Daylight Art in Architecture
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Joost van Santen curriculum
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Contents:
About my work with
daylight
In 1970 I created my first colored glass windows in a church in
the city of Hoogvliet. The moment the sun appeared, colors were
projected into the room. These images of light, moving through space,
fascinated me. From that time light determined my work.
Between 1975 and 1980 I created 'Light Modules'. These are small
sculptures. In these sculptures images appear, produced by daylight
projected unto a translucent screen. Because of their cubic form they
can be put together in changing combinations. These Light Modules are
the key to my following sculptures and Light Installations. In the
period thereafter bigger objects were created, which could be
combined together to form ' Walls of Light'.
In the project of the Ordnance Survey building (Emmen, 1985)
red-and blue mirror-objects are hung on the walls of two light wells.
These light wells or voids extend through three floors of the
building, bringing daylight into the corridors. A purple glow of
light appears in the wells. The installation has an extra dimension
when the sun is shining. Images appear on the walls and on suspended
panels. These images vary with the nature and intensity of the
daylight and sunlight entering the wells. The tension of changing
phenomena that can be present, depending the time of day and the
weather, is a significant theme in my work.
In the project of the Head Office of the ING-bank (Amsterdam,
1987) light installations were placed into the wells of the ten
towers of the building. In each well brass and copper relief's,
facing the sun, are crown the upper parts of the walls. Light
Sculptures were placed along the internal street. At certain moments
reflected sunlight from the relief's reaches these sculptures,
merging relief's and sculptures into one single work of art. The
appearance of these 'Special Light Phenomena' at certain dates is
another theme in my work. I am inspired by important buildings of
humankind, like the temples of Abu Simbal in Egypt, Stonehenge in
England and the Pyramid of Chitzen Itza in Mexico. See also 'Inspirations.'
In the experiment 'Images from Light Space' (Studio, 1996-1999),
continuously changing images appear on to translucent screens, hung
inside the three windows of my studio. My ideal is to find an
opportunity to realize an architectural space, a 'Light Space' (scale
as the Rothko Chapel in Houston Texas), just meant for observing and
experiencing light, as part of the universe.
Commissions
- 1970 Hoogvliet, Centrum de Bron; colored glass windows.
- 1971 Amstelveen, Kantoorgebouw Koelrad; wall painting
- 1972 Amsterdam, Hangbrugmaisonettes Osdorp; wall painting
lift.
- 1974 Naarden, Office building Coördinatiebouw; colored
glass windows.
- 1975 Amsterdam Museumplein; Monument
Vrouwen van Ravensbrück, a 'Lighthouse' .
- 1976 Zwolle, town hall; a wall of light.
- 1977 Amsterdam, Free University; colored
glass windows.
- 1978 Amsterdam, Mytyl-Tyltylschool; colored glass windows,
light objects
- 1979 Zoetermeer, station Seghwaert; light sculptures
outside.
- 1980 Amsterdam, National Savings Bank; light sculpture.
- 1980 Amstelveen, Snelliuslyceum;
sunobject.
- 1980 Amsterdam Slotervaart; Landmark
sculptures
- 1981 Zwolle, Rijksinkoopbureau1986 ; light objects (met Arnold
Hamelberg).
- 1981 Elburg, Rehoboth Mavo; light object, light lines.
- 1982 Amsterdam, rioolwaterzuivering
Oost; light object with colored glass windows.
- 1983 Katwijk, Bestevaer Mavo; light objects.
- 1983 Rotterdam, Basisschool Beverwaard; sunobject.
- 1983 Wijk bij Duurstede, Jenaplan school; sun objects.
- 1984 Huizen, College Stad en Lande; sunobject, light
lines.
- 1984 Amsterdam Bijlmermeer, AMC hospital; light objects.
- 1984 Hillegom, Reformed Church; sunlight
projection.
- 1984 Amsterdam, Centrale werkplaatsen Stadsreiniging; colored
glass windows and light object.
- 1985 Leek, Nienoord College; sunobject, colored glass
windows.
- 1985 Emmen, Ordnance Survey building;
sunlight installation.
- 1985 Amsterdam, Leidsebosje; Adamant, light pyramid, Amsterdam
400 years town of diamonds.
- 1986 Amersfoort, Parking Koestraat; light object.
- 1986 Amersfoort, Parking Koestraat; wall paintings 'Orpheus'
(met Annette Huizing).
- 1986 Noordwijk, Videoland Nederland; light object.
- 1987 Amsterdam, National Head Office
ING-bank; sunlight environment, (with Judith Gor).
- 1988 Amsterdam, Main Office KBB Bijenkorf
Beheer; light environment (with Judith Gor).
- 1989 Nieuwegein, office building Ahrend; light-elements and
sculptures (with Judith Gor).
- 1989 Goirle, town hall; 5 suspended light sculptures.
- 1990 Amsterdam Bijlmermeer, HSCB Bank Holding Office;
suspended light objects.
- 1990 Leeuwarden, D.S.W.; light objects.
- 1991 Vlaardingen, Main Library Building; 2 light objects.
- 1992 Amsterdam Noordzeekanaal; light objects in 'Temenos', a
theater project.
- 1992 Hilversum, Railway Station;
Spectral glass windows and golden column in hall.
- 1993 Ridderkerk, private house; light
sculpture with spectral glass.
- 1993 Eindhoven, University; light
sculpture at main entrance.
- 1994 Veenendaal, youth center; light sculpture.
- 1996 Amsterdam, World Trade Center; Kymmene, light elements
with melted glass
- 1998 Amersfoort, Railway Station;
colored glass windows and sunlight projection
- 1998 Veldhoven, Heemweg; five sculpures at
five roundabouts
- 1999 Den Haag, Palace of Justice; Sunlight
reflections in three light wells
- 2000 IJsselstein, Light Rail Station; Light Surface
Awards
- 1966 Traveling grant, Ministry Cultural Affairs.
- 1973 Stipendium, Ministry Cultural Affairs.
- 1979 Commendation, International Competition 'Manifestatie
Licht'.
- 1989 Second prize, 'Stichting Prijsvraag Geluidwerende
Voorzieningen'.
- 1992 Commendation, Brunel Award, Madrid (with architect
Ir.J.A.van Belkum).
- 1999 First Prize Open Competition Millennium Artwork
Enniskillen Ulster UK.
- Recomandation for Realisation Concours artistique par appel
(25 artists) Radiologie hopitaux Universite de Geneve Suisse
Special Projects
Selected Exhibitions
- 1958 Galerie Santee Landweer, Amsterdam.
- 1960 Hoogovens, Velzen.
- 1967 Museum Aemstelle, Amstelveen.
- 1968 Galerie Racine, Brussels.
- 1974 Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam.
- 1981 Technical University, Eindhoven.
- 1981 Academy Jab van Eyck, Maastricht
- 1982 Technical University, Delft.
- 1984 Technical University, Delft.
- 1986 Art University, Utrecht.
- 1987 Royal Institute of British Architects, London
- 1988 Atelier WG, Amsterdam.
- 1988 IJ-Tech gebouw, Amsterdam.
- 1990 Musée de l'Art Moderne, Nice
- 1991 Municipal Museum, Roermond
- 1991 Sonsbeek, Arnhem
- 1992 Bastille, Paris
- 1993 Technical University, Eindhoven.
- 1993 Kasteel Hoekelum, Ede
- 1996 Atelier WG, Amsterdam
- 1998 Atelier WG, Amsterdam
- 1999 Atelier WG, The Hague
- 1999 Licht in Kunst Klingenmuseum Solingen Germany
- 2000 Stadhuis/Muziektheater Amsterdam
- 2000 Geneve Roseraie
- 2000 Nieuw Beelden Amersfoort Netherlands
education
- 1954-55 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam.
- 1955-56 National Aacademy, Amsterdam.
lectures, symposia
- 1980 Professor D'Witte Lelie, Amsterdam.
- 1981 Workshop Technical University Delft, Architectural
Department.
- 1986 Workshop Technical University Eindhoven, Architectural
Department
- 1988 Symposium 'Glass and Light', Foundation Kunst en
Vormgeving, Utrecht.
- 1988 Symposium 'Lichtkunst op de grens', Foundation Atelier
WG, Amsterdam.
- 1990 Guest lectures Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam.
- 1982-87 Professor Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht.
- 1996 Professor Instituut Kunstbeen, Hilversum
- 2000 Lecture Light and Color Stichting Kleur Buiten
advisory boards
- 1980-84 President Foundation Materiaalfonds.
- 1982-86 Member of the board Netherlands Arts Foundation.
- 1986-96 Member of the board The Netherlands Office for the
fine Arts.
publications
- 1970 Pieter Scheen, Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars
1750-1950.
- 1973 Amstelveense kunstenaars, Aemstelle Amstelveen.
- 1974 Ravensbrück monument, Een teken, Een baken. Uitgave
Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh.
- 1977 Kunst en omgeving. Uitgave Stichting Kunst en
Bedrijf.
- 1979 Beeldende Kunst Nu, Stichting Kunst en Bedrijf.
- 1979 Uitgave prijsvraag lichtobjekt "licht 79" Eindhoven.
- 1980 Beeldende Kunst in de Vrije Universiteit, Uitgave Vrije
Universiteit, Amsterdam.
- 1980 Jaarverslagen Kunst en Bedrijf 1977, 78, 79.
- 1980 Ontwerpen monument Hannie Schaft, gemeente Haarlem.
- 1981 Tijdschrift artikel, Light Modules, Leonardo, Vol 14 no
2,pp 134-136, 1981.
- 1981 De architekt 2 maart 1981 themanummer licht.
- 1981 BK Bulletin 1981-5.
- 1981 Stedelijk jaarverslag Amsterdam.
- 1982 Tent.cat. Kunstenaars werken met licht /Artists working
with light. Uitgave Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht.
- 1982 Werk in Uitvoering 6, Openbare Werken Amsterdam.
- 1983 The Art of the designed environments, Lloyd W.Benjamin
II, Kruit en Van Raalte.
- 1983 Aktiviteiten 83 Stichting Kunst en Bedrijf.
- 1985 Licht in Malerei und Skulptur, J.Jansen, Steensel.
- 1985 J.Jansen, O.Lührs, Art in Light, Deventer 1985.
- 1985 De Koppeling nr 490, gemeente Amsterdam.
- 1985 Le Corbusier in Nederland, Kwadraat Utrecht.
- 1985 Tent.cat. 'De illustere wand'. Uitgave Bonnefantenmuseum,
Maastricht.
- 1986 Kunst op de Campus. Uitgave Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam.
- 1986 Beeld, verslag symposion HKU Utrecht.
- 1986 Bouw 1 maart 1986 nr 5.
- 1986 Architecture + Urbanism sept 86 Tokyo.
- 1986 Verslag Werkgroep KIM, Gemeente Amsterdam.
- 1986 Amsterdam, City of Diamonds, DFA Amsterdam.
- 1987 Kunst in Opdracht. Uitgave gemeente Amsterdam.
- 1987 AMC Kunst Wegwijzer. Uitgave AMC Amsterdam.
- 1987 NMB-Hoofdkantoor, brochure, NMB-Bank Amsterdam.
- 1987 Kwartaalblad 1987 nr 4 Stichting Kunst en Bedrijf.
- 1987 Bouwheer en Meester Gert Staal, 010 Publishers,
Rotterdam.
- 1987 Sint Joseph Ziekenhuis en Veldhoven, 'Een kunstige
symbiose' project 3 en 5.
- 1988 Glas en Licht, Reader symposion HKU Utrecht.
- 1988 R.Baan, Zonlicht-environment van Judith Gor en Joost van
Santen. Een keten van autonome kunstwerken, Kunstbeeld 12, maart
1988, 3, 46-49.
- 1988 Journal Royal Institute of British Architects, july
1988.
- 1988 Wanden van Licht en het IJ Symposion verslag, Stichting
Lichtkunst en Stedebouw.
- 1988 De Architect dec 88 verslag lichtkunst en stedebouw.
- 1988 Bouw, 15 april 1988, Basisschool Feijenoord.
- 1989 'Catching the Light', Joost van Santen, International
Lighting Review 89/2, 40th Year, 2nd Quarter 1989 ISSN
0200-7853
- 1991 Tent.cat. Het Electrisch. Van lamplicht tot
lichtsculptuur, Uitgave Het Princessehof, Leeuwarden.
- 1992 Philips Lighting News , 1992 no 1 omslag.
- 1993 Lexicon Moderne Nederlandse Glaskunst, T.M.Eliëns en
M. Singelenberg-van der Meer, Uitgeversmaatschappij Antiek Lochum
b.v.
- 1993 Met licht op techniek, catalogus bij tentoonstelling
Hogeschool Eindhoven. 1993, uitgave Hogeschool Eindhoven.
- 1994 Stationscomplex te Hilversum Bouw no 8, 49e jaargang 22
april 1994, omslagfoto en architectuur documentatie.
- 1994 FHG Vastgoedprijs 1994, juryrapport.
- 1994 DuMont-Kunst-Reiseführer, Siggi Weidemann ISBN
3-7701-2931-8, blz 202.
- 1995 C.P.J. Breunesse, Oorlogsmonumenten, blz 14 Uitgave
Stichting Kunst & Cultuur Overijssel april 1995.
- 1995 Om nooit te vergeten, ISBN 90 6868 1249 ,Mies Bouhuys,
blz 18.
- 1996 Lichtkunst, Lodewijk Reijs, Doctoraal scriptie
Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, coll.krt. 9130020.
- 1996 Kunst in Kaart, Ferrie Theunisse, uitgave stadsdeel
Slotervaart/ Overtoomse Veld.
- 1996'The Studio as Workshop', Joost van Santen, International
Lighting Review 96/4, 47th Year ISSN 0020-7853.
- 1998 Atelier WG, catalogue. Stichting Atelier WG
- 1999 Joost van Santen lichtkunstenaar, Jacqueline van
Vollenhoven, Villa d'Arte nr.6 1999
- 1999 IJsselstein spel met licht, Wout Hoogendijk, Lucasx
sep/okt 99.
- 2000 Via Artictectura, Lunimiscendias, 07.V-1 July 2000 pages
30-33 Valencia 'Joost van Santen 'Seeing Light.
- 2000 Design, a monthly review of contempary design, vol 268/
October / 2000 page150/151. issn 1227-1160
