Why is a design that is not implemented interesting nevertheless? First of all, I would say, to encourage myself and other artists to continue their participation in national and international competitions for art works.
A new assignment teaches you a lot and you interact with other artists, engineers, project management and customers…
Enraptured, I participated in my first competition in 1987 for a large sculpture at the Pley route in which also Klaas Gubbels and Auke de Vries participated as competitors.
I had made a model of my design of the Dancing Square, on a foundation similar to an apple pie…
‘A Statue of Liberty, an Eiffel Tower – Amsterdam deserves a sculpture of such a stature!’
This thought was flashing through my mind when I decided to participate in Light on the IJ*, an initiative of five light artists who want to make the IJ a new, internationally renowned entertainment venue in Amsterdam.
The water drop in Ede, next to expressway A12, close to the exit Ede/Wageningen, consists of two large blue steel arches made of round tubes.
As soon as darkness falls, the sculpture is additionally accentuated with blue neon…
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