When all the world is green
In When all the world is green, Berndnaut Smilde arranges our perception, light and the experience of space and atmosphere in relation to the architectural and natural environment. He experiments with the expressions of being and not being, the fragile moment between the existing and the temporary. Berndnaut dissects all the letters of his name into a series of anagrams that seem to relate to his artistic process as alter egos.
He shows the development of clouds in slow motion until they disappear from view. Almost as intangible are the classical columns and balusters that are present in potential rather than in reality. The fleeting cloud that Berndnaut allowed to float in the atrium is also merely a memory. Even before the renovation was completed, this work inaugurated the building that now houses many special pieces.
When everything is green sounds like a comforting promise, a poetic longing for a moment of unity in an idyllic setting. In the world of DE.GROEN, perspectives and fragments are revealed that can cast our perception and awareness in a different light.
