SU TOMESEN

Proposal Su Tomesen
Title LIFT
Dimensions lift shaft: 1.5 x 1.5 x 15 meters
lift cage: 1 x 1 x 2.5 meters
Extra 1 moiré pattern on inside and outside of shaft
Extra 2 modulation of alpha wave with audible low frequency
Extra 3 Lounge Chair by Charles and Ray Eames in lift cage
Material steel and glass
Location Zuidplein
Architect Falco Webbink
Sound artist Bas van Koolwijk
Website www.sutomesen.nl
 

‘I like to travel. Travelling widens your gaze and broadens the horizon. Other cultures and subcultures, the behaviour of people and the design of public space interest me and are reflected in my videos, photos and installations.

I want to place a lift in Zuidas – a monolithic lift without a building – that focuses on travelling and staying somewhere. Previously I designed a horizontal trip: ‘The Path’, a rolling track in an indoor forest in the auditorium of the Melkweg in the centre of Amsterdam.

With LIFT in Zuidas, I want to literally and figuratively transport my audience, to stimulate the senses so as to let the mind wander off and embark upon an imaginary journey. The visual and auditory input and the sensation of movement will cause the lift, in principle a non-place, to gain an identity through the visitor’s mental projection. In designing this work, I was inspired by the architecture of Zuidas, by scientific knowledge and by optical art.’