pastels & videos | and poetry by poets Rozalie Hirs, Co Woudsma and the city's poet laureate of the time Anna Enquist
Vondelpark Amsterdam: histories, life lines, a circulatory system | a tribute to the 150th anniversary of the park
The Vondelpark as a city park is an organism with its own circulatory system: Zocher designed the organically meandering paths that would connect the different lively places in the park like veins in a blood circulation. Visitors walking and cycling along these lines would create new histories at specific places in the park: the statue of Mama Baranka, the climbing tree, the bird (or fish or bull) by Picasso, the Rosarium, the Findfence, the hidden cold war bunker etcetera. Sometimes a place gets crowded in a way that a bypass is needed and 'olifantenpaadjes' (elephant paths) arise as small capillaries.
In this project I made pastels and experimental videos. Pastels and film shots are mixed with sound recordings of the poems by Rozalie Hirs, Co Woudsma and Anna Enquist. The presentation took place at VondelCS in cooperation with Stephan Aerts/Avrotros broadcasting. A small brochure includes videostills and the poems. See the website by Hans Homburg.
Supported by the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst and Avrotros broadcasting.
The hearing eye - climbing tree white horse chestnut
a pastel, video shots and a sound recording of the poem by Rozalie Hirs
pastels, video shots and a sound recording the poem by Anna Enquist
pastels and a sound recording of a poem by Co Woudsma
The pastels in this video depict the Picasso sculpture, a landmark in the park, known by visitors as 'the bird' or 'the fish' or 'the bull'. Hence I made my own Picasso. Co Woudsma's poem Eerste Vondelpark refers to the surrounding streets that are named after Dutch poets. Some of these poets have a first (Eerste) and a second street named after him/her.
The 'Blauwe Theehuis' (Blue Teahouse)
Vondel 1982 - private collection
From the balcony of the Blue Teahouse
Apollo and Daphne
Presentation in VondelCS
Photograph by Bianca Sistermans
pastels & videos | and poetry by poets Rozalie Hirs, Co Woudsma and the city's poet laureate of the time Anna Enquist
Vondelpark Amsterdam: histories, life lines, a circulatory system | a tribute to the 150th anniversary of the park
The Vondelpark as a city park is an organism with its own circulatory system: Zocher designed the organically meandering paths that would connect the different lively places in the park like veins in a blood circulation. Visitors walking and cycling along these lines would create new histories at specific places in the park: the statue of Mama Baranka, the climbing tree, the bird (or fish or bull) by Picasso, the Rosarium, the Findfence, the hidden cold war bunker etcetera. Sometimes a place gets crowded in a way that a bypass is needed and 'olifantenpaadjes' (elephant paths) arise as small capillaries.
In this project I made pastels and experimental videos. Pastels and film shots are mixed with sound recordings of the poems by Rozalie Hirs, Co Woudsma and Anna Enquist. The presentation took place at VondelCS in cooperation with Stephan Aerts/Avrotros broadcasting. A small brochure includes videostills and the poems. See the website by Hans Homburg.
Supported by the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst and Avrotros broadcasting.
The hearing eye - climbing tree white horse chestnut
a pastel, video shots and a sound recording of the poem by Rozalie Hirs
pastels, video shots and a sound recording the poem by Anna Enquist
pastels and a sound recording of a poem by Co Woudsma
The pastels in this video depict the Picasso sculpture, a landmark in the park, known by visitors as 'the bird' or 'the fish' or 'the bull'. Hence I made my own Picasso. Co Woudsma's poem Eerste Vondelpark refers to the surrounding streets that are named after Dutch poets. Some of these poets have a first (Eerste) and a second street named after him/her.
The 'Blauwe Theehuis' (Blue Teahouse)
Vondel 1982 - private collection
From the balcony of the Blue Teahouse
Apollo and Daphne
Presentation in VondelCS
Photograph by Bianca Sistermans