Udstillingen ”Ejnar Dyggve”
I forbindelse med statsbesøget i Kroatien deltager Regentparret fredag den 24. oktober 2014 i åbningen af udstillingen ”Ejnar Dyggve” i det gamle rådhus i Split.
Den danske arkitekt og arkæolog Ejnar Dyggve (1887-1961) deltog i omfattende udgravninger af den historiske by Salona nær Split i 1922-23, og overleverede forud for sin død udgravningsarkiverne til Kroatien. Udstillingen ”Ejnar Dyggve” tager udgangspunkt i Ejnar Dyggves relevans i dag og inkluderer blandt andet interviews med nulevende personer, der har arbejdet sammen med Ejnar Dyggve. Udstillingen er kurateret af Department of Conservation i Split i samarbejde med Nationalmuseet i Danmark.
Regentparret overværer i forlængelse af åbningen af udstillingen en underskriftceremoni, der markerer kulturarvssamarbejdet mellem Danmark og Kroatien i form af en aftale om digitalisering af Ejnar Dyggve arkivet.
H.M. Dronningen forestår den officielle åbning af udstillingen kl.10.00. Udstillingen er åben til den 2. december 2014.
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It is a great pleasure for the Prince Consort and me to be here in Split. We visited this beautiful and historic city once before in 1977. The beauty of the landscape, ocean and city made a great impression on us then.
I would also like to thank you for your hospitality and friendliness which has not changed since our last visit.
The exhibition which opens here today is based upon and comprises of the archives of Dr. Ejnar Dyggve and promises to be of great significance.
Ejnar Dyggve trained as an architect, but it was as an archaeologist he became famous. He travelled throughout Europe and took part in excavations, cataloguing and documenting the temples and cities of the past. He worked in Greece and Macedonia, but most importantly he worked here in Dalmatia.
The archive consists of his notes and sketches from excavations and travels in the area. He did his elaborate documentation before a period of rapid expansion of cities and buildings. Therefore, his archives are a unique source of knowledge about the Roman buildings and cities in Dalmatia.
Ejnar Dyggve was also a talented artist. His sketches are beautiful and meticulous and make his documents come truly alive. In fact, his works are vivid and in a way very human – with notes scribbled here and there and everywhere.
When he returned to Denmark he took part in excavations of some of our most important historical sites. From his work in the south of Europe, he brought with him a deep understanding of historic sites of power – and he enriched our understanding of how power is shown and symbolised in historic buildings.
The presentation and passing on of knowledge was crucial for Dyggve, and he wrote a number of books and articles on architecture and archaeology. I am sure it would please him enormously to know that his work is now being presented to the public and - with help of modern technology - made available to everybody.
I am very pleased that Croatian and Danish authorities and professionals will be working together on this. It is wonderful that the works of Ejnar Dyggve can now be enjoyed by the greater public.
Thank you very much for your commitment to pass on knowledge - in exhibitions, among professionals and online. I wish you every success, hoping that this exhibition will deepen the interest of the general public in Croatia’s past.
I hereby declare open the exhibition ”EJNAR DYGGVE/Researches in Dalmatia”.
