LOCUS / Thale Fastvold & Tanja Thorjussen at Tegnerforbundet 2012

Genius Loci – Spirit of the place

“Consult the genius of the place in all;

That tells the waters or to rise, or fall;

Or helps th’ ambitious hill the heav’ns to scale,

Or scoops in circling theatres the vale;

Calls in the country, catches opening glades,

Joins willing woods, and varies shades from shades,

Now breaks, or now directs, th’ intending lines;

Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.”

– Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Epistle IV, to Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington.