Second Thought
Giny Vos
About this artwork.
Above the roundabout in the bicycle shed, in a crowd of coming and going travellers, a snow house hangs upside down from the ceiling of the Stadsbalkon. In the globe there are 11 perspex plates whose contours resemble those of the central main station. The use of new media in the form of computer-controlled LED lighting creates a play of light and dark in the globe; every now and then the stations aspect changes into a shadow of itself.
Artist Giny Vos told about her first visit to the bicycle garage: “My attention was mainly drawn to the large round holes in the roof. They all give a different picture of the station above the ground, but often from a strange perspective.”
Vos was captivated by the contrast and conflict that the Stadsbalkon and the main station seem to have with each other. On the one hand, the modern square gives the monumental station new allure, but it also obscures part of it from view. With Second Thought, Vos mirrors the station from top to bottom, as it were, and connects the two structures underground."
Part of route.
Location.
Stationsplein (rotonde fietsenstalling)
Facts & Figures.
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Design
Giny Vos -
Year of creation
2008 -
Art type
Art and architecture, Art in / on a building, Light artwork, New media -
Material
Wood, Plexiglass, LED-lighting, Computer control -
Dimensions
h 1,30 x b 2,90 x d 1,50 m