Thomas Dambo wants visitors to Denmark to go off the beaten path in order to experience the true beauty of his country.
And he鈥檚 giving tourists a reason to do so.
The Danish artist and designer is the creator of 鈥淭he 6 Forgotten Giants,鈥� a series of sculptures that he refers to collectively as an 鈥渙pen air sculpture treasure hunt.鈥�
The six enormous works are all located outdoors, in the outskirts of western Copenhagen. Dambo has constructed them there in a bid to bring 鈥渁rt out of the museum.鈥�
All six sculptures are made from scrap wood and other recycled materials scavenged by Dambo and his team of volunteers.
The giant creatures are whimsical, to say the least: 鈥淟ittle Tilde鈥� peeks out between the trees in a forest, while 鈥淪leeping Louis鈥� reclines for a nap on a hill.
The works encourage human interaction. People can crawl into the mouth of 鈥淪leeping Louis鈥� or climb onto 鈥淥scar Under the Bridge.鈥�
In a , Dambo explains his motivation for 鈥�6 Forgotten Giants,鈥� saying the art treasure hunt is meant to encourage human interaction with nature as much as with art.
鈥淎s humans, we often have a way of choosing the beaten path and the main roads,鈥� Dambo saysin Dutch.
鈥淪o when the municipalities of west Copenhagen contacted me about a project it seemed natural to make something which could get people out and explore the beautiful the nature in the hidden outskirts, which you usually wouldn鈥檛 see.鈥�
On his website, Dambo provides an of sorts, to help treasure hunters navigate as they hunt for the sculptures.
