Circus Tornardo - a collision, a departure and a tragedy

after creating the drawing portraying the ancient conflict between employer and employee (Symbiosis - Youngstorget), I was drawn to digging deeper into the possibilities here. And so I chose “Jernbanetorget” as my next spot to decipher. This being the square in front of the main train station, and so representing our constant need to travel, to expand forever on nature’s expense.

Lots of references here - for non-norwegins I can point out that there is a sledge hammer held by some roots under the flying piece of earth on the left hand side. On this same square, irl, there is a statue of one such hammer that has struck and shattered a swastika. It’s a memorial of “Osvaldgruppa”, a left wing resistance group during the Second World War. So while this piece is supposed to show nature regretfully leaving us, they bring with them the means of opposition. We are left apathetic spectators.

Secondly there is also a bronze statue of a tiger - its sole significance is that Oslo is sometimes referred to as the tiger city (only by Norwegians hahaha). It was first used in a poem by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in 1879 with the horse as a symbol of the rural parts locked in a struggle with a tiger symbolising the city folks.

Also, inspired by my college friend Louis Masai`s street art, i wanted to do homage to his cause. A comment to how we are all getting fucked by our own ongoing attempts to ruin this earth.