THE
CROOSWIJK
METEORITE
CROOSWIJK
METEORITE
SAT FEB 18, 2006 / SUN APR 23, 2006
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The Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam commissioned the artist Susanne Kriemann (D/NL) to make a work for a site on the canal in the Crooswijk district of Rotterdam. Because Crooswijk is a neighbourhood in flux with a multi-cultural population, she wanted to make a work that would be recognisable to all and would speak to everyone’s imagination.
In 2004, via the internet, Kriemann discovered the trail of the Willamette meteorite, which crashed to earth in Alberta, Canada and is now housed in the Museum of Natural History in New York. When Ellis Hughes discovered the meteorite at the beginning of the twentieth century, many pieces were hacked off it and sold; they are now in museum collections all over the world. By email Kriemann did a lot of research about the various fragments, both originals and copies. She finally had a replica of the meteorite made in China based on all the photographs and descriptions of its many parts and had it shipped to Rotterdam. This is a story of re-location, in which the original and replica are combined. This fusion is an important motif in Kriemann’s work, in which she establishes relationships between elements such as 'fact', 'fiction' and (virtual) time.
Until the end of April the meteorite will be housed within Cut for Purpose. It will then be sited in Crooswijk in an environment designed by the architect Monika Konrad. The meteorite is now somewhat concealed within the cardboard structure in the Straatgalerij but, little by little, more of it will become visible as ‘cuttings’ take place in its vicinity. The permanent siting of the meteorite at the beginning of May will be accompanied by a publication.
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The Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam commissioned the artist Susanne Kriemann (D/NL) to make a work for a site on the canal in the Crooswijk district of Rotterdam. Because Crooswijk is a neighbourhood in flux with a multi-cultural population, she wanted to make a work that would be recognisable to all and would speak to everyone’s imagination.
In 2004, via the internet, Kriemann discovered the trail of the Willamette meteorite, which crashed to earth in Alberta, Canada and is now housed in the Museum of Natural History in New York. When Ellis Hughes discovered the meteorite at the beginning of the twentieth century, many pieces were hacked off it and sold; they are now in museum collections all over the world. By email Kriemann did a lot of research about the various fragments, both originals and copies. She finally had a replica of the meteorite made in China based on all the photographs and descriptions of its many parts and had it shipped to Rotterdam. This is a story of re-location, in which the original and replica are combined. This fusion is an important motif in Kriemann’s work, in which she establishes relationships between elements such as 'fact', 'fiction' and (virtual) time.
Until the end of April the meteorite will be housed within Cut for Purpose. It will then be sited in Crooswijk in an environment designed by the architect Monika Konrad. The meteorite is now somewhat concealed within the cardboard structure in the Straatgalerij but, little by little, more of it will become visible as ‘cuttings’ take place in its vicinity. The permanent siting of the meteorite at the beginning of May will be accompanied by a publication.
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