Amsterdam Picspam the 2nd: LIGHT FESTIVAL Illuminade
First of: Happy Birthday milly_gal! Hope you had a smashing day:)
I had planned to post photos of the Amsterdam Light Festival right after my previous picspam of the IceSculpture Festival, but I had a few whirlwinddays with family-issues, so I had to postpone. But here is the first set of pictures: part one is the Illuminade, a 2,3 km long night time walking route with lots of cool light sculptures, inspired by the theme Biomimicry, think like nature...
Teaser of Rotifers
Brotherdearest and I met up with my mom and her boyfriend at Amsterdam Central Station. This is the view of the city at dusk: can you spot the first light sculpture? It's a dog:)
We had planned to take the subway to Waterloo Square, but the trains weren't running due to a power outage, and it was raining, so we decided to have a quick dinner at the station first. When it was dry, public transport was still a mess, so we walked instead (only about 20 minutes)
These lights are not part of the Illuminade, but still pretty: a set of houses in the underground station and a bicycle in front of a restaurant.
Also not part of the Lightfestival, a lot of bridges in Amsterdam are always illuminated!
On the right the first official sculpture: Rhizome House by DP Architects.
A closer look of the artpiece, it was very intricate. My mom and I made loads of photos;)
FYI: this sculpture was also part of the Water Colors Boat Route (click the link to see it change colours in my other picspam!)
Mens - Human by Edson Bruno Filho - it was only after a while we noticed the awesome spider on the wall above, eeep! (The light was glowing by the way, the gif is showing the difference between a photo with and without flash;)
Not part of the Illuminade (last time I promise;), but I loved these animal sculptures: a huge mechanical hare and deer in the garden of the Hermitage museum. I haven't been able to track down the artist. :(
Unnamed piece, part of the Mini-Biomimicry by Young Scientist, a school project.
The Greenhouse is called... Green House by Victor Engbers.
Flowering Phantasm by Clay Dorse Odom is an morphed flower/animal that had moving lights inside.
This pedestrian tunnel featured Sonar Light Pulse by Paul Cremers, that responded to sound: the louder you yelled, the faster the light would speed through.
One of my favorites: Rotifers by Nicole Anona Banowets (see also teaser pic up above!) Microscopic creatures blown up to human size with changing colours. I could look at this all night.
Another one I love a LOT: Greenpigs by Bibi. A tree made out of flying pigs, glowing green because of bioluminescence: bacteria enclosed in self-sealing plastic containers!
Definitely the most fun installation was Enthalpy by John Bell: throughout the park there were several screens that showed images of our heat signatures! We all gathered in front of the infrared cameras to see ourselves. From left to right: brotherdearest holding the map of the walking route, a stranger between us, me with my camera, the tall person behind me is mom's boyfriend and she is the one waving with the pink phone:)
Touching a Nerve by Lydia Fraaije is build out of recycled fiberglass.
How cool is the photo on the left? It's even better than seeing this installation for real! Hourglass by Wilhelmusvlug was a round timelaps video of all seasons, taken at this exact location in Wertheimpark, creating a true timewarp effect.
The eyeball was part of a whole set sticking out of the ground, following you around as you passed by, very eerie. You Looking at Me by Tropisme Art & Science Collective
The colours of light sculpture Nest by Vikas Patil & Santosh Gujar were contantly changing.
In the background you can see Rotifers glowing, but the photo on the right also features What's He Building in There by Laurent de Wolf: a mysterious installation that looks like an urban apartment block with silhouettes of people and animals moving behind the windows: very intriguing to watch!
Human Beeing by The Constitute had a beehive projected on the side of the Hortus Botanicus building (the bees actually build it in a tiny replica of that building!), this was fascinating to watch.
Last artpiece on the walk was From Twente With Love by Randy van Lingen & Vanessa Evers, a waterfall of light and music, that was created by touch! (It also features as a shelter during the rain;) From here you can see the bridge where we started our walk.
But we played with the light and music a little longer before we finished our walking tour;)
Last but not least: a video of Tree Hugger by Daan van Hasselt & Asia Jackowska; the lights actually responded to people hugging the trees!
This was merely a selection of the sculptures: some of them were hard to capture with my camera. The Illuminade closed on January 9th, BUT! The Light Festival Water Colors boattours are still going until January 22nd. I'll post photos of those sculptures this weekend:)
If you can't make it to Amsterdam before then, see you next year?
J.
I had planned to post photos of the Amsterdam Light Festival right after my previous picspam of the IceSculpture Festival, but I had a few whirlwinddays with family-issues, so I had to postpone. But here is the first set of pictures: part one is the Illuminade, a 2,3 km long night time walking route with lots of cool light sculptures, inspired by the theme Biomimicry, think like nature...
Teaser of Rotifers
Brotherdearest and I met up with my mom and her boyfriend at Amsterdam Central Station. This is the view of the city at dusk: can you spot the first light sculpture? It's a dog:)
We had planned to take the subway to Waterloo Square, but the trains weren't running due to a power outage, and it was raining, so we decided to have a quick dinner at the station first. When it was dry, public transport was still a mess, so we walked instead (only about 20 minutes)
These lights are not part of the Illuminade, but still pretty: a set of houses in the underground station and a bicycle in front of a restaurant.
Also not part of the Lightfestival, a lot of bridges in Amsterdam are always illuminated!
On the right the first official sculpture: Rhizome House by DP Architects.
A closer look of the artpiece, it was very intricate. My mom and I made loads of photos;)
FYI: this sculpture was also part of the Water Colors Boat Route (click the link to see it change colours in my other picspam!)
Mens - Human by Edson Bruno Filho - it was only after a while we noticed the awesome spider on the wall above, eeep! (The light was glowing by the way, the gif is showing the difference between a photo with and without flash;)
Not part of the Illuminade (last time I promise;), but I loved these animal sculptures: a huge mechanical hare and deer in the garden of the Hermitage museum. I haven't been able to track down the artist. :(
Unnamed piece, part of the Mini-Biomimicry by Young Scientist, a school project.
The Greenhouse is called... Green House by Victor Engbers.
Flowering Phantasm by Clay Dorse Odom is an morphed flower/animal that had moving lights inside.
This pedestrian tunnel featured Sonar Light Pulse by Paul Cremers, that responded to sound: the louder you yelled, the faster the light would speed through.
One of my favorites: Rotifers by Nicole Anona Banowets (see also teaser pic up above!) Microscopic creatures blown up to human size with changing colours. I could look at this all night.
Another one I love a LOT: Greenpigs by Bibi. A tree made out of flying pigs, glowing green because of bioluminescence: bacteria enclosed in self-sealing plastic containers!
Definitely the most fun installation was Enthalpy by John Bell: throughout the park there were several screens that showed images of our heat signatures! We all gathered in front of the infrared cameras to see ourselves. From left to right: brotherdearest holding the map of the walking route, a stranger between us, me with my camera, the tall person behind me is mom's boyfriend and she is the one waving with the pink phone:)
Touching a Nerve by Lydia Fraaije is build out of recycled fiberglass.
How cool is the photo on the left? It's even better than seeing this installation for real! Hourglass by Wilhelmusvlug was a round timelaps video of all seasons, taken at this exact location in Wertheimpark, creating a true timewarp effect.
The eyeball was part of a whole set sticking out of the ground, following you around as you passed by, very eerie. You Looking at Me by Tropisme Art & Science Collective
The colours of light sculpture Nest by Vikas Patil & Santosh Gujar were contantly changing.
In the background you can see Rotifers glowing, but the photo on the right also features What's He Building in There by Laurent de Wolf: a mysterious installation that looks like an urban apartment block with silhouettes of people and animals moving behind the windows: very intriguing to watch!
Human Beeing by The Constitute had a beehive projected on the side of the Hortus Botanicus building (the bees actually build it in a tiny replica of that building!), this was fascinating to watch.
Last artpiece on the walk was From Twente With Love by Randy van Lingen & Vanessa Evers, a waterfall of light and music, that was created by touch! (It also features as a shelter during the rain;) From here you can see the bridge where we started our walk.
But we played with the light and music a little longer before we finished our walking tour;)
Click to viewLast but not least: a video of Tree Hugger by Daan van Hasselt & Asia Jackowska; the lights actually responded to people hugging the trees!
This was merely a selection of the sculptures: some of them were hard to capture with my camera. The Illuminade closed on January 9th, BUT! The Light Festival Water Colors boattours are still going until January 22nd. I'll post photos of those sculptures this weekend:)
If you can't make it to Amsterdam before then, see you next year?
J.