The Brownie of the Turku castle meets Valpuri Innamaa The Theatre Bridge, Turku 1997 Andersson had the opportunity to collaborate with the architect of the new bridge for pedestrians and bicycles over the Aura river in the middle of Turku for a public art work. He made a work using characters from the history of Turku. The work is divided into three parts: 1. Ornamental shapes in different granites, cut by computer-steered sandblasting and then mounted on the bridge. The abstract winding shapes feature the cap of the Brownie of the Turku castle coming from one side of the bridge, meeting with a lock of hair from Valpuri Innamaa coming from the other side. The Brownie is a mythical figure known from the fairy tale written by the Finnish author Zacharias Topelius in the 19th century. Valpuri was an exceptionally successful businesswoman living in the 16th century. 2. On the riverside facing the bridge is a 5 m. long lit display case with a computer-made drawing showing the meeting between The Brownie and Valpuri. You can also, for the first time in history, see Plato's cave, which is situated under the Turku castle! 3. In order to make the narrative part of the work more accessible to people, Andersson wrote the first part of a continuing story about the meeting between the Brownie and Valpuri and put it on the Internet. The idea is that well-known Turku authors, as well as other citizens, will make their own contributions to the story. So far, four parts have been written and more is yet to come. You can find the story on the site: www.teatterisilta.weppi.fi (the address is also inserted in stone letters on the cover of the bridge), along with pictures from the bridge. Unfortunately it is all in Finnish at the moment, but we plan to make an English version later on. A yearly dance on the bridge is also being planned. pictures (4)