The school is built with red bricks and is located in a suburban area with rocks and tall pine trees. Bricks and raw boulders from the ground, found during the construction phase and related to the bedrock beneath the school, are the materials used for the artworks. Both types of stones constitute the foundation and structure of the school. The choice of these materials arises from a desire to work with the school's physical anchoring in space and nature, with layers of time, and with sustainable natural materials already present on-site.
The focal point of the decoration is community. The circle is a simple symbol of unity and the strength of being part of a larger context. The circles engage in a dialogue with the word Vi (meaning We in Swedish), which is written in bricks on the wall in the dining hall. The We becomes the meaningful framework in which the embellishment is experienced. Art becomes a participant in a creative and active everyday life at the public school, where students and staff are part of a community, a We. The dining hall is the heart of the school, where people gather for meals. The tactility of the bricks invites touch, encouraging the children to let their hands glide over the bricks as they pass by.
At the entrance to the building, one encounters a boulder protruding from the wall. The stone is very large, present, and impressive. On the other side of the wall, in the corner of the stairwell, one can sit and be close to the stone. Stones have a peculiar allure, associating with calmness and silence.
Outdoors, one can play on the circle of bricks or on the big stones. The five boulders form a circle, reminiscent of ancient ritual stone settings, meeting places for people in distant times. One boulder is cut in half, with polished surfaces revealing its inner beauty.
The art engages in a dialogue with the building and 'teases' it, as when an enormous stone emerges from the wall, playing with gravity. The art creates disturbance and surprise in the familiar, pointing to the surroundings one might not normally notice. Transitions between indoors and outdoors are explored, breaking through walls, pavement, and asphalt.

Photo: Giulia Cairone / Stockholm Konst.