Site-specific art created to celebrate Felix Meritis 225th anniversary, 2013
Location: The Observatory of Felix Meritis, Keizersgracht 324, and in the city of Amsterdam.
Please note: only from the Observatory of Felix Meritis, Amsterdam (The area where the 4x optical telescopes were installed), blue neon lit citations are visible on remarkable buildings all over the city.
The Observatory of Felix Meritis, Keizersgracht 324, Amsterdam:
Granite - black galaxy (The carving depicts in a mirror image, the design of the Amsterdam Canal District), 4 x bronze casted tripods + 4x optical telescopes Height 170 cm.
10 x citations in blue neon light were attached to 10 x buildings in the city of Amsterdam.
- The Bazel
Een toekomst voor ideeën (A future for ideas)
Source: Amsterdam, European Capital of Culture (1987)
- The Police Headquarters in Amsterdam
Verloren illusies zijn gevonden waarheden (The lost illusions are true found)
Author: Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker) (1820-1887)
- The Great Industrial Club Building, Dam Square
Gelukkig door Verdiensten (Happy through Merit)
Source: The Felix Meritis Foundation (1777-1889)
- The MAAGDENHUIS
So many books, so little time
Author: Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
- The NEDERLANDSCHE BANK DNB
Desire is the very essence of man
Author: Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) Source: De Ethica (1677)
- The Pyramid housing complex
Bauen Wohnen Denken (Building Dwelling Thinking)
Author: Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) Source: Bauen Wohnen Denken (1951)
- The STADSSCHOUWBURG AMSTERDAM
De wereld is een speeltoneel (The world is a theatre stage)
Author: Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679)
- The VONDEL Church
En toch beweegt zij! ( E pur si muove! )
Author: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
- The WESTER Church
Leben? oder Theater? (Life? or Theater?)
Author: Charlotte Salomon (1912-1943) Source: The Jewish History Museum
- The World Trade Center WTC
Leviathan
Author: Thomas Hobbes
Source: Leviathan, or The Matter, Form and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civil (1651)