“50% of the park experience is invisible” – An interview with Marjolijn Boterenbrood
24 March 2020 – Interview with Marjolein Boterenbrood about her project Parksporen / Traces by Anh Dinh from Zone2Source
Artists Blogs
Kester Freriks of NRC on Sporen by Marjolein Boterenbrood
In de NRC van vrijdag 15 juni 2016 stond een mooi artikel van journalist Kester Freriks over het project Sporen van Marjolijn Boterenbrood. Lees het artikel hier.
lobster
In de parken leven ongelofelijke hoeveelheden kreeften. Je vind de schildjes overal. Bij de kaartpresentatieten we ze: parkkreeftjes van de Keuken van het ongewenste dier:
Invitation presentation Parksporen Park Traces
Welkom op zondag 17 april 2016 bij Zone2source, Glazen Huis, Amstelpark Amsterdam Met het kunstproject Park Sporen ging Marjolijn Boterenbrood een jaar lang ondergronds in het Amstelpark en het Gijsbrecht van Aemstelpark. …Read more
Waterzooi
After the water walk and the waterzooi lunch, we returned leftovers to the water. Remnants of the meal we serve on rice sheets to the lobsters, water fleas, post horn …Read more
Aspic from Park Lobster
After the waterzooi walk we talk in the Orangerie in the Amstelpark. We eat the lobsters in the park waters live, in aspic. The lobsters are poured in aspic so …Read more
Introduction
As part of the summer program of Zone2Source in 2015, Krijn Christiaansen & Cathelijne Montens (KCCM) researched the history of the Amstelpark, that was established for a horticulture exhibition, the …Read more
The Orangerie as a direction room
The Orangerie serving as a direction room presents the field work and archival research which underlies the works in the park.
RECONSTRUCTION #5, finding the French pavilion, Augustus 9, 2015
Amongst the pavilions that were built for the Floriade 1972, one pavilion is missing. It seems that it was buried in the eighties to improve the security in the park. …Read more
RECONSTRUCTION #4, rosarium tuning, July 20, 2015
Only a fragment of the original Rosarium is visible today. In the layout of the Floriade 1972, a vast pattern of diagonally positioned rectangles was spread over the area between …Read more
RECONSTRUCTION #3, baptism of a lily, June 21, 2015
In one of the small original Floriade pavilions, designed by Oyevaar Stolle Van Gooi Architects (now known as de Architecten Cie.), a new species of lily was baptised ‘Princess Gracia’ …Read more
RECONSTRUCTIE #2, the early years of the VU Hortus, May 31 – Augustus 23 2015
The contribution of the VU Hortus to the Floriade 1972 is reconstructed in the Orangerie. It consists of a collection of succulents, the majority of which is the original material …Read more
RECONSTRUCTION #1, hexagonal flowerbeds, May 19, 2015
Next to the pond, 82 of the original hexagonal flowerbeds of the Floriade 1972 are reconstructed with 67.000 beheaded tulips in 6 different colours. The nursery Groot–Vriend in Lutjebroek, grew …Read more
Come Take a Look
Invitation: Come and see what is hidden under your feet, in the ground and in the water. 20 September, 12 noon Meeting island Gijsbrecht van Aemstelpark It is the year …Read more
Handje aarde
Deze tekening is van Joseph Semah. Het doet mij denken aan mensen die hun grondgebied moeten verlaten en wat grond meenemen. Terug verlangen, geur die de herinneringen terugbrengt? Iedereen kent …Read more