Giant Pink Glasses Sculpture

TITLE: Gigantic Pink Glasses ART INSTALLATION LOCATIONS: Nieuwe Meer, De Oeverlanden Oude Haagseweg, Amsterdam September 2018- Current Future Play Event Het Nieuwe Meer, De Oeverlanden, Amsterdam September 2018 Where The Sheep Sleep, Burning Man Netherlands, Apeldoorn, July 2018 Verzetstrijderspark, Marialust, Apeldoorn, June 2018 Paleis Soestdijk May 29 – December 28, 2017 () Keukenhof Tulip Gardens – March- May, 2017 MATERIALS: Powder Coated Steel SCALE: 4 meters wide x 1.7 meters tall x 4.4 meters deep THE CONCEPT Our experience shifts when we look out through a frame, such as these pair of rose colored glasses. We choose our own boundaries of how we perceive the world. The concept of Giant Pink Glasses is a tribute to this perspectives. It is a tribute to the shift that looking through this porthole can bring. This installation invites the public to interact and shift consciousnes.This sculpture has a performance quality that crosses multi-cultural boarders. The public takes on poses through selfie shots and video as they connect with the frames. The underlying concept of the rose colored glasses was grasped on a visual and physical level as participants lined up to take a moment to document their own performance. The interaction showed bursts of play, joy, looking through the frame, cleaning our lenses, climbing a larger than life understood object, being a central core for family value and inspiration, and a common ground for friendship. A frame allows us to ponder how we see things around us. Eye glasses are about focus things inside the frame are sharp like a landscape filled with colorful tulips, or a historical royal palace. In Keukenhof, 1 million visitors joined in during a 2 month period. At Paleis Soestdijk, this installation was placed with an eye on the future for the historical palace. These frames added the element of challenging the public to predict its exciting future.