art the seventh edition of the amsterdam light festival opened this week. every year, luminous, high-end artworks co-created with international artists, designers and architects are selected by the jury to light up the city and this year designboom has been part of the deciding jury. this year the artists were challenged to work within the theme of 'the medium is the message'. in other news, tokyo-based architect and artist hidemi nishida designed a very unique viewpoint at oslofjord in moss, norway — the ‘fragile table’ is a big wooden public installation overlooking the norwegian mountains and north sea. to climb up the gigantic table, the tourists use a ladder leaned against it and then sit on the enormously high chairs enjoying the calmness and beauty of nature. |