The Tree Gallery

"BinnensteBuiten" (Inside Out), de Tuin van de Smid,
8-21 June 2015, Cronesteyn Park, Leiden, The Netherlands

by Sen McGlinn + Sonja van Kerkhoff, 2015

Installation by Sonja van Kerkhoff + Sen McGlinn
Left to Right: "Waka Huia," "Generating Plant" and "Tulips from Istanbul"

The birdhouse above is "Generating Plant"

The sign on the tree trunk is part of
"Tulips from Istanbul"
It reads:
"It is not a tale invented but
a confirmation of
what went on before..."
The Quran

The Dutch House of Orange has reigned
since 1572. The tulip from Turkey
gained popularity in West Europe
in the early 1600s.

"Waka Huia | Feather Vessel"
Print on transparency based on a life-size scan the feather
of the extinct New Zealand bird, the huia.

Installation by Sonja van Kerkhoff + Sen McGlinn

"Waka Huia | Feather Vessel" + "Generating Plant"

Inspired by the London Treetop project we participated in 2009 we decided to use the tree as our gallery taking into account the differing wind patterns. So on the far side the work "Waka Huia" swings in broad s shaped arches while on the east side of the tree which is more sheltered, the "Tulips from Istanbul" hung in stillness while on the west side of the tree the "First Twitters" rapidly spun in spirals.

"First Twitters"
Here we just hung five forms which continually spun in the wind.
"The earth became a noisy place
in the Cretaceous Period, 145-66 million years ago,
when insects diversified..."

The Tree Gallery

"BinnensteBuiten" (Inside Out), de Tuin van de Smid, 8-21 June 2015, Cronesteyn Park, Leiden, The Netherlands

by Sen McGlinn + Sonja van Kerkhoff, 2015

"BinnensteBuiten" (Inside Out), de Tuin van de Smid,
8-21 June 2015, Cronesteyn Park, Leiden, The Netherlands