Seesaw, 2009
A work of art by Katrin Korfmann in the public space of the city Hilversum
The Dutch city of Hilversum built in 2009 a 100-meter long new tunnel for cyclists and pedestrians. The tunnel is located under the rail tracks and connects the northern and southern part of the city at the intersection Oosterengweg-Alt Amersfoorstseweg.
To artistically enhance the tunnel and to lead the city`s two peaces back together, the city made an art competition for a work of art in public space.
With her project „Seesaw“, an interactive light installation, the Berlin-born Katrin Korfmann won the competition.
Along the tunnel wall set lamps are projecting conical beams on the adjacent walls. Using motion sensors, the lamps respond to the presence and movement of passers-by and send different colored light at certain intervals. The number of turned on lamps corresponds to the number of pedestrians and cyclists who pass through the tunnel at a certain time. The light travels through the tunnel, bouncing from one lamp to the next and so accompanies the passers-by on their way. When the tunnel is empty, a single light is moving stealthily up and down in order to attract the next passer-by. In that manner, in a nearly playful way an exchange and the contact between the infrastructually underdeveloped area on the one and the “better” residential area on other side of the tracks are being encouraged.
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