The Windows to the Soul of the Prinsengracht.

If eyes are the windows to the soul, these windows are the eyes to the soul of the Prinsengracht a.k.a. that time I got commissioned to make a personal ode and I had 7 days to make it. 

After 18 years of living in this wonderful house it was time to let go and move elsewhere to create new memories. Over the past few weeks I took a deep dive into the lives of this special couple, reading up on them, interviewing their friends and loved ones, collected memories and translated it to an ode to all the special moments they shared at the Prinsengracht. 

I recreated their house out of laser cut wood with windows made of mirrors and underneath it a slide projector made out of marble, wood and a camera lens. Next to that I made a slide box made out a piece of oak tree that also used to live on the Prinsengracht. Trees are made out of layers of time just like the earth, so this slide box symbolizes the earth in which the memories are engraved. All of this placed in a custom made steal frame. 

Materials: steel, marble, oak wood, glass and paper. 

85 x 55 x 12 cm