Discover the story of Hoorn
Westfries Museum, Hoorn (NL), 2023
The Westfries Museum, temporarily closed for renovation, opens up Hoorn’s history with a pop-up experience.
Foto: Westfries Museum
Multimediashow
With the Westfries Museum, we designed a multimedia show that introduces visitors to the multifaceted past of the Dutch city of Hoorn. Visitors can experience the show in the Statenpoort in the centre of town. The film comes alive on the walls as well as on the 1664 painting “The Battle of the Zuider Zee” and the central art installation. The installation, by Todd van Hulzen, is an artistic variation on a scale model in which characteristic local buildings, such as the church, weighing house and Statencollege, burst out of a globe.
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Water: the star of the show
Water features in all Hoorn’s main historical narratives, and it is a recurring theme in the immersive show. For centuries, people fished, traded and fought in the waters around the town. Thanks in part to the sea, Hoorn grew into a metropolis in the 17th century. But the show also recounts how slavery, murder and poverty have been part of Hoorn’s history on the water.
After viewing the immersive show, visitors are invited to experience the story of Hoorn in a podwalk featuring historical buildings in the city.
Video: Westfries Museum
Credits
Client
Westfries MuseumContent Design
Studio LouterFilm Production
Studio MotokoDesign Art Installation
Todd van HulzenBuilding Art Installation
SurinamekadeTechnology
VHSSound Design
Marcin Pawlukiewicz