The Eagle has Landed

Sober Industries & Studio Rewind

The LelystART festival and Stadsmuseum project in Lelystad provided a festive framework for opening of the new cultural season there. Mothership asked Sober Industries, in consultation with the client, Lelystad City Marketing, to prepare a design for a sculpture to be displayed during the festival weekend. Sober Industries was immediately inspired by the eagles which have returned to nest in Lelystad after a long absence, and came up with a plan to build a huge eagle. Sober Industries' bird is comprised of a large number of pieces of wood and is as all of four metres tall and four metres wide. What is extra exciting for the viewer – and also rather new – is that 3D mapping was used on the sculpture. 3D mapping is a unique combination of projected animations, and follows the lines of the sculpture precisely. The animations were tailor-made in collaboration with Studio Rewind. They have recently been involved in collaborations to design several sculptures, such as a rhinoceros and an owl during Rotterdam's Museum Night and the eagle for the Lelystad festival. The idea was so well received that Lelystad decided to provide a home for this burly bird for a longer period, at a prominent location near the Agora Theater.

Within the framework of the Stadsmuseum project, Mothership acted as curator and producer.

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