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Friday July 3, 18:00 - 20:00
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Exhibition Opening

UMWELT Amstel | Telling the Bees

Floris Schönfeld, Stef Veldhuis

Join us for the festive opening of UMWELT Amstel and Telling the Bees exhibitions at the Glazen Huis.

After the introduction by Zone2Source director/curator Alice Smits, the artists, Floris Schönfeld and Stef Veldhuis, will talk about their work. There will then be a short tour to see the outside works by artists. You can read more about the exhibitions on their designated pages.

Let’s celebrate summer with art, talks, and drinks!

Location: Het Glazen Huis, Amstelpark

Date: Friday, July 3rd

Time: 18:00 – 20:00

 

Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.
Zone2Source
UMWELT Amstel by Floris Schönfeld and Telling the Bees by Stef Veldhuis.

UMWELT Amstel
Floris Schönfeld
In UMWELT Amstel, artist Floris Schönfeld explores the possible entanglements of various entities within the Amstelpark. Central to this is the connections between the living world present in the park and the technological infrastructure that we as humans have built in the urban environment: from insect hedges and tree roots to underground data cables and servers. The work playfully seeks a way to make visible new, unexpected connections and the intertwining of these different systems with our human existence.
For the project, artist Floris Schönfeld has developed four site-specific sculptures titled Portals, which are placed around the Glass House. These sculptures are connected to the existing work PUK* Processor and the new work SIM Amstel, which are positioned inside the pavilion. All works are connected to one another via a mesh of data cables installed above ground in the park.
The starting point for these site-specific sculptures are natural structures in the park’s landscape, such as tree stumps, insect hedges, and clumps of fallen trees. Schönfeld has developed these forms into hybrid sculptures in which natural materials such as willow and reed are interwoven with data cables and sensors. These works, developed through intensive collaboration with designer and weaving artist Esmé Hofman, combine traditional reed and willow weaving with cable weaving techniques used in contemporary data centers. All these works are connected to one another via a network or mesh of data cables running above ground through the park, forming a visual and thematic line.
PUK* Processor (2020) is a specially developed computer server that houses two large ant colonies. The work contains a series of working computational components embedded in plaster modules. Two ant colonies of the species Messor Barbarus live throughout this computational infrastructure.