Bodhi, Bronze bust in the Viskan river, Borås, Sweden

Bodhi is a 3.5-metre bronze bust by Fredrik Wretman, installed in the Viskan river in central Borås in August 2004. The bust, modelled on the sculptor himself, sits in a slow current with its back to the windowless white wall of the Röda Kvarn cinema and its face turned east toward the sunrise.

Fredrik Wretman modelled the bronze bust on his own face; it was cast in Thailand and shipped to Borås, where it was inaugurated in August 2004 in the river Viskan. In 2008 Wretman entered the same outdoor work in Borås International Sculpture Biennial. It stands where the 17th-century town had its natural western boundary.

The name comes from Sanskrit bodhi, meaning enlightened, and refers to a future Buddha. The face is turned east toward sunrise, while the closed eyes are directed inward toward Borås's old town core. The bust stands with its back to the windowless white wall of the Röda Kvarn cinema.

Bodhi stands in the Viskan river in central Borås, with its back to the windowless white wall of the Röda Kvarn cinema. It is an outdoor work in a public watercourse, so it is seen from the surrounding banks and bridges rather than approached directly. The face looks east toward the sunrise.

The bust was cast in Thailand and shipped to Borås, where it was inaugurated in August 2004. Wretman used himself as the model, and the face looks east toward the sunrise while the eyes are closed inward toward the old town core.