WOLF, GOLD & GODS
Experience Jim Lyngvild's 12 fascinating vault portraits of Ghita Nørby, Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen, Sanne Salomonsen and others.
We have transformed Køge Museum into an experimental space for debate and knowledge sharing. In collaboration with Jim Lyngvild, we have created an exhibition that interprets the Asatru faith. We do so with a critical eye and a good imagination – because imagination, facts and scientifically based interpretation go hand in hand when history is to be written.
Digging into the past and searching for artifacts is only a small part of the archaeologists' work. A much larger part consists of putting what they find into context. How did life play out a thousand years ago? A great deal leaves almost no trace – customs, traditions, thoughts, beliefs, habits. Therefore, each find is just a small piece in a very large puzzle that will probably never be completely assembled. It requires interpretations and imagination to restore the missing pieces, and archaeologists can strongly disagree about what a piece should look like, or whether it should face one way or the other. Maybe they don't fit together at all...?
In Vølver, guld og guder, we enter the archaeologists' workshop with great curiosity and get involved in the work. We would like to invite everyone to join in a debate about the research that is taking place. Everyone is allowed to get involved here, and no questions or considerations are stupid. It is healthy for research to get a shot of "What if...?" from the outside. It is not because archaeologists do not have imagination. It is their role as scientists that limits them from developing it. At least not to the fullest. Because science requires evidence. History requires speculation, ideas and interpretation.
JIM LYNGVILD'S 12 VÖLVERS
For the exhibition, we have been helped by artist and designer Jim Lyngvild, who, with extensive historical knowledge and a strong creative pulse, has given his take on a number of situations from the Viking Age. We ask a number of archaeologists to relate to Jim Lyngvild's different view of history. In short video clips throughout the exhibition, you can hear them in conversation about when and why interpretation is necessary. You can also learn more about how researchers balance facts and interpretations, and how the two things can hardly do without each other if we are to become wiser.
It is both a museum's right and duty to look inward and reflect on the research we ourselves conduct. That is why we have set up a new lecture hall on the top floor of the museum, where we will invite people to talks and debates. Our claim is that the more people we can get to participate in a conversation about the research, the wiser we will all become.
A TASTING NOTE ON THE VIKING BORDER CASTLES
The exhibition is linked to the Viking fortress Borgring , which was discovered in 2014 just a Thor's Hammer throw away from Køge Museum. The fortress was built by Harald Bluetooth as a symbol that Christianity had come to Denmark. The exhibition at the Viking fortress Borgring therefore continues the story and explores the transition from Asatruism to Christianity and central power.
Exhibition partner
Exhibition is sponsored by AV-HUSET A/S
AV-HUSET A/S has over 30 years of experience in consulting, sales, installation and rental of AV solutions for museums, companies, hotels, etc. We like to think in unconventional and innovative quality solutions with respect for aesthetics and design.
'Volves, Gold and Gods' is by far the largest exhibition ever at Køge Museum.
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