'Pillars in the mud'. Rotterdam
In 2007 I was asked to participate in 'Pillars in the mud 2'. (An art project by Hugo Lammerink) transform 1 of the 12 pillars in the art space 'locus010' Rotterdam, together with 11 other artist. I chose a pillar which as an remarkable communication with an outside church tower and I started to "talk" back in dimensions and forms.
dated 2007 until 2007
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Rotterdam pillar 'before'
2007The 'before' situation is always very interesting because we don't know what is going 'to be' or going 'to happen'. When I walked in the building and saw this specific corner pillar and the outside view I knew what was going to happen. This is one of my typical way of looking at "sites" and knowing what I have to do. The round pillar is not fitting in the space and the square beams and the outside chruch tower is demanding that (to me anyway). So, a transformation was needed.
Rotterdam pillar 'After'
2007After finishing the work I just could'nt be more satisfied, its a typical art work by me. The 'after' "situation" is balanced and the deeper meaning of it all can be found in minimalism, post-,minimalism and land-art. Explaining that all here is not going to make sense and 100 pages of philosofie is not holding up anybody attention. I hope you just enjoy this piece I did in 2007.
Rotterdam Pillar
2007In 2007 I was asked to participate in "Zuilen in de bagger" (an art project by Hugo Lammerink) and the subject was to transform 1 of the 12 pillars in the art space 'locus010' Rotterdam, together with 11 other artist. I chose a pillar which as an remarkable communication with an outside church tower and I started to "talk" back in dimensions and forms. To start to "communicate" with an outside structure was a result of lacking communication inside with the other 12 artists of who I met maybe 4 and just 1 was talking back in a nice manner.