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Ja Knikkers
Type
Landart; wooden poles, reed, cloth, rope, earth, 5 steel pins
Year
1996
Size
one acre, 5 x L 12 x W 30 x H 160 cm
Rosalinde Bakker enchanted a pasture in the polders of Numansdorp, a small village in South Holland. Using the wind she turned the field in a ballet of 5 delicate Yes-nodding constructions. Each one placed in a different directions, so the wind moved the objects like a puppeteer. This created five gently moving dancers using the open grassland as their stage. It was inspired by the mown wheat that used to weave in the wind. For materials Rosalinde used the traditional gear she found in an around the farm; pieces of potato backs filled with enough earth and wrapped with rope for the right counter balance to move delicate in the wind.











