The Rotterdam artist Daan Roosegaarde has put a signature on his work on the dam.
A group astronomers, naturalists and other nachtminnenden ‘on www.petitie.nl started a petition against the work of Roosegaarde on the dam. They are afraid that it gives too much light and disrupts the darkness. There have already put more than 3,200 signatures.
Darkness
Darkness is a oerwaarde, proposes among others Esther Hanko from Purmerend. ,, The Dam is one of the last places in the Netherlands where you can still see the Milky Way. “
Roosegaarde stressed that it was not his intention is the Dam be transformed into a bright spot. To demonstrate that he is from the darkness advocate, he has his signature placed under the petition.
Ode to the basalt workers
The Rotterdam artist designed art avian Dam attached to luminous kite strings. They are based on an idea of deceased astronaut Wubbo Ockels, which Roosegaarde told that you can generate energy when you connect the moving rope with a dynamo. So the pilots can themselves emit light. In addition, he wants to radiate basalt blocks by means of a layer of silver paint. He sees it as a tribute to the basalt workers of the past who put piece by piece by hand boulders.
The artwork comes on the Dam as part of major refurbishment. The dike is completely renovated between 2018 and 2022 for 850 million euros.
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