Path of Desire – Deep Forest Art Land

As soon as you arrive at Deep Forest Art Land, you’ll spot a bus stop nestled among the thickets and bushes.
It looks like it’s still in use. There’s a bus sign, graffiti, and a place to wait. But there hasn’t been a bus stop here for more than 20 years—and no bus is coming.
It looks like something we’re all familiar with, but something doesn’t quite add up. Who’s been here? And what’s hiding inside the concrete walls? Who would even think of hanging out here?

2026

The Artist

Olivia Rode Hvass

Olivia Rode Hvass often works with spatial installations, sculpture, tactile works, and large jacquard-woven tapestries, using a visual language that draws inspiration from both contemporary figures and folklore. Hvass challenges social norms and is interested in how we have divided our world hierarchically, logistically, and historically. In their works, they draw, among other things, on myths, religions, and traditions—and the messages these narratives have sought to convey—combined with personal experiences and contemporary culture.

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Part of an experience

In connection with the opening of REJSEGILDE in August 2026, *Path of Desire* was presented at Deep Forest Art Land. Visitors to the forest gathered around the artwork, explored its many details, and experienced how a familiar element of everyday life takes on new meaning in the middle of the forest.

See photos from the opening below...

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Olivia Rode Hvass, "Path of Desire"

A bus shelter stands in a small clearing in the forest—too low for adults, too big for children, erected as a concrete structure that seems out of place in its own time. Or as if the past, the present, and myth had been compressed into its layers. Read more...

Topping-Out Ceremony 2026

Credits and Support

The project is supported by

The June Foundation, the L. F. Foght Foundation, the Hielmstierne Rosencrone Foundation, the Danish Arts Foundation, Deep Forest Art Land, and the Round Tower.

Credits

Curated by: Søren Taaning and René Schmidt / Kællingestenen

Artwork, concept, and production: Olivia Rode Hvass

Documentation: Luna Lund Jensen and Deep Forest Art Land

Text: Joachim Aagaard Friis

Concrete Pouring: Magnus Holm Fiber-Reinforced Concrete

Molds and 3D Scanning: West Zealand Working Artists' Studios

Producer and Studio Technician: Claus Hvass

Production Assistants: Jonas Rode Hvass, Johan Mondrup Hvass

Bus sign: Movia

Tags: LC, Leon, Bella, Ida, Olli, Mads, Lyca<3

Sparring: Maria K T, Lotte L, Uno, Birgitte

Photos: Tom Laursen

Protected: Path of Desire The Southern Forest