Observatorium

Observatorium is a Dutch artists’ collective, specialized in conceptual art, environmental art and architecture. The collective was founded in 1997 and is based in Rotterdam, from where they work on projects at home and abroad.

The collective is formed by the sculptors and installation artists Geert van de Camp and André Dekker, the painter Ruud Reutelingsperger and the interior architect Lieven Poutsma. On a project basis they regularly collaborate with specialists and other stakeholders.

In the mid-nineties Observatorium started to jointly design residential structures, abstract spaces in which artists and other interested parties were invited to observe and reflect for a short period of time. The first spaces were realized in galleries in Düsseldorf (1994), Groningen (1995), Rotterdam (1995) and The Hague, 1996. In 1997 the first residential structure for outside was realized on Staten Island in New York. The abstract building was based on specific dimensions by the architect Dom Hans van der Laan. This structure was resurrected a year later, in 1998, in the middle of a meadow in the Hoeksche Waard.

Since the beginning of the new millennium, Observatorium has also designed permanent sculptures in public spaces, such as the Observatory Nieuw-Terbregge in 2001, the Zandwacht on the Tweede Maasvlakte in 2015 and the Terp fan de Takomst in Blije. The collective is also involved in studies, competitions, lectures and other publications. They have received various awards.

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