Signes d'Ailleurs 2009-2011

For the installation Signes d'Ailleurs I photographed architectural elements showing foreign influences in the old centre of Amsterdam. Afterwards I selected some essential parts of these photographs and worked them out digitally in large format prints on transparent sheets. These prints were mounted on windows of residences, a highschool and a social centre during the art manifestation Blind Spots in Amsterdam.

The artworks were causally placed in the street ambiance, so that visitors saw them more or less by chance, just as rambling through a town you spontaneously discover its interesting features. The transparent window pane and the translucent picture melt together into one image which seen from the outside seems to belong to the interior behind the window and seen from the inside appear to be a part of the street view.