Rock Strangers
"Rock Strangers" by Arne Quinze (BEL)
location: Sea promenade near Zeeheldenplein, Oostende, Belgium
(Beaufort12)
Arne Quinze developed a set of sculptures for the city of Ostend by the name of Rock Strangers. Strange objects that pop up at locations where you would least expect them, such as on the renewed Zeeheldenplein, the city's hotspot. It looks as if they have been washed ashore. Their bright orange color is in sharp contrast with their natural environment and has a strange effect. Rock Strangers forms a colorful accent in an otherwise fairly neutral, urban environment. With the huge metal installation, Quinze wants to offer a counterbalance to the increasingly strong uniformity in urban design. He also wants to penetrate the safe cocoon that people build around themselves in the city. Strange elements appear and contribute to a multicultural society.
Source & more info: www.triennalebeaufort.be/en/beaufort-rock-strangers
I thought it was interesting to confront these red, twisted 'Rock Strangers' that were installed in 2012 at the seafront promenade with the black (one day greenish) meteorite-like block "At the Mercy of Nature (Sisyphus Part X)" by Marius Ritiu.
Different techniques, different intentions, different story - and yet, a somewhat similar, out of this world, appearance.
Rock Strangers
"Rock Strangers" by Arne Quinze (BEL)
location: Sea promenade near Zeeheldenplein, Oostende, Belgium
(Beaufort12)
Arne Quinze developed a set of sculptures for the city of Ostend by the name of Rock Strangers. Strange objects that pop up at locations where you would least expect them, such as on the renewed Zeeheldenplein, the city's hotspot. It looks as if they have been washed ashore. Their bright orange color is in sharp contrast with their natural environment and has a strange effect. Rock Strangers forms a colorful accent in an otherwise fairly neutral, urban environment. With the huge metal installation, Quinze wants to offer a counterbalance to the increasingly strong uniformity in urban design. He also wants to penetrate the safe cocoon that people build around themselves in the city. Strange elements appear and contribute to a multicultural society.
Source & more info: www.triennalebeaufort.be/en/beaufort-rock-strangers
I thought it was interesting to confront these red, twisted 'Rock Strangers' that were installed in 2012 at the seafront promenade with the black (one day greenish) meteorite-like block "At the Mercy of Nature (Sisyphus Part X)" by Marius Ritiu.
Different techniques, different intentions, different story - and yet, a somewhat similar, out of this world, appearance.