PS. I caught this nice sea trout the other day!
Yesterday I had to bring in my creel/net because of a storm. But a kind and friendly man from the village offered me half of the 20, locally caught lobsters, he had gotten from a friend. So I prepared them and froze them, so they are ready when the family arrives from Copenhagen this weekend...

I try to spend time on some very basic and indigenous forms of behaviour as part of my artistic practice. I don't know where it will lead, but I feel an increasing urge to feel the basic reality around me and not just the scary fantasy that media and the political system are currently building. We don't have much land to produce food at our old fisherman's house, but at the beach in Føns, people have been fishing since the Stone Age. Our family has been lucky enough to find some of their old tools, including fishing gear. Thus connected to the people of the past, those who were before, I have fished partly from the beach and partly from a small boat for a while. Today there was food for 3 families in the form of rainbow trout

A greyish, cold November morning in Føns...a dip in the sea, a warm outdoor bath at the harbour hut and a cosy chat with the other winter bathers while looking out towards the horizon. Life is good...I feel grateful...Now, off to the studio and work!

Thanks to everyone for your greetings! Celebrating my first 60 years with Anne and Sigfus in Greece. (Frode had to attend to his architecture studies) I started the day at the Acropolis and sailed to Milos, where we will be for a week. I've dreamed of going to Athens, the cradle of Western civilization, since I was a boy. This was the best gift!

It doesn't get much better than this: a 5 km run in the wonderful landscape around Føns with my faithful Ronja. Then a swim all alone on the beach. Commitment of support for our SPACEPLATES book from the New Carlsberg Foundation. The fishing net is sorted and ready to be put out and I have to work in my studio for the rest of the day...

Anne and I will be giving a talk Thursday 12/6 at 12, in the garden of Designmuseum Denmark. Our collaborator Njord, that produces greenhouses designed by us and Anne Bagger will be presenting 2 different versions of the greenhouses.

I would like to say thank you after receiving some good news today:
Thank you to the doctors and nurses at Rigshospitalet for curing my newly discovered melanoma.
Thank you to my dentist, Lone Lange and Jarle Aarbakke, who both insisted that I had my mole examined. I had been ignoring it for a long time.
Thank you to the Danish Arts Foundation and my colleagues for once again awarding me a working grant. It makes me both proud and happy.
Thank you to my Anne for always supporting me.

An artic visit with Jarle and Thrina in Tromsø, Norway...cross-country and downhill skiing and great company!

Our new greenhouse at Den Bemandede Legeplads (a public playground) in Nørrebroparken, Denmark, Produced by NJORD ApS, designed by N55/Ion Sørvin, Anne Bagger and Anne Romme.
Art as a part of everyday life!

44 cubic meters of my past lighter. Freedom!

Thanks to the help of those closest to me, my Anne, my sons, my family and my friend Tobias, I have finally started clearing out my house in Sweden. It has primarily been used as storage for old N55 artworks and is now being sold. It has been a burden to think about the place for the last 15 years. It will be great not to be the caretaker of old artworks anymore and not having to store them. Some are in museums, a few favorites are in storage in my studio in Denmark and all are well documented in books and pictures. So now it was time to move on... There are still about 20 cubic meters missing from the barn, but it will be cleared out soon. All the accumulated stuff doesn't own me anymore...

Our amazing Frode graduated from high school today with a great result. His brother Sigfus enjoyed the privilige of putting his hat on. It just makes me so happy...Photos by my wonderful Anne Romme

Todays homemade video from 45 m height over the SHELTER VILLAGE building site...SHELTER VILLAGE by N55 (www.n55.dk) and @anne_romme, in collaboration with Anne Bagger.Help from Till Wolfer, @conorkcoughlan, @per_schandorff, @njord.green and David BabbaThe Project is funded by @statenskunstfond and Tarup Davinde I/S

I love doing projects together with Anne. We both consider the production fase to be an important part of the process. We are finishing the SHELTER VILLAGE at the moment...Opening soon.Photo by Till Wolfer/ N55SHELTER VILLAGE by N55 (www.n55.dk) and @anne_romme, in collaboration with Anne Bagger.Help from Till Wolfer, @conorkcoughlan, @per_schandorff, @njord.greenThe Project is funded by @statenskunstfond and Tarup Davinde I/S

Thank you!

I have once again received a working grant from the Danish Arts Foundation. The recognition from my colleagues means a lot and I am grateful for their support. Thank you to the Danish Arts Foundation for this opportunity to further develop my work...

I am excited about my new life situation, where I can work with art as part of everyday life in the countryside as well as in the city. Thanks to the co-operation and understanding of Anne and my sons, I can spend more time in our studio in the countryside than before. It gives me peace to think and new things are on the way.
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