Louisiana - Architechture, Art and Envy
13. jun 2009 01:50, MikkelIt's friday night and I'm having a quiet evening to myself while Marianne is out with the girls, been busy as hell again lately but the new plan is 7 blogs in 7 days to catch up on things and give myself a chance to remember some of all the great times I have had on my temporary comeback to Denmark.
Today we borrowed a car, both started the weekend early and drove off into a torrential downpour, ready for a sightseeing trip of the coastline North of Copenhagen... NOT the weather for it, but we were confident we could make a grand time of it despite the broadcastwarnings on the radio to avoid a lot of the roads in that area due to flooding. It was raining HARD!
The area North of Copenhagen is where the upper crust of Denmark is located and it became a drenched tour de force of Maserati, Porsche, Range Rover and Ferrari spotting with the addition of wife-mobiles ranging from new Mini Cooper to new Fiat 500 to.. errhh.. actually all wifes in that area drive one of those two fashion statements. The prize was a shiny red Ferrari Dino beckoning me to come touch, I officially hate the owner. I WANT IT FOR ME ME ME ! (Still all photos are from Louisiana, didn't want to feed my envy by documenting mansions or high end wheels.)
So, fantastic nature, winding roads, mansions with seaview, wellness centres and cars worth fortunes (The jet black tricket out Porsche Carrera SR4 was another personal favorite. What a beast) and my envy-meter was off the charts, of course it DID help a bit seeing them rich fortunate people eyeing MY girlfriend. Think it was a good thing I resisted asking the Dino owner for a quick afternoon swap of prized possesions ;)
The destination was the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and their current exhibition of future green architechture, sustainable building concepts etc etc., we were both pretty jazzed about seeing this and it did not disappoint. For once the actual exhibition was massive with regards to information and I actually had to admit defeat near the end and face the fact that I could not cram in more intersting information or more fascinating tidbits about cities of the future. If Paris ever becomes what the new breed of architechts propose, then I'm ready to relocate. Can't wrap my head around people who think THAT big, not just changing a building or even an area.. but ALL of Paris and all the suburbs, creating new green channels through the city, new community powerpoints, new ways of thinking and new concepts of how a city should really be done from scratch. Same for the visions for converting areas of Copenhagen into breathtaking mixes of clever housing and nature.
Enough about that, go see it yourself. Louisiana also has a world famous permanent exhibit and the building/buildings/area itself is worth a visit. A sprawling collection of interconnected buildings situated in a park worthy of royalty with a view over sculpted grass areas down to the ocean. Oh and filled with sculptures and stuff... but honestly it was the park itself and the many different views it offered that caught my imagination the most. The art was almost incidental compared to the natural beauty. Heh and the food was good as was the cake.. come on art appreciation is tough work, one need sugar to keep it going and we were there for 4 hours.
I dropped of Marianne with her merry band of Norwegian gigglers and now it's bedtime. Another good day is in the bag.
13. jun 2009 12:00
Well, you haven't been much for listening to broadcastwarnings on the radio before... I recall a certain storm in 2005 when one was strongly advised to stay indoors and we got in the car for a trip to Aalborg to rent a movie - even though we had to make several detours to pass trees that had fallen over the road. And the streets of Aahlborg was filled with crushed roof tiles.
But the best part was of course when we leaned over the steep slope at the end of the lawn, bodies held up by the wind and feeling the water from Limfjorden stinging the face like needles and pins.
Oh - and the swinging chandelier in the livingroom.
Oh - and the neighbours veranda roof that barely missed my car.
And the demolished forest that we saw the day after.
And the destroyed roofs all over Nibe.
And the flooding down at the harbour, with the huge, half sunken crane boat.
Yeah... as said. You never listen. ;-)
14. jun 2009 14:12
Not only don't I listen.. I never learn either ;)