"HERITAGE"
1. COLLECTING
Photos of inherited objects
Content table of book:
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Photo(s) of object
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Last name of owner
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Owner's year of birth
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Owner's sex
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Owner's birth place
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Owner's current city
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Owner's own short description of object
A book of inherited
objects
"My father was a Danish carpenter who came to Narsaq in Greenland in 1963 to build a school.
Later he started his own company and became a succesful entrepreneur. This picture shows his first toolbox.
Today it stands in my kitchen and is used for outdoor equipment and as a comfy seating furniture for guests or other company."
Pipaluk Lykke Løgstrup, owner of Nebula.
2. WRITING AND EDITING
3. PUBLISHING
"my own inherited object"
"Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future."
Christopher Paolini
Background
Inherited objects often have great personal value for us as individuals.
The object create a link to the past, to certain ancestors, and to our own origin.
We usually protect and preserve the inherited object and pass it on to our own descendants.
What kind of objects have the people of Greenland inherited?
The project
"Heritage" works in three steps:
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Collecting photos of inherited objects
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Editing photos into a book accompanied by registrered information on each object
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Publishing the book in two languages: Greenlandic, and English
"Heritage" is
"Heritage" is about documenting our cultural heritage in book form.
People with Greenlandic background can join the project by sending photo(s) of their own inherited object.
By collecting and publishing photos and information about inherited objects, the objects are 'frozen in time.'
Object could be: A piece of jewellery, a painting, an ulu, a clock or a traditional mask.