Walburg|Volgerlanden project

introduction

 

towards an environment/land art project by Lucien den Arend

"Near the end of the sixties, on a warm summer Sunday evening I strolled down the Walburgpad. This was a narrow dirt road which ran from the river dike in the east to the old, originally Roman road, Rotterdamseweg/Langeweg in the west. During that time I painted and sketched from the landscape and was studying the tarred sheds and barns.

On this midsummer evening the sun was setting near the northwest. I paused under the high tension wires. The humid atmosphere made the electric current audible - it produced a crackling sound, giving a surrealistic flavor to the evening. I had my camera with me and photographed the location which would set a future scene for an environmental project I could not have imagined on that day.

A few years later the city commissioned me to make a proposal for a sculpture that should be functional and blend in with its surroundings. I was free to propose a location of my choice. This spot was one of my favorite places."

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