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Passing Trains
Provoke a Waterfall

of Light in Artwork
by Matthias Oostrik

Assen, Netherlands

he light installation Een Spoor van
Water (A Trail of Water) by artist
TMatthias Oostrik was unveiled
today in a new railway overpass in the
Dutch city of Assen. Each passing train
activates a unique light composition,
incorporated into the paving and planting
below. A waterfall of light that crashes
down over its concrete and meanders and the second work of Matthias Oostrik shape their environment. His works in
through its overgrown slopes. Situated within this program. public space are also functional. They
in a historic creek bedding, the artwork Matthias’ artworks enable new and contribute to a sense of security and are
connects the natural flow of water to the unusual connections between people designed to last.
site’s contemporary urban traffic flows. The and their surroundings. Using digital An early and well-received example
light installation is the grand conclusion technology, his monumental installations of his work is the Bijlmer Moodwall
of a series of art projects connecting the respond to visitors with changing light, (2009), located in a pedestrian passage
city to its green and historic surroundings video, or sound, allowing visitors to re- in Amsterdam. This 24-metre-long

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