{"id":2791,"date":"2026-06-30T10:53:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bomuldsfabriken.no\/?page_id=2791"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:19:16","slug":"verde-lapponia-marit-folstad-eng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bomuldsfabriken.no\/en\/gruvene-skulpturpark_eng\/verde-lapponia-marit-folstad-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Verde Lapponia \u2013 Marit F\u00f8lstad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"paragraph--block_94228c0aad7a2076ddd3e006be659157\" class=\"root-level-block paragraph\">\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"container grid-3-6-3\">\r\n\r\n                    <h3 class=\"dot\">Verde Lapponia (2023) by Marit F\u00f8lstad<\/h3>\r\n        \r\n                    <div class=\"wysiwyg\">\r\n                <p>The work <em>Verde Lapponia<\/em> was part of the site-specific installation exhibition <em>NONSITE<\/em> by Marit F\u00f8lstad and Ole J\u00f8rgen Ness, shown at Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall in 2022\/2023. After the exhibition, the work was donated to the art hall as a memorial to its former director, Harald Solberg (1954\u20132020).<\/p>\n<p><em>Verde Lapponia<\/em> is Latin for \u201cGreen Lapland\u201d and refers to the material Masi quartzite. This metamorphic rock is around 1.5 billion years old and is found only in Kautokeino in Northern Norway. It is extracted on the Finnmarksvidda plateau during the summer season, primarily from June to November. In the winter months, the area is protected as winter grazing land for reindeer. The stone has a characteristic, almost cloud-like folding pattern, primarily in green and white, with occasional touches of pink. Its play of colour may evoke associations with the northern lights \u2014 the sculpture brings the Arctic light and colours from the quarry in the north to Torbj\u00f8rnsbu gruve in the south.<\/p>\n<p>Masi quartzite is mainly used in exclusive interiors with highly polished surfaces and is a relatively costly stone. F\u00f8lstad, however, is primarily concerned with what the stone can do \u201cnaturally\u201d \u2014 its own character, the colour spectrum of the rock and the story it carries with it. Most of F\u00f8lstad\u2019s art projects are therefore made from \u201cresidual material\u201d from the quarry, an artistic choice that draws attention to how humans exploit nature to satisfy their own needs and desires. An alternative attitude can be found in ecophilosophy, where nature is assigned an intrinsic value beyond its usefulness to humans. The idea that all things are connected in a form of consciousness obliges us to meet nature with humility and respect \u2014 an attitude reflected in F\u00f8lstad\u2019s artistic process, where it is just as important to understand what the material wants from us as what we want from the material.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Marit F\u00f8lstad<\/strong> (b. 1969, Troms\u00f8) lives and works in Oslo. 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