Today you’ll see the work of two Dutch artists, both active in the field of art and public space:

Daan Roosegaarde is an artist working in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.His work explores the dynamic relation between architecture, people and e-culture. In this interaction his sculptures create a situation of ‘tactile high-tech’ where visitor and (public) space become one.

Roosegaarde: “My artworks explore the dynamic relation between architecture, people and new media. In this research the sculptures are a materialized collision of technology and the human body. Through the use of new media the sculptures trigger human senses to make a sensual engagement with their environment. For example interactive landscape Dune enhances the daily behavior of people, reacting to their sound and motion as they pass by in the evening. Here the visitor changes into a participant; a direct influence on the identity of the interactive work. Fused into an intelligent and sensible environment, the artwork becomes an extension of our collective, social skin.”
Visit his site here: http://www.studioroosegaarde.net/

Giny Vos‘ work is characterized by a poetic use of technology. It is mostly “created for public spaces.  This means that, by and large, the real existing environment plays a significant role in the final result. (…) I consider the processes that take place at any given location to be just as important as the physical characteristics thereof, so I often make use of movement, in the form of light or digital displays. At the same time, the work also always tells its own story; it is not an illustration of the place where it is, but rather tries to expand the experience of this. In this way, the work seeks to place the given situation (literally and figuratively) in another light, whereby a new situation arises, without the existing one being obscured.”
Visit her site here: http://www.ginyvos.nl/site/reizendzand_eng.html