The Black Project
The Black Project
The Black project was developed for Wild-C Eindhoven and the event NEW COUNTRY ESCAPE OF THE 21st CENTURY. I was asked to create a place where culture and nature form a pact. Wild-C was being constructed on a deserted industrial site in Eindhoven. I conducted research on one of the buildings that of the ex-manufacturer of aircraft components: The Stork. The USAF3 F-117 Night Hawk or 'Stealth Fighter' served as a starting point of this project as it employed stealth technology, developed during the Cold War to avoid detection from the radio waves. By combining the history of stealth technology with the feature of summer residences i aim to invoke disengaging from the outside world. This resulted in an interactive installation that is based on the cockpit of the F-117 aircraft where the visitor can enter into the work in order to disconnect from external distractions.
Wild-C
Wild-C at Strijp-S linked up with the United Nations’ International Year of Forests. In 2012 MU linked up with the ‘year of Historic Country Houses’. A country house is traditionally a place where townspeople escape from their urban environment and enjoy themselves. With Wild-C, MU proposes a ‘new country escape for the 21st century’.
Wild-C is being constructed on a deserted industrial site in Eindhoven: Sectie-C. Sectie-C can be found on the Daalakkersweg in the district of Tongelre. The former Stork and ADL premises have been transformed into a breeding ground where young talents and established designers can come together. Part of this open-air area is being transformed into a lively venue where young and old can inhale both culture and nature.
The works that have been specially made for Wild-C are highly diverse and range from monumental sculptures to subtle poetic elements, and from guerrilla-like interventions to interactive moments.
Wild-C is a project from MU Eindhoven icw KOP Breda, Kunstpodium T Tilburg, CBK ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Landkunst (BKKC) and Sectie-C (Smalle Haven) and is supported by DOEN Foundation, Provincie Noord-Brabant, Ministerie van OCW and Gemeente Eindhoven.