exponential view: colorful tunnel painting by geert mul
all images courtesy of geert mul
brightening this tunnel in the netherlands is a permanent art installation by dutch media artist geert mul. previously located on the site was the house of the famous dutch scientist and astronomer, christiaan huygens. a leader in the wave theory of light and motion, he also made further discoveries regarding the planet saturn. lining the wall of the dark tunnel is a colorful painting that is illuminated by LED lights – fittingly the artwork is a tribute to the extension of seeing and features images relating to the scientist’s breakthroughs. the project was commissioned by gemeente voorburg/leidschendam:
‘this tunnel is built on a site that used to be the garden of hofwijck, the house of the dutch 17th century scientist christiaan huygens. christiaan huygens contributed to the development of the telescope and the microscope. media-artist geert mul created a tribute to the extension of seeing’
‘exponential view’
video courtesy of geert mul
the artwork is a tribute to the extension of seeing and features images of scientist christiaan huygens’ breakthroughs
the permanent art installation uses LED lights to brighten the tunnel
exponential view with flowers in a yellow light
exponential view in day light (detail)
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Color theory used very well 🙂
Beautiful, simple, timeless.
An invitation to look deeper into historic invention, and a modern, inventive system of lighting; both lightening a tunnel’s basic essence of undergroundedness, and using it as the portal to a buried, significant past. Thank you!