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- Tulips for Rotterdam
The tulip project is based on a simple principle: choose a simple theme and allow as many pupils and students as possible from basic schools and vocational schools (junior and senior) to participate in the project, help them where necessary and give them a chance to show what they can do.
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- A Fisherman for Istanbul
at the end of april, this year one of the members of the board of the city of rotterdam, alderman hamid karakus, presented the idea to build a second fisherman meant as a gift for istanbul...
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- The Fisherman
The Fisherman has been conceived and initiated by Ger C. Bout. The project has been realised with much enthusiasm (but without any budget) by students of professional schools in and around Rotterdam. It is the first project of the "Stichting de Visser".
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- 4 Chairs & 1 Table
De tafel met vier stoelen is onderdeel van een serie. Voor iedereen zal de betekenis van deze projecten verschillend zijn en verschillende herinneringen en betekenissen oproepen. Maar ondanks die verschillen zal voor iedereen duidelijk zijn dat een visser een visser is, een huis een huis en een tafel met vier stoelen.
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- A transparent Dream
In 1993 the International Turku Environmental Art Project was initiated by the city of Turku. The aim of the project has been to acquire public environmental art works of high quality by well-known artists to enliven the cityscape of Turku.
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- About Fruit, Food and Other Things
In 1996 I was working in Turku, Finland on a project, which had a slow start and a happy ending. It enjoyed a certain bureaucratic attention, a tremendous public support and was one of the most published art projects in Finland of 1996.
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- Wood, Stone & Water
A proposal for the Design Path Workshop in Kajaani; in the centre of Finland; made of basic Finnish materials (wood, stone and water); realized with the help of traditional and hi-tech Finnish wood and stone-industries; functional, as a place to sit down; and clearly visible as a symbol for Kajaani in 2001 and later.
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- Nam June Paik Museum Design Competition Entry
For many years I have been interested in the work of Nam June Paik. It has been for me a source of inspiration and a continuous discovery of many different ways of thinking. I like it and I feel that the art world and the world in general would be boring without his energetic contributions.
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- A House of Names
The house of words was conceived thinking about inspiration. Inspiration is great when there is some freedom, when it is not too close, when it is possible to see it as a kind of sun or moon, circling around the earth. That is what the drawing of the house of words, circling around the world, symbolises.
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- Chi Chi Earthquake Monument Design Competition Entry
Taiwan - 2003
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- A Three Dimensional Drawing
In Iceland I made a simple installation consisting of 300 grams of knitting wool connecting lots of small metal hooks screwed in all places into the walls, the floor and the ceiling. Black light emphasised the threads but not the space. The space was made inaccessible but that could hardly be seen.
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- The Magic Restaurant
In the summer of 1994, The Magic Restaurant / Ravintola Sampo was created in Oulu, in Northern Finland. Artists, designers, actors and musicians of both Finnish and Dutch nationality closely collaborated on the realisation of this project.
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- Full House
The idea for this installation is part of a series of other works. Table no 1, the house project in Pori, Finland, the drawings for hoorn belong series. All deal with the theme of building without being an archtitect or with non functional buildings.
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- Hello I am here
at the end of the 80’ s and beginning of the 90’ s the character of my work changed: i started to hate architecture and became more and more interested in building. building meant for me working with others, cooperating with others and getting others involved.
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- The House Project
The idea for the House project in Pori, Finland, came up during the construction and realisation of other installations, some years ago. Simply said it is a reverse design proces: start with order and end with chaos.
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- For Misia
”For Misia”, The Arts Institute, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 1992; Installation with Music, Choreography and Dance.
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- Table No. 1
Built of approximately 1000 m of wood in different lengths and colours, (500 x 70 x 60 cm) by Ger C. Bout in cooperation with Tom Rubingh and Henk van Zijp, 1992.
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- HCAK
The HCAK installation was realized in the HCAK (Haags Centrum voor Actuele Kunst) in the Hague, The Netherlands, before october 4 and open for the public from then to october 24, 1992.
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- 5 Spaces
In 1991, I was invited to participate in the “Indesem” workshop. The idea was to inform students about the experimental architectural work in our office.
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- The Crate House
The Crate House was conceived after a series of models for possible houses and forms the link between my work as an architect and my work as an artist. As an architect I did care about functions, I did care that someone could live there, I did care that the whole “construction” would be waterproof, heatable and comfortable. For an artist however that did not matter anymore...
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- 226
The number 226 was based on the Modulor system designd by le Corbusier, based on the size of an average human being of 1.83 m. and the golden section. 1.83 m. divided by the golden section is 1.13 m. and 2 x 1.13 m. is 2.26 m.