Façade
Volksbank
Façade is a visual transformation of one of the tallest buildings in Utrecht. By working with different three-dimensional architectural elements, differences in scale and perspectives, a playful vision of the building and its surroundings is created. By using both high-tech (3D animation and video mapping) and low-tech techniques (carved masks and silhouettes, viewing boxes) we try to bring back the human dimension, imagination and creativity in the concrete high-rise building around the station.
“Homecoming to me is having a place where I can create my own worlds. My house, my workshop, a location for a location project. The moment you have to make the space your own, it becomes a familiar place that you can relate to.”
Artist: Jurjen Alkema
Dutch
Jurjen Alkema is an audiovisual artist, specialized in video projection. His work is characterized by the use of video mapping, sound and light to create your own visual world in the theater or on location. He worked both as a designer and as an independent artist for a large number of different theater productions, festivals, concerts and museums. Until 2021 he was part of the Blue Hour collective, with which he was active at various light, pop and theater festivals. For Façade he works together with Wieger Steenhuis, 3d animator and video artist.
