Oude Lombardsteeg, Leeuwarden
Passage de la Baleine refers to the arcades of Paris as well as to the times when the old marine clay region of Friesland was cloven in two by a sea arm and Leeuwarden was a settlement at the Middelzee. The ribs of a whale skeleton serve as the bows of a passage. The whale seems stuck in the narrow ally in the centre of Leeuwarden, but LED lights incorporated in the 60-meter-long metal structure suggest the movement of an immense, organic leviathan.
Dim. 60 x 3.40 x 7.80m
Bead-blasted maritime aluminium, multi-coloured LEDs and computer
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Client: De gemeente Leeuwarden
Production: De Mannen van staal, Yens en Yens, Bastiaan Gribling, Klaas Andrieg
Constructor: Bussel Engineering
3D visualisation en animation: Bram Verhavert
Renovation Allee: aannemersbedrijf Doornbos bv, Meesterschilders Friesland B.V, Buitink schilders, Architectenbureau Walon
Art advisor: Ankie Boomstra
Photography: Ilya Rabinovich, Evamarije Smit
Avrotros, Jeanne van der Horst
Broadcast on Vimeo from 1:55 (Dutch)
Broadcast on Avrotros from 1:55 (Dutch)
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