{"id":1344,"date":"2021-09-23T11:38:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T09:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hetgroteraam.nl\/?page_id=1344"},"modified":"2021-09-28T15:32:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T13:32:09","slug":"design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hetgroteraam.nl\/en\/design\/","title":{"rendered":"The Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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How did this design come into existence? Fiona Tan\u2019s Australian grandmother\u2019s brother fought in World War I to liberate Europe. He collected shards of glass from the cathedral of Reims, which was bombed in 1914, and took them home. He turned the glass into a kaleidoscope. As a kid, Tan played with this remarkable toy. It lay the foundation of the ideas for the church\u2019s stained-glass window, with its theme The Light of Freedom<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Tan, early church windows are predecessors to the movie theater: in both places, a story is told through light and colour. Following the theme, Tan seized the opportunity to create an artwork for this and future generations, combining the movement of light and colour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Great Window is a kaleidoscope in which every panel can be viewed as a film frame, inspired by the rhythmic detailing of medieval church windows and the toy from Tan\u2019s childhood. The colour scheme calls to mind the sun rising over the North Holland landscape, with light tones at the bottom \u2013 a lot of white, warm yellow, orange and red hues \u2013 and cooler tones at the top: blue, purple, indigo. Each panel is unique. An exciting combination of old and new \u2013 a modern digital animation, carried out in a traditional technique, centuries old. The visitor can spend hours watching the ever-changing sun, light, and sky, looking through the brightly coloured glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Light of Freedom<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n