At the twelfth hour (in memory of the jesus stone)
Hjólið 2020: ACROSS THE GOLDEN BRIDGE (YFIR GULLINBRÚ) 30th of MAY - 20th of SEPTEMBER 2020
At the Twelfth Hour (In memory of the Jesus Stone) is an outdoor piece extending eight meters into Gorvík bay in Reykjavík and worked in unison with the rhythm of the tides. The piece is activated once the tide reaches precisely 3.34 meters, allowing visitors only a brief moment to walk out on and experience the sensation of walking on water.
Elísabet´s piece At the Twelfth Hour (In memory of the Jesus Stone) was situated in Gorvik, Grafarvogur. It is loosely based on a childhood story about The Jesus Stone told by Elísabet’s father. At the age of 12 he and his friend would row out to a large stone situated in Kópavogur bay as the tide was rising. Once at the stone one of them would climb onto the rock as the other rowed back to shore. At a very specific moment when the tide rose to the top of the rock, the young boy standing on it would appear to walk on water, thus giving the stone its name: the Jesus Stone. He stood there for a few minutes before the tide rose even higher, with his hands spread out mimicking the saviour.
The piece was created specifically for the exhibition ACROSS THE GOLDEN BRIDGE (YFIR GULLINBRÚ) , the third part of the exhibition series THE WHEEL, initiated by Reykjavík Association of Sculptors in public spaces, where works of art wind along bike- and walking paths in the city.