Mutual Alignment

The beach of Almere Poort is a space for human recreation, where people can walk their dogs and swim/canoe in gloomy Dutch autumn weather, never far from the traces of highspeed society. Where you can listen to the birds and the passing sound of airplanes. The rumbling of the water in the lake and the cars on the highway.

I spent my time listening to all these different sounds, analysing them and experimenting with ways to proces them. This resulted in an experiment in which the Strandlab itself turned into a medium for connection. By hacking the lightswitches in the Strandlab and connecting them to the rhythm of the environment, the building acted as a responsive beacon, amplifying the processes around it.

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Mutual Alignment (2023)

I walked from the station of Almere Poort to the location of Strandlab, a little building with big windows, placed in the sand and looking out over the water of a small beach. The way leads me through the muddy verge along the provincial road. Almere Poort is actively being build, the workers are carefully placing the elements using blueprints made in offices. The place feels fresh, like it still needs time to grow into itself. Things that might have felt logical in offices, feel out of place in reality. The elements have to get to know each other by being weathered, leaving traces, being used, to be able to attune into a communal landscape.

We are always looking for the shortest path.