September it is

And we are meeting in Tromsö for a summary and final evaluation/ looking over the reports and similar. We can say that according to the received individual evaluations received this project has brought a lot of positive experiences to the participators.
Film will be shared soon.

Transparent Lavvu construction

 At Taibola, The Karlsöyteam created the interactive art installation, at site “Transparent communication,” where people were invited into a “transparent” lavvu (traditional northern architecture) where coffee was served (brewed on the fire, as is common in the north of Scandinavia,) and conversations were held. There was always at least one member of the team in place to greet audience/guests. On the outside of the structure was written “Tajbåla” using the European alphabet to spell Taibola as it would be said in Swedish/ Norwegian.

1st Day at Taibola

We went to explore the wilderness on this sand river island, in the middle an old growth pine forest stood, surrounded by willow and finally just sand until the river shore.

Above: Katri picking up dead branches for sculpting/building material.

below: some of the structures already in the making: a cinema tent.

The amazing library/ relax hobbit house was one of the most popular

For the children they build a ship...

Our project was put far out on the sand

A transparent Lavvu

Yurt from Kazakhstan

The boat went out of gas, and we had to row ashore,.it was chilly, windy and rainy. On the island were no houses, only a yurt! We were offered hot ginger tea and taken inside the Yurt, by Olga from Moscow, and inside the yurt was a tree with pretzels hanging + fire, sand. We felt at home.

Traveling to The Island...

Honey Bread

Very tasty!

Open Air Architecture Museum visit

While Tony was painting graffitty in some desolated factory area, the rest of us went to the local open air architectural museum. There we saw original 1500-s buildings from the area, as the pictures reveals they timbered churches and bell towers in those days, very interesting. Also smart solutions like devices designed to grind flower we noticed, and thought could be good for the future self-sustaining community on Karlsöya. We also found a very interesting swing set... not sure how old it dated back to, but perhaps we could build one of these at Karlsöy? Fun for everyone, russian style!

Above: very old Bell-tower, dating back to the 1500s

below: small chapel

Below: very huge church

below: when using this treetrunk correctly, you can grind wheat and make flower, how about that!