Cumulus

Cumulus is a depiction of a cloud, one of the characteristic elements of the Dutch landscape. In the village of Zwartsluis, in the middle of the flatlands of The Netherlands, these classic clouds, so often portrayed in the Golden Age of Dutch painting, are wonderfully and ubiquitously present.


In Cumulus, a pixilated cloud has been painted on the underside of a drawbridge. When the bridge is open, the cloud - which blends into both the landscape and sky, as though a continuation of both - can be seen from a great distance, particularly from the provincial roads leading into Zwartsluis. As one approaches the open bridge, the image disintegrates into small squares: the pixels. As the light or the skyscape shifts, Cumulus also changes, allowing the observer varying viewing experiences, much in the same way that each person sees something different in a cloud's form.


2015

Commissioned by Combinatie Strukton Reef

Production by Van Iwaarden Artwork, Barneveld

Color code: skyblue / RAL 5015 and lightgray / RAL 9002

Size: 21635 x 12870 mm


Meppelerdiepsluis

Zwartsluis (The Netherlands)

  • Pixelated cloud artwork on a raised drawbridge in Zwartsluis, blending with the sky.
  • Aerial view of the Meppelerdiepsluis infrastructure and surrounding flatlands.
  • Drawbridge section under construction in a large indoor facility.
  • Engineers inspecting the underside of a drawbridge during its construction phase.
  • Workers applying a pixelated cloud design to the drawbridge structure.
  • Close-up of the pixelated cloud painting process on the drawbridge.
  • Painting process underway with workers in protective suits applying the sky-blue color.
  • Completed pixelated design under the drawbridge, showcasing its intricate detail.
  • Final adjustments being made to the painted underside of the drawbridge.
  • Open drawbridge in Zwartsluis with the pixelated cloud design visible from a distance.
  • Open drawbridge in Zwartsluis with the pixelated cloud design visible from a distance.