On the north bank of the IJ, across the water from central station is an installation of illuminated text on the water's edge, which reads SO FAR AND YET SO CLOSE.
At night the installation is clearly visible all along the southern shore. Its listed as part of the 'north' exhibition which ran from 12 Aug to 18 sept, but it is running from oct to dec. If they had lit the installation during NORTH, I might have found and attended the exhibition.
It should read "so close and yet so far"
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IJ bank Amsterdam
started of 21-10-2005 up to 21-12-2005
art project within the framework of North 2005: Skyline
NORTH editie II - Skyline the lichtlettersproject SO FAR AND YET SO CLOSE are a part of the art event NORTH.
For the skyline to the IJ bank in Amsterdam, the artist uses stop lichtreclame characters. By day reflect themselves in the forms of the characters water, air and it slightly, depending on the movement of wind and the witness. In the evening the characters are lighted, as a result of which the picture a communication becomes, as sirene'voor the cargo liners and the pontgangers, for the motorway users at the central station and for the gone astray passant along the bank of IJ. Here the text serves as a subtitling for the coming construction activities on the former Shellterrein and for the expectation which creates that possibility for the city Amsterdam. NORTH are a project to that art to spots bring that a change process undergo.
From a historical notion this transformation is supported with tentoonstellingen (exhibitions) of historical fotografie, contemporary beeldende art, and other art forms.
In 2004, lucht'(o.a. were the aviation industry in Amsterdam North) the main point. This year are water'(o.a. the scheepswerven of North) the topic and in 2006/2007 is experimenting (among other things the Shell laboratories) the subject
www.northamsterdam.com
translation by babelfish, informatie from cultuurnet
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