Meetingpoint

In the context of a large art integration project in the new prison of  Brussels, daems van remoortere designed a permanent kinetic sculpture that makes time visible and tangible. In the courtyard, a passage between the actual prison and the visitors' area, they installed Meetingpoint, a ten-meter-long circular segment that follows the position of the sun throughout the seasons, in a computerdriven way. The sculpture is in constant motion, covering a distance of about 4 centimeters in 24 hours. In summer the sculpture is the highest point in the prison (25 meters) and in winter the lowest point drops to 3,5 meters. Due to different colored steps with which the arch is covered, the work continuously changes color.