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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: John Geerts on September 08, 2015, 21:42:43
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A bi or tri-annual exposition opened in one of the woods of Tilburg.
"Lustwarande"
"De Oude Warande was built in 1712 by the German prince Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel, at that time lord of the Manor of Tilburg and Goirle. He created the forest according to the latest fashion garden, the Baroque. Warande is derived from the French varenne, meaning hunting enclosure or pleasure garden. The main design is a sterrebos (a star-shaped wood), while the paths of the four quadrants have been constructed in various geometric shapes, so that the system of paths constitutes a maze (one of the garden-architects is La Notte). Such parks were usually enlivened with sculptures, caves and ponds. In De Oude Warande no remnants of sculptures have been found. During the 19th century the park switched owners several times. In 1952 the municipality of Tilburg became the owner. Since 2000 Fundament Foundation completes this best-preserved Baroque woodlands of Netherlands every three to four years with a temporary international group exhibition, Lustwarande."
Here is a link to the website of the organisation: http://www.fundamentfoundation.nl/en (http://www.fundamentfoundation.nl/en)
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Beautiful story and images!
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Great docu inter pre tation. I feel I have been there my self. Keep them coming.
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YES! ... I want to see more. What a great exhibit.
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Yes, more, keep them coming.
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Thank you Jakov, Frank, Gary and Tim
I will update it. Here is the main central building were all the roads of the 'star' lead to, called Grotto, build in 2009. http://www.grotto09.nl/en (http://www.grotto09.nl/en)
It's a brilliantly designed building by Callum Morton. He designed an invisible pavilion. The exterior is not immediately apparent, because it is a mirror, so all eight paths of the star continue in the reflection. The exterior of the pavilion functions both as a façade, screening off the inside from the outside, and as a reflective screen, mirroring and continuing the outside world. However, this continuation is an illusion. The Baroque design only appears to remain in view.
Grotto is a Baroque folly, a screen, a cave, a grave and a functional pavilion. Callum Morton’s thinking was guided by Baroque notions, the principles of contemporary entertainment, the human habit of looking for a place to be together with someone else, and the desire to produce an exciting tension between interior and exterior. “In the first instance, I wanted to develop a design that would clash with the Baroque layout of De Oude Warande,” says Morton. “But now I think it clashes with itself. Grotto is a paradox.”
Shot with CV90, the terrace and entrance are on the other side.
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John, I thoroughly enjoyed reading your post.
You have advertised it in such a way that I will most likely visit the place!
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Very interesting story of what seems a quite extraordinary place... :-)
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Thank you gentlemen. The exhibition is open till 25 October 2015,
And there is a lot more to see, apart from the 'Art' ;)
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Some details of the last one.
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It is upsetting that I am half a world away and cannot walk the grounds and see the exhibit with my own feet and eyes.
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A kind of wardrobe...
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Perhaps a kind of Teleport could be useful, Gary ;)
Not a soccer ball...
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John, I might go down there not this but the following weekend!
Your photos attracted me to it :)
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Thank you Jakov. Always welcome here in Tilburg of course ;)
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A sort of Menhir?
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All of them live of the transitioin between the sharp and unsharp parts, BOKEH for the laymen.
Will you name the lens?
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I used two lenses, the Nikkor 45mm F/2.8 P and the Voigtlander 90mm F/3.5 The last one was shot with the 90mm.
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And the last one (there are more than 20 sculptures and installations) I don't want to spoil it for possible visitors ;)
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Because of John Geerts, I visited Lustwarande too.
Lovely place for a stroll in the forest.
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Lovely double exposures, Jakov ! (and sorry for that late reply) ;)
The organisation decided to make an annual Lustwarande, in a smaller edition, called Luster. A few takes on this year exhibition...
D800E Voigtlander Nokton 58/1.4