Re-Scaling Turrell and Gaillard

2014
Rotating installation displaying artworks situated in the public space of The Hague.

We designed re-scaling tools to perform at the site of land-art. First we re-scaled Turrell's Celestial Vault, 30-meters wide and 40-meters long ellipse. This artificial volcano situated in the flat Dutch landscape was built for audience to experience the sky. We measured Turrell's Celestial Vault, 40 meters long artificial volcano functioning as a natural sky observatory and Gaillard's Dunepark, temporarily excavated burried Atlantikwall bunker from World War II exhibited as a form of negative sculpting.

  • Re-Scaling Turrell and Gaillard: blob cutouts of a dotted face, bunker and land-art float in a window, taped blue and red
  • Re-Scaling Turrell and Gaillard: a figure hoists striped re-scaling tools in the grassy Celestial Vault, a bench on gravel
  • Re-Scaling Turrell and Gaillard: a figure plants striped re-scaling tools by a bench, blue sky over the Celestial Vault
  • Re-Scaling Turrell and Gaillard: blob cutouts of land-art fill a street window, a shelf below names Turrell and Gaillard
  • Re-Scaling Turrell and Gaillard: a figure in marbled print props striped re-scaling tools on the concrete Dunepark bunker
  • Re-Scaling Turrell and Gaillard: a figure leaps with a striped pole on a poster reading 'RE-SCALING GAILLARD'S DUNEPARK'