Alticomtoren, Amsterdam
The handwriting of the universe
With a big bang, on December 2nd in 2009, the work White Noise for the telecommunications tower at the Zuidas (Amsterdam) was opened. Every night, high up in the tower a dynamic image appears, a twinkling universe where stars fall and planets light up, where meteorites swish by and small explosions take place. Every now and then, codes of letters and numbers pop up, as a sign of human communication.
Dim. 4 platforms Ø 50 x 20 m
Galvanised steel, 1044 LEDs, computer
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Location: telecommunications tower, South Axis (Zuidas) Amsterdam
Client: Virtueel Museum Zuidas, Amsterdam; KPN, Amsterdam
Architect: Christof Schwencke Production: Rena Electronica, Janis Pönisch, Kostya Leonenko
Animation: Bram Verhavert
Photography: Gert Jan van Rooij, Martin Dijkstra
Video registration: Konstantin Leonenko
Het Parool, Edo Dijksterhuis
De Volkskrant, Sarah van Binsbergen
