Some weeks later, arrangements were made and Thorbjørn, his partner Jonas Lund and the hand folded, three-dimensional letters that you now see on film and in print, greeted us. While we sat and discussed the extent of work, the time constraints and practicalities we were also able to see some other work that the two had produced. A three dimensional relief projection to recorded speech and music that was just spectacular and a holographic projection created by smoke and Perspex that too was mesmeric. The plan was for them to work on a cover, a menu system and pages within the book of the issue, this has been the remit to all collaborators for every issue of Specialten so far.
Over the coming weeks we stayed in touch and the issue started to take shape, as each piece of filming was completed we would receive more roughs and plans from the two Danes, then came the news of “we are going to need a warehouse to hang the letters and film it”, shortly after came more news, “we have found an old brewery and I think we are going to use 16mm film”. It has been more than a pleasure to work with these two. While they grace the pages of the super glossies hailed as the most important ones to watch, they also work tirelessly with an attention to detail that is unquestionable.
