Understanding
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A large new sculpture has been set up on Ofelia Plads - the long wide concrete pier or mole that runs out from the north side of Skuespilhuset - The Royal Danish Playhouse.
Work No. 2630 Understanding by the British artist Martin Creed was planned to be part of the celebrations in Roskilde for the 50th anniversary of the festival in 2020 where there were to be three giant words with peace and love alongside understanding but, with the pandemic, the festival was cancelled. The plan now is that the sculpture will be moved to Roskilde if the festival can be held in 2021.
The huge letters, outlined in red neon, form a work that is 8 metres high and 15 metres wide and it rotates so at night the reflection of the lettering pans across the water of the harbour.
