Gillian Taylor’s new artwork in the THG hallway will commemorate the end of the Danish postal service. At the end of last year, PostNord stopped delivering letters and removed all the post boxes.
To mark this moment, Gillian invited people in Denmark to send one last letter. They wrote about memories of meaningful letters received in the past, and shared their thoughts on PostNord’s decision to end letter deliveries, reflecting on the effort and time taken to write a letter by hand.
One writer recalled the family gathering round the kitchen table with the smell of coffee, listening to her mother reading letters from an aunt in Norway. Others included old Christmas cards, pictures, and an envelope from 1926 addressed to Berlingske, Denmark’s oldest newspaper.
The hanging installation uses daisies made from copies of the letters and their envelopes. The daisy is the national flower of Denmark as well as a symbol of new beginnings and hope – offering an optimistic note, despite the sad end of the handwritten letter.
photo credit Jim Wileman
