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TRAVELLING SAND
Apeldoorn 2008

Shifting sands, created by LEDs, play across a large glass wall in front of the railway station in Apeldoorn. This can lead to a surging sandstorm, or the sand can be still a while, or whip up gently, creating minimal changes in the patterns of the landscape. Now and again, a gentle breeze rises, lifting the sand and revealing an extremely fine layer of whirling sand above the bottom. The swirling sand can form marvellous, constantly changing, patterns. On a larger scale, the landscape changes as the sand hills slowly drift on. The sand may lie in dunes to one side, an impression reinforced by the basin-shaped square. In moments of calm, the patterns can also change with the movement of the sunlight that picks out or obscures the contours of the sand hills. The choreography of Travelling Sand is made in collaboration with 3D animator Bram Verhavert.

100 x 4 meter
Etched glass, 1.3 million LEDs and control system

Supported by:
Fonds BKVB Amsterdam, The Netherlands