Bymarka

Bymarka is a special place. Thousands of people use it throughout the year for work, exercise, education, renewal, connection, relaxation and escape. Each person that enters Bymarka, while physically in the same landscape with many others, has their own unique landscape. Their own personal Bymarka. A skier or jogger will know the tracks, slopes and viewpoints, a naturalist the birds, animals and plants, a swimmer the lakes and ponds, a farmer the grazing areas, and everyone might know the cafes and hytter!  

We want to know what your Bymarka is like 

One Landscape, Many Landscapes is an art project that is seeking to get a snapshot of the diverse ways that Bymarka is perceived by the people who use, know and love it. We are doing this by collecting maps of the landscape drawn by as different people as possible. 

We hope to exhibit the resulting collection of maps in several ways:

1. A book that will be displayed in some of the hytter and cafes within Bymarka

2. An exhibit in a venue in Trondheim, hopefully with a launch event of some kind

f you so wish, when you submit your map you can request to be updated on how and where the results will be exhibited, or you can sign up for updates without submitting a map. There is more information on this below.

Making your map

Below you can download digital copies of a simple outline map of Bymarka in different formats. You can print this off, or use them in your preferred art program.

Download digital copy

We would like you to draw your version of Bymarka within this outline. Don’t worry if you don’t think your drawing skills are up to scratch, the variety is the magic we are looking to capture. 

You can make the map however you think best, and interpret the task completely freely to include whatever is important to you. If you’re doing it on paper you can use pencils, pens, paints, pastels, scrapbooking, or anything else. If you’re doing it digitally you can use any program. You can include places, buildings, tracks, animals, plants or people. You can do it in black and white or colour. The point is, how you do it is entirely up to you!

There are just two rules we want you to follow. Please:

1. Use the A4 outline map we supply, rather than making your own or resizing it. This consistency will just make it easier to set the maps in the resulting book or exhibition

2. Don’t look at a map of Bymarka while you make your map. This is not a test, and we are not looking for accurate representations. The wilder, bolder and more fantastical the better!

Submission and project updates

Once you have finished your map, you can submit it to us in several ways. 

Digital

If you have completed a digital version then you can submit it using the Google form linked below. This requires a Google account, so you can also upload it to dropbox, also linked below. The Google-form includes an option to submit your email address to be updated on the project and details of exhibits and events. You can also fill in your name, age, and short description of your map if you would like those to be included in the final exhibit. This is completely optional and your map will be included if you decide not to provide these. Updates will also be posted on our Facebook group. Our data protection policy applies. You can submit your map via:

Google form here (Google account required)

OR

Dropbox here (no account needed, this uploads to an account that belongs Nick’s wife Camilla)

Paper version

You can send in a paper map to Nick Harvey Sky, Arkitekt Christies gate 7, 7012 Trondheim

You can also email nick.c.harvey@gmail.com to organise a collection. With post or email please include your name, age and a description if you would like them to be included. You can also take a photograph (please make sure it fills the photo and is a decent resolution) or scan a paper map and submit these using the Google form above, or upload to dropbox. 

You can sign up for the updates on the project and details of exhibits and events. Our data protection policy applies. This will only be used for updates on the project, and all contact details will be deleted after the project has finished. 

Sign up for email updates or join the Facebook group

The Team

This project is supported by the Research Against Monoculture grant from the NTNU Gjærevoll Centre, Environmental Humanities Network, and TransLit research group.