Art installation for a time of climate change: Deltawerk //

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On September 27th 2018, the largest artwork of RAAAF | Atelier de Lyon so far openend: Deltawerk //.

A huge wave basin in the National Monument Waterloopbos served as a test location for the Delta Works. With the aim of creating an indestructible delta, engineers experimented with, among other things, meters high tsunami waves. We have excavated and sawed open this colossal 250-meter-long monument of the Dutch struggle against water.

Deltawerk // by RAAAF | Atelier de Lyon

Deltawerk // physically questions the famous Dutch pursuit of indestructibility. Just like our National Monument Bunker 599, which has been sawn through, it is a plea for a radically different approach to cultural heritage: Hardcore Heritage.

Read more about this in Frontiers in Psychology, Metropolis NYC, Volkskrant, etc.: https://goo.gl/sFvY6A

Dutch national newspaper Volkskrant announces cultural highlights of Fall 2018, including our new artwork Deltawerk //

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