Experience how the award-winning English artist Jesse Darling, in collaboration with Roskilde Festival, has transformed the hill near the Dancefloor into a large-scale circular installation that spirals up to a viewing and meeting point at the hill's summit. In 2026, you can once again experience the work on the festival site.
With the installation The Long Way Around he challenges the festivalgoer's conventions of what is considered possible and normal – a challenge that exists both in our imagination and as a concrete, real-world practice.
The ramp is designed to be accessible and offers “a long way around” for anyone seeking to access the top of the hill – an alternative, slow and sensuous route to the top. At the end of the ramp, there is a small shelter with seating and a fireplace where the festivalgoers can take a break from the hectic festival life.
Jesse Darling was awarded the 2023 Turner Prize for his solo exhibition Enclosures. His multidisciplinary practice explores how bodies are shaped and reshaped by socio-political forces, drawing from personal experience and historical narratives. Jesse Darling works and lives in the UK.
The Long Way Around is supported by the New Carlsberg Foundation and Det Obelske Familiefond.