JEPPE HEIN
SKY BENCHES & THE SKY, THE EARTH
AND YOU

SALLING ROOFGARDEN, AARHUS, DENMARK
PERMANENT INSTALLATION SINCE 2023

On the Salling Roofgarden three Modified Social Benches, entitled Sky Benches, were distributed on the wooden terraces, which encourage conversation while sitting and looking out over Aarhus. SKY BENCH, 2022
Ed. unique
Powder-coated aluminum
#01 168 x 324 x 222 cm
#02 75 x 189 x 274 cm
#03 75 x 273 x 280 cmTHE SKY, THE EARTH AND YOU consists of three nested circular mirror parts with different spatial orientations. One side of each is flat, whilst the other side the surface is folded in a triangular shard-like pattern. The flat side reflects the world as we see it in our everyday life and the folded side shows us a multi-perspective representation of us and our surroundings. The innermost surface mainly focuses with its flat side on what is above (the sky) the middle one leads the unfragmented view towards the grass and the flowers on the ground (Earth) and simultaneously splits the sky into something almost unreal. The largest Ring reflects the viewer, and this reflection appears in a place in between sky and earth. It is again rather clear on one side and shows us the complexity of the construction of "truth" on the fragmented side.

THE SKY, THE EARTH AND YOU, 2022
High-polished stainless steel, aluminum
216 x 206 x 126 cm

© Images Campfire, David Trood,  Emma Olsen
© Studio Jeppe Hein

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JEPPE HEIN
Jeppe Hein (b. 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish artist based in Berlin. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the Städel Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Jeppe Hein is widely known for his production of experiential and interactive artworks that can be positioned at the junction where art, architecture, and technical inventions intersect. Unique in their formal simplicity and notable for their frequent use of humor, his works engage in a lively dialogue with the traditions of Minimalist sculpture and Conceptual art of the 1970s. Jeppe Hein’s works often feature ...
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