SCHAANNINGS EGG

1. The process of creating the work “Schaannings egg” 
2. Potential information from form and color af an egg

Collection of eggs collected by Hans T. J. Schaanning at NHM UIO 

Noatun

 

 

Photodocumentation at NHM UIO 

SHAPE OBSERVATION

  • Spheric
  • Oblong
  • Conical

COLOR OBSERVATION 

  • From darkred to white to bluegreen
  • Pricked, stained and monochrome

Aesthetics of an egg ———> indication of environment 

Is there a need for camouflage or visibility?
Is there a need for increase in mobility? 

 

 

But why blue? 

Every egg is a combination of 2 pigments  

  • Biliverdin
    Green-bluish 

     

  • Protoporphyrin IX
    Red-brown 

Color seems to be connected to temperature regulation 

– Darker eggs absorbs more heat from sunlight than lighter eggs

– Eggs in Nothern regions tend to be darker, even from same species 

 

” We usually think about color through the lens of perception (…) We show that color matters, but the observer isn’t important.” – Wisocki  

Questions I brought with me in the creation of the work 

  • How aesthetics can be related with functionality outside of perception 
  • How aesthetics in egg collections can be used to identify changes to climate and temperature rising 

Schaannings Egg 
Pastel drawing, 36 replica of eggs in white clay 
Pikene på Broen, Terminal B
2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The potential for all possible variations in color, which can adapt to the necessary changes and fluctuations that will come in Finnmark’s future environment.