CONNECTING ROOTS
School children from Hungary, The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Denmark have explored the art of connectedness: How are we connected across borders? How do we exchange wonders and ideas? Why is being connected important for our world of tomorrow?
Arty Jean and Ollie are the children’s avatars – watch them talk and explore their reflections here:
"You can make art from waste!"
Monsif, 9 | The Netherlands
"Let’s go for a walk in the jungle and collect garbage in waterfalls."
Elliot, 13 | Denmark
"Let’s travel around the world!"
Peter, 11 | Denmark
"Let’s produce food to fight against starvation."
Mikkel, 11 | Denmark
"I feel like I want to swim in the ocean."
Sandór, 9 | Hungary
"I am surprised about the secret life of the trees"
Freja, 11 | Denmark
"Animals eat the waste, that is very dangerous!"
Sem, 11 | The Netherlands
"Let’s use our magic wands to help people in need across the world."
Noah, 13 | Denmark
"It is stupid to throw your waste on the streets, you can even make money by collecting bottles!"
Selyan, 9 | The Netherlands
"I want to show and share the things with my family."
Edi, 5th grade | Denmark
"Beware! Do not throw things away where they do not belong. I see everything."
Wilda, 12 & Linnea, 12 | Sweden
"I will take care of my environment"
Bence, 9 | Hungary
"I will not waste water any more"
Lilien, 10 | Hungary
"Enjoy your time in schools!"
Milán, 10 | Hungary
"Let’s open an organisation that helps children!"
Emma, 10 | Denmark
"Let’s teach your dog some magic tricks."
Sofie, 12 | Denmark
"I see what you think. If you see me you have bad luck. I am The Dark Woman."
Livia, 11 & Mathilda, 12 | Sweden
"You can just recycle"
Roos, 12 | The Netherlands
"That’s not garbage, I can use everything."
Redmar, 8 | The Netherlands
"Let’s go to the cinema together!"
Lærke, 10 | Denmark
"The waste is dangerous, children and old people fall over it."
Adnane, 9 | The Netherlands
"This is a bit stressful for me."
Oguzhan, 12 | Germany
"It was exciting to learn new things about the forest and the trees"
Emil, 11 | Denmark
"When I close my eyes, it feels better"
Lena, 12 | Germany
"Talk more with your friends and family!"
Zsófia, 10 | Hungary
"It was fun to climb the trees"
Frederik, 12 | Denmark
"Everyone should build something in the shapes of nature, built nests, cut sticks and try to be in the woods."
Martin, 5th grade | Denmark
"Keep the world clean!"
Stijn, 11 | The Netherlands
"Let’s make music together!"
Karl, 10 | Denmark
"I hope to learn to take care of my environment"
Olivér, 11 | Hungary
"I would love to meet children from other countries."
Jorian, 10 | The Netherlands
"Let’s save the world together!"
Dora, 11 | Denmark
"When I see you for the first time I got a pain in my chest but now I am one of you…"
Meja 13, Doris 13, & Annie 11 | Sweden
"Saving the world can be great fun, if we do it together."
Jorian, 10 | The Netherlands
"Let’s travel the whole world, collect garbage and clean up everything."
Sidsel, 13 | Denmark
"Grownups should throw fewer things away and stay active."
Hamza, 9 | The Netherlands
"My plant would dance in Friesland by the water under a shady tree"
Maximilian, 12 | Germany
"Do not throw your waste on the ground!"
Tesnim, 9 | The Netherlands
"I will brush my teeths every morning!"
Anna, 10 | Hungary
"My plant dances in the forest by a lake in Denmark"
Asmin | Germany
"This makes me feel good"
Timm, 12 | Germany
"If we throw away everything, we will have nothing left."
Samir, 9 | The Netherlands
"I feel victory."
Hanna, 10 | Hungary
"In that moment I´m just me. It is really calming."
Asmin | Germany
"I feel lots of love."
Levente, 12 | Hungary
"It was much more fun than I thought it would be"
Josefine, 12 | Denmark
"When I grow up, I am going to be a teacher. My children will get to play all day!"
Redmar, 8 | The Netherlands
"The forest´s raincoat lures children into the forest. Only if they are mean but help them out if they are kind."
Evert, 13 | Sweden
"I am the voice of the tree"
Linnéa, 13 | Sweden
"Take care of the waters around you!"
Boglárka, 9 | Hungary
"This was a little weird"
Malthe, 12 | Denmark
"I feel lonely and I wish to have you as a friend."
Máté, 11 | Hungary
"It´s time to go down into the well. From the well comes the magical voices of the forest."
Hugo, 13 | Sweden
"Nature can be art too"
Lieke, 12 | The Netherlands
"This was really pleasant"
Finn, 13 | Germany
"I see everything."
Filip, 13 | Sweden
"The animals in the ocean are suffering because of our waste."
Tesnim, 9 | The Netherlands
"It was cosy to meet two new persons and we learned everything rather fast."
Elias, 12 | Denmark
"It was warm because we were doing so much dancing!"
Vilhelm, 5th grade | Denmark
"I have heard the most, what do you want to know? I am the voice of the tree, but still not here."
Manda, 12 | Sweden
"I protect the forest"
Ida, 12 | Sweden
"Others should try to be in the woods!"
Emma, 11 | Denmark
"Beware! Do not throw things away where they do not belong."
Theo, 12 | Sweden
"Let’s eat noodles, play hide-and-seek in the dark and play football."
Viggo, 13 | Denmark
"My plant would dance by the river in the Puszta"
Niklas, 12 | Germany
"It feels very nice to recycle things, you should try it."
Adnane, 9 | The Netherlands
"I like noodles. Do you?"
Clara, 10 | Denmark
"All this waste is not fun for the world."
Samir, 9 | The Netherlands
"It´s time to go down into the well. From the well comes the magical voices of the forest."
Henry, 13 | Sweden
"Hunters take heed. I exist but you do not see me. I protect the forest."
Isak, 12 & Benjamin, 11 | Sweden
"Art is beautiful!"
Zoé, 9 | Hungary
"Go to bed earlier and read stories"
Marcell, 9 | Hungary
"I thought about my favorite place and imagined I was there."
Mariama | Germany
"You are funny and very mum-ish."
Viggo, 13 | Denmark
"I do not know what I am supposed to do with this."
Julie, 12 | Denmark
"I think others should try it too – it is so fun!"
Agnes, 12 | Denmark
"I worry more about the trees"
Oscar, 12 | Denmark
"I feel blessed"
Botond, 8 | Hungary
"My plant would like to dance on a horse in Hungary."
Ena | Germany
"We had so many experiences in the woods!"
Karla, 11 | Denmark
"Seeing so much waste in the streets is strange. We should pick it up and create art from it."
Iclal, 9 | The Netherlands
"Let’s make a labyrinth park."
Isak, 12 | Denmark
"My plant would like to dance on the beach near the water in Stockholm"
Leonie, 12 | Germany
"I think that everyone should know that the trees have a secret life."
Louise, 5th grade | Denmark
"We should have started recycling sooner."
Tesnim, 9 | The Netherlands
"Take care of the waters around you!"
Boglárka, 9 | Hungary
"I protect the forest"
Ida, 12 | Sweden
"I feel like I want to swim in the ocean."
Sandór, 9 | Hungary
"Let’s go for a walk in the jungle and collect garbage in waterfalls."
Elliot, 13 | Denmark
"Seeing so much waste in the streets is strange. We should pick it up and create art from it."
Iclal, 9 | The Netherlands
"This was a little weird"
Malthe, 12 | Denmark
"When I close my eyes, it feels better"
Lena, 12 | Germany
"I am the voice of the tree"
Linnéa, 13 | Sweden
"Grownups should throw fewer things away and stay active."
Hamza, 9 | The Netherlands
"I think others should try it too – it is so fun!"
Agnes, 12 | Denmark
"Let’s travel the whole world, collect garbage and clean up everything."
Sidsel, 13 | Denmark
"I hope to learn to take care of my environment"
Olivér, 11 | Hungary
"Let’s make a labyrinth park."
Isak, 12 | Denmark
"The forest´s raincoat lures children into the forest. Only if they are mean but help them out if they are kind."
Evert, 13 | Sweden
"It´s time to go down into the well. From the well comes the magical voices of the forest."
Henry, 13 | Sweden
"I want to show and share the things with my family."
Edi, 5th grade | Denmark
"My plant would dance by the river in the Puszta"
Niklas, 12 | Germany
"This was really pleasant"
Finn, 13 | Germany
"Let’s make music together!"
Karl, 10 | Denmark
"Beware! Do not throw things away where they do not belong."
Theo, 12 | Sweden
"That’s not garbage, I can use everything."
Redmar, 8 | The Netherlands
"You are funny and very mum-ish."
Viggo, 13 | Denmark
"My plant would like to dance on a horse in Hungary."
Ena | Germany
"All this waste is not fun for the world."
Samir, 9 | The Netherlands
"Art is beautiful!"
Zoé, 9 | Hungary
"You can just recycle"
Roos, 12 | The Netherlands
"Everyone should build something in the shapes of nature, built nests, cut sticks and try to be in the woods."
Martin, 5th grade | Denmark
"My plant dances in the forest by a lake in Denmark"
Asmin | Germany
"It was much more fun than I thought it would be"
Josefine, 12 | Denmark
"Others should try to be in the woods!"
Emma, 11 | Denmark
"I see everything."
Filip, 13 | Sweden
"The animals in the ocean are suffering because of our waste."
Tesnim, 9 | The Netherlands
"The waste is dangerous, children and old people fall over it."
Adnane, 9 | The Netherlands
"Talk more with your friends and family!"
Zsófia, 10 | Hungary
"Nature can be art too"
Lieke, 12 | The Netherlands
"Let’s eat noodles, play hide-and-seek in the dark and play football."
Viggo, 13 | Denmark
"Animals eat the waste, that is very dangerous!"
Sem, 11 | The Netherlands
"Let’s go to the cinema together!"
Lærke, 10 | Denmark
"Go to bed earlier and read stories"
Marcell, 9 | Hungary
"If we throw away everything, we will have nothing left."
Samir, 9 | The Netherlands
"I feel lonely and I wish to have you as a friend."
Máté, 11 | Hungary
"Beware! Do not throw things away where they do not belong. I see everything."
Wilda, 12 & Linnea, 12 | Sweden
"This is a bit stressful for me."
Oguzhan, 12 | Germany
"I feel lots of love."
Levente, 12 | Hungary
"Let’s save the world together!"
Dora, 11 | Denmark
"Let’s produce food to fight against starvation."
Mikkel, 11 | Denmark
"I thought about my favorite place and imagined I was there."
Mariama | Germany
"I will take care of my environment"
Bence, 9 | Hungary
"In that moment I´m just me. It is really calming."
Asmin | Germany
"Hunters take heed. I exist but you do not see me. I protect the forest."
Isak, 12 & Benjamin, 11 | Sweden
"It was exciting to learn new things about the forest and the trees"
Emil, 11 | Denmark
"When I see you for the first time I got a pain in my chest but now I am one of you…"
Meja 13, Doris 13, & Annie 11 | Sweden
"It is stupid to throw your waste on the streets, you can even make money by collecting bottles!"
Selyan, 9 | The Netherlands
"We should have started recycling sooner."
Tesnim, 9 | The Netherlands
"Keep the world clean!"
Stijn, 11 | The Netherlands
"Let’s travel around the world!"
Peter, 11 | Denmark
"It was warm because we were doing so much dancing!"
Vilhelm, 5th grade | Denmark
"You can make art from waste!"
Monsif, 9 | The Netherlands
"I worry more about the trees"
Oscar, 12 | Denmark
"I am surprised about the secret life of the trees"
Freja, 11 | Denmark
"It´s time to go down into the well. From the well comes the magical voices of the forest."
Hugo, 13 | Sweden
"We had so many experiences in the woods!"
Karla, 11 | Denmark
"I would love to meet children from other countries."
Jorian, 10 | The Netherlands
"My plant would like to dance on the beach near the water in Stockholm"
Leonie, 12 | Germany
"Saving the world can be great fun, if we do it together."
Jorian, 10 | The Netherlands
"I see what you think. If you see me you have bad luck. I am The Dark Woman."
Livia, 11 & Mathilda, 12 | Sweden
"It feels very nice to recycle things, you should try it."
Adnane, 9 | The Netherlands
"It was fun to climb the trees"
Frederik, 12 | Denmark
"I like noodles. Do you?"
Clara, 10 | Denmark
"Enjoy your time in schools!"
Milán, 10 | Hungary
"I feel blessed"
Botond, 8 | Hungary
"Do not throw your waste on the ground!"
Tesnim, 9 | The Netherlands
"Let’s use our magic wands to help people in need across the world."
Noah, 13 | Denmark
"I think that everyone should know that the trees have a secret life."
Louise, 5th grade | Denmark
"Let’s open an organisation that helps children!"
Emma, 10 | Denmark
"This makes me feel good"
Timm, 12 | Germany
"My plant would dance in Friesland by the water under a shady tree"
Maximilian, 12 | Germany
"It was cosy to meet two new persons and we learned everything rather fast."
Elias, 12 | Denmark
"I will brush my teeths every morning!"
Anna, 10 | Hungary
"When I grow up, I am going to be a teacher. My children will get to play all day!"
Redmar, 8 | The Netherlands
"I have heard the most, what do you want to know? I am the voice of the tree, but still not here."
Manda, 12 | Sweden
"I will not waste water any more"
Lilien, 10 | Hungary
"I feel victory."
Hanna, 10 | Hungary
"I do not know what I am supposed to do with this."
Julie, 12 | Denmark
"Let’s teach your dog some magic tricks."
Sofie, 12 | Denmark
I feel good.
I feel lucky.
I feel lots of love.
I feel like I want to swim in the ocean.
I feel lonely and I wish to have you as a friend.
In that moment I´m just me. It is really calming.
When I close my eyes, it feels better.
This makes me feel good.
This was really pleasant.
This is a bit stressful for me.
I thought about my favorite place and imagined I was there.
Art is beautiful!
I will brush my teeths every morning!
I will take care of my environment.
It is stupid to throw your waste on the streets, you can even make money by collecting bottles!
I will not waste water any more.
Let’s dance!
You are funny and very mum-ish.
I hope to learn to take care of my environment.
I see what you think.
Let’s eat noodles, play hide-and-seek in the dark and play football.
I am The Dark Woman.
I have heard the most, what do you want to know?
I protect the forest.
I see everything.
Will you be my friend?
Take care of the waters around you!
Please, take up your garbage!
Go to bed earlier and read stories.
Enjoy your time in schools!
Talk more with your friends and family!
My plant would like to dance on a horse in Hungary.
I feel victory.
I feel blessed.
My plant would dance in Friesland by the water under a shady tree.
Beware! Do not throw things away where they do not belong.
I am the voice of the tree.
I see everything.
Let’s save the world together!
Let’s travel around the world!
I protect the forest.
It was warm because we were doing so much dancing!
We had so many experiences in the woods!
I think others should try it too – it is so fun!
It was much more fun than I thought it would be.
My plant would dance by the river in the Puszta.
Let’s open an organisation that helps children!
My plant dances in the forest by a lake in Denmark.
It was exciting to learn new things about the forest and the trees
Let’s use our magic wands to help people in need across the world.
It was cosy to meet two new persons and we learned everything rather fast.
I worry more about the trees.
Let’s make a labyrinth park!
I think that everyone should know that the trees have a secret life.
This was a little weird.
I am surprised about the secret life of the trees.
I do not know what I am supposed to do with this.
It was okay.
I want to show and share the things with my family.
It was fun to climb the trees.
Everyone should build something in the shapes of nature, built nests, cut sticks and try to be in the woods.
Let’s teach your dog some magic tricks.
Let’s make music together!
My plant would like to dance on the beach near the water in Stockholm.
Let’s play American football.
Others should try to be in the woods!
Let’s go for a walk in the jungle and collect garbage in waterfalls.
We should have started recycling sooner.
Do not throw your waste on the ground!
The animals in the ocean are suffering because of our waste.
You can make art from waste!
Seeing so much waste in the streets is strange. We should pick it up and create art from it.
Grownups should throw fewer things away and stay active.
All this waste is not fun for the world.
If we throw away everything, we will have nothing left.
Keep the world clean!
Nature can be art too.
You can just recycle.
The waste is dangerous, children and old people fall over it.
It feels very nice to recycle things, you should try it.
Animals eat the waste, that is very dangerous! Unknown
When I grow up, I am going to be a teacher. My children will get to play all day!
That’s not garbage, I can use everything.
I would love to meet children from other countries.
Saving the world can be great fun if we do it together.
Let’s produce food to fight against starvation.
It´s time to go down into the well.
From the well comes the magical voices of the forest.
Let’s go to the cinema together!
It was fun to cut sticks.
Let’s eat donuts and go shopping together.
I like noodles. Do you?
Let’s travel the whole world, collect garbage and clean up everything.