Silver cloud (2004) Rolf Engelen

At the intersection of the Engelsestraat with the Roemeensestraat in the 'Landenbuurt' there is a small gym with a nice gym. Artist Rolf Engelen, who has already organized various art projects in the 'Landenbuurt', had an idea for the facade of this. He drilled 10.000 holes in the wall and filled it with the same number of stainless steel rods. The work revolves around the tension between this ordinary street and wall on the one hand and the shimmer of the wall under the influence of the light on the other. This is filtered by a maple for the wall. The work is entitled de Silver cloud because the work shines, glows in the sun, and goes out at dusk. On October 6 the 2004 became the Silver cloud disclosed. A year after the statue was unveiled, the tree had suddenly disappeared. The owner of the building promised to replant it. The artist indicated that he wanted a silver birch, but a mistake made it a cultivated city tree, a sphere on a trunk, closed like a shrub. Joey and Teun of the Autodidatic Front decided to intervene. They bought a silver birch, dug out the 'bulb on the trunk' and planted the newcomer. They gave him the water and care he needed. Since then there is a future in the picture again. The birch will shine with that cloud in its crown.