they were introduced in monasteries in the 12th century. In Vestlandet, it is common to see fruit trees and farms due to the milder climate from the gulf stream and so plums have become part of traditional Norwegian cooking, in jams, cakes and wine. As the population of Bergen and Norway develops to include many different cultural backgrounds, from different parts of the world, food is one way in which we can be open to and learn about different traditions.
The durational nature of working with plum trees for an art work at Alrek Helseklynge also looks to the changing life of the building and the holistic role of time in health care. We can never truly understand how a new building will be used until it is lived in; the building continues to grow around those who use it, and is shaped by how they use it. Connecting the building with the cycle of growing fruit, helps focus on the slow, steady and grounded development of ideas, learning and research.
The project is opened up and shared through many routes including workshops, letters and a log book in the reception of Alrek Helseklynge. See About the trees, Garden workshops, Letters and Recipes to find out more.
You are welcome to join our mail list by emailing plommepaalrek (at) gmail.com and I hope to see you at the next workshop!
Amber Ablett
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This project is commisioned by KORO and the website has recieved funding from Bergen Kommune.
Translation: Villvin Gulbrandsrød
The work brings together a community of people from within and outside Alrek Helseklynge, to plant, care for, pick fruit and share recipes around five plum trees planted in the gardens of Årstadveien 17.
Alrek Helseklynge is a partnership of University of Bergen, Bergen Kommune, NORCE, Høgskulen i Vestlandet, Haraldsplass Diakonale Sykehus, Vestland fyklekommune (tannhelsetjenesten), Helse Bergen, Folkehelseinsituttet and VID vitenskapelige høyskole. By working together it aims to create innovative health and care solutions for the whole person, with the help of outstanding research and education, full-fledged practice arenas and interdisciplinary collaboration.
This art work looks at forming a collaborative community with all those that have connections to the building. The invitation to join the project is to students, staff, researchers, administration, patients, canteen staff, the neighbours to the building and beyond. This community expands the idea of collaboration, that is key to the vision of Alrek, to include all those who work in and share the building and who will be part of the everyday life of the building.
The plum trees have been planted on the border line of the buildings grounds, so that the branches, blossom and fruit will spread both inside and outside of the property. As a poetic mirror to Alrek and health research they in part belong to the organisation, but also to the city and its residents.
This project also includes the neighbours, the immediate ones who overlook the building and the residents of the wider city, as of one of the aims of Alrek is to connect in thought and practice, the building and its users with the city and how they interact with it when they are no longer users of Alrek itself (or other health services). In this way, we can see the immediate neighbours as an illustration of this idea, a very concrete connection with how health care research has the potential to affect the city and the population beyond.
Plum trees have been grown in Norway since they were introduced in monasteries in the 12th century. In Vestlandet, it is common to see fruit trees and farms due to the milder climate from the gulf stream and so plums have become part of traditional Norwegian cooking, in jams, cakes and wine. As the population of Bergen and Norway develops to include many different cultural backgrounds, from different parts of the world, food is one way in which we can be open to and learn about different traditions.
The durational nature of working with plum trees for an art work at Alrek Helseklynge also looks to the changing life of the building and the holistic role of time in health care. We can never truly understand how a new building will be used until it is lived in; the building continues to grow around those who use it, and is shaped by how they use it. Connecting the building with the cycle of growing fruit, helps focus on the slow, steady and grounded development of ideas, learning and research.
The project is opened up and shared through many routes including workshops, letters and a log book in the reception of Alrek Helseklynge. See About the trees, Garden workshops, Letters and Recipes to find out more.
You are welcome to join our mail list by emailing plommepaalrek (at) gmail.com and I hope to see you at the next workshop!
Amber Ablett
This project is commisioned by KORO and the website has recieved funding from Bergen Kommune.
Translation: Villvin Gulbrandsrød
