Hinterland
Heleen Blanken & Marieke Nooren (namens Gouden Haas)
In the middle of the darkest part of Lumièrepark, visitors encounter a glistening, transparent room. A space in which the shapes and colours of nocturnal nature take on a new and unrecognisable character. Here you see nature in its strangest, most futuristic forms. In the middle of the space is a smaller, second space - a small diorama of Almere's nature, seen in isolation. In this perfect, futuristic form, it looks just a little more menacing than we are used to.
The artwork invites visitors to take a big step - a step that takes us across an important threshold in time. A threshold born of the difficult concept that nature, as we know it, will change completely in the years to come. And of our inability to grasp this.
Hinterland was commissioned by Alluminous Light Art Festival, in collaboration with partner Gouden Haas. Photography: Clemens Wildschut
About the artist
Heleen Blanken (1980) is a visual artist, living and working in Amsterdam. She works with cinematography, installation art, new media, scenography and sculpture. Her work raises questions about how we view ideas about nature.
Marieke Nooren (1982) is a dramatist and programme maker with the Almere-based theatre company, Gouden Haas. The company specialises in projects about climate issues and our relationship with nature.