The Artist Known As Robinson R.R. has recently completed a new piece of sculpture – ’Hakon‘ – which represents Earl Hakon with his associates in his boat on the way to put an end to Magnus’ hopes of ruling Orkney.
It’s a striking piece of work
I was thinking of where it could be placed and I picture it in the Cathedral, along the side of the porch.
As visitors/pilgrims come up the front steps the sculpture would be seen, outlined, through the glass – leading the eye to the Nave and on, to the big window at the other end of the cathedral
The beginning of the story of why the cathedral came to be built, placed at the beginning of their visit to the Cathedral.
Then, from the other end of the Cathedral it would present a dark shape, silhouetted against the light of the porch
with various forms of light through the day and through the seasons, glinting on Hakon’s gold torc.
For Hakon, it was all about power and wealth. Magnus wanted peace, for himself and for his people.
For me, Hakon’s gold torc represents the difference between the two men and their ways of being and seeing.
I can picture it – Robinson R.R.’s ‘Hakon’ – in that position – telling the tale by its form and by its presence.
The story of Magnus & Hakon…