Pursuit of Happiness
Land Art + Exhibition
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Project | Pursuit of Happiness
Commissioned by | Beyond Leidse Rijn Utrecht
Curator | Mariette Dölle
Type | Land Art + Exhibition
Date | September 2005
Location | Leidsche Rijn Utrecht
Architecture | Herman Verkerk & Paul Kuipers (EventArchitectuur)
i.c.w. | Pieter Wackers
Construction | Landstra & de Vries, Gemeentedienst Publieke Werken
Photography | Paul Kuipers
Images Process | Paul Kuipers
The Municipality of Utrecht has developed a scenario in which the introduction of public art is linked to the urban development of Leidsche Rijn in cooperation with SKOR (Foundation for Art and Public Space). This scenario: Beyond Leidsche Rijn, the Vinex assignment for art simultaneously uses Leidsche Rijn as a working area and as a point of departure. What does this mean? That art is not regarded as a series of autonomous beacons in a new neighbourhood, but establishes a bond with the architecture, landscaping and urban development.
Pursuit of Happiness is part of this program and includes the repurposing of a farmhouse into a video exhibition and the definition of the exhibition site through a land art intervention.
Leidsche Rijn Utrecht
01 Entrance
02 Video Shed
03 Café
04 Paper Dome Shigeru Ban
05 Pavilion Stanley Brouwn
Servicepoints + Exhibition
Repurpusing cubicle barn into a video shed
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