Marnas:
A Journey through Space, Time and Ideas
Take a tour through the garden with Sven-Ingvar Andersson. Hear the stories behind the garden’s many rooms. Watch the garden change through seasons and years. Follow the ideas that drive the form. View the full-length tour above (20 minutes) or plot your own path through the short episodes below.
Multimedia Credits
Words
Sven-Ingvar Andersson
Brev från min trädgård (2008)
"Brev fra min hønsegård" (1967)
Script, Translation, and Narration
Anne Whiston Spirn
Photographs of Marnas
Sven-Ingvar Andersson
Anne Whiston Spirn
Video of Marnas
Anne Whiston Spirn
Editing and Multimedia
John Stearns Moody
Anne Whiston Spirn
Thanks
Beata Engels Andersson
Patsy Baudoin
Jolene de Verges
Christopher Donnelly
Steen Høyer
Zhao Ma
Lorrie McAllister
Halla Moore
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
with Support from
MIT Libraries
MIT HASS Fund
Photographs
Sven-Ingvar Andersson Photographs, Courtesy of MIT Libraries, Beata Engels Andersson, and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Anne Whiston Spirn Photographs, Courtesy of the photographer
“Villa capponi, giardino segreto, 08” (2013), by Sailko
Art
“Avenue at Middelharnis” (1689) by Meindert Hobbema, The National Gallery, London
“The Tree House at Pratolino” (1653) by Stefano Della Bella, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Cosimo (2016) by Roger Olmos, published by Logos, Modena, Italy
“Untitled” (1957) by Max Walter Svanberg
Music
"In Smyrna" by Edward Elgar, performed by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni, courtesy of musopen.org, Licensed under CC BC-BY-ND 3.0
“3 Pieces for Clarinet Alone” by Igor Stravinsky, performed by William McColl and Joseph Levine courtesy of The Al Goldstein Collection, Pandora Music repository at ibiblio.org, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Sound Recordings
Marnas Sounds by Anne Whiston Spirn
"Woodpigeon" by Patrik Åberg (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
"European Robin" by Patrik Åberg (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
"Eurasian Blue Tit" by Patrik Åberg (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
"Pied Flycatcher" by Patrik Åberg (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
"Tree Sparrow" by Patrik Åberg (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
"Blackbird" by Elias A. Ryberg (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
“sprinkler” by djcosmoore (CC0 1.0)
“Fireplace” by inchadney (CC BY-NC 3.0)
“stonegrind1” by j1987 (CC0 1.0)
“Tying rope” by jaklocke (CC BY 3.0)
“bottle cork in and out...” by kyster (CC BY 3.0)
“house construction” by migell2 (CC BY 3.0)
“Rustling Bushes” by mountain852 (CC BY-NC 3.0)
“Garden Shears” by roulaine (CC BY 3.0)
“Digging1” by yemimoses (CC0 1.0)
WOLF TREE PRODUCTIONS
2017