Season '23 pays tribute to Wall House #2
About this activity.
Wall House #2 temporarily transforms into a camera obscura in season '23. The eponymous exhibition Camera Obscura, on view from 1 April 2023 in architect John Hejduk's world-famous design on Groningen's Hoornsemeer, pays tribute to this extraordinary building and its surroundings.
Three Groningen photographers respond with their mainly analogue work to Wall House #2 and its interaction with the area in which the building stands: the Hoornsemeer area on the outskirts of Groningen, with beautiful views of the water. In Camera Obscura, Annemarie van Buuren, Baukje Pietje Venema and Arjan Verschoor each give their own translation of the magic of the place. Indeed, every moment in Wall House #2 is different. Shape, light and colour change depending on the time of day and weather conditions.
About the photographers
Annemarie van Buuren (Rotterdam, 1961)
The work of Annemarie van Buuren (graduated from the Fotoacademie in Groningen in 2012) that can be seen in Wall House #2 is Lightlapse. It mirrors the architect's concept and explores the idea of outside as part of inside. Water, air and light form a fluid, round and moving element of the living space.
Baukje Pietje Venema (Oudebildtzijl, 1974)
For the exhibition, Baukje Pietje Venema created an installation in which she uses pinhole photography to depict the interaction between environment and architecture. A representation of constant change of colour and light, which takes place over the course of the day. How do light and place affect the character of the building? Venema graduated from the HKU in Utrecht in 1998.
Arjan Verschoor (Hilversum, 1967)
Utrecht HKU graduate photographer Arjan Verschoor converted the top floor of Wall House #2 into a veritable camera obscura. He brings the view over the Hoornsemeer in through a small hole. The incident light casts an image of the outside world upside down on the opposite wall.
The Camera Obscura exhibition will be on display until 20 August 2023.
Wall House #2.
Wall House #2 is een bezienswaardigheid, met zijn veelheid aan vormen, kleuren, interessante details, symbolen en betekenissen. Het is een exponent van de architectuur in de jaren tachtig en negentig van de vorige eeuw, toen de stad Groningen zich als podium voor internationale postmoderne architectuur profileerde. Het exuberante woonhuis werd ontworpen door de architect John Quentin Hejduk (New York 1929 - 2000 New York).
Location.
Wall House #2
A. J. Lutulistraat 17
9728 WT
tel 06-52065213
www.groningermuseum.nl/wallhouse