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Shadow Scapes
AMSTERDAM LIGHT FESTIVAL - It’s no coincidence that these shadows can be seen on the facade of the Maritime Museum. Neustetter researched the museum’s collection, which contains around 400.000 objects relating to Dutch maritime history, and selected a variety of objects. They caught his eye for different reasons: they have interesting, ambiguous, symbolic or recognisable silhouettes, play with scale, serve a mix of purposes (aesthetic and functional) or represent specific stories, perspectives or power relations. Neustetter recreated these objects – among which a ship model, a goblet, pieces of jewellery, a globe and several nautical instruments – as flat silhouettes and placed them around the building. By alternatingly illuminating the silhouettes with multiple lights, the shadows overlap each other in different ways, consequently creating a range of patterns and imaginary landscapes.
Shadow Scapes
AMSTERDAM LIGHT FESTIVAL - It’s no coincidence that these shadows can be seen on the facade of the Maritime Museum. Neustetter researched the museum’s collection, which contains around 400.000 objects relating to Dutch maritime history, and selected a variety of objects. They caught his eye for different reasons: they have interesting, ambiguous, symbolic or recognisable silhouettes, play with scale, serve a mix of purposes (aesthetic and functional) or represent specific stories, perspectives or power relations. Neustetter recreated these objects – among which a ship model, a goblet, pieces of jewellery, a globe and several nautical instruments – as flat silhouettes and placed them around the building. By alternatingly illuminating the silhouettes with multiple lights, the shadows overlap each other in different ways, consequently creating a range of patterns and imaginary landscapes.