TAAK | Riff, PD#18245

Tutor documentation 2020-01-13

Niels van Beek and Theo Tegelaers (TAAK), tutor and co-director of finished Temporary Programme Cure Master (2014-2016), respectively, supervised the preliminary process, the substantive development and practical implementation as an external consultant for the new work Riff, PD # 18245 by Bob Gramsma, which was presented on 12 October 2019 in Flevoland, NL.

The documentary 'no risk, no fun' can be viewed via the website of Omroep Flevoland: https://www.omroepflevoland.nl/gemist/video/8e-land-art-kunstwerk

Riff, PD # 18245 was created on the occasion of 100 years of the Zuiderzee Act. Just like the polder, the artwork was created in several phases. An ingenious construction of piles, piles and steel structures has been topped by a hill of 15,000 cubic meters of agricultural and Zuiderzee soil. A large cavity has been dug in this, which is covered with a layer of sprayed concrete and then provided with a concrete roof and stairs. After that, the monumental cast was excavated and the earth processed back into the landscape. The color, structure and shape of the excavated architectural image are determined by the typology of the landscape, the dug cavity and adhering sand and clay from the surrounding landscape.

As an excavated archaeological find, the monument recalls the special geology and the history of Flevoland. Riff, PD # 18245 is a print of Gramsma's dug trail in the Flevo soil and thus reflects, among other things, the reclamation and artificiality of the polder.

About the artist

The Swiss artist Bob Gramsma makes large-scale interventions in the landscape at various places in the world, inspired by his fascination for sculpture and high-quality civil engineering work. Riff is an important work in his oeuvre in which he constantly investigates how he can come to form in and with an environment, and how our act and experience generate meaning and power through our experience and experience. (translated from Dutch)

More information: http://www.taak.me/activity/opening-riff-pd-18245-op-12-oktober-2019/