Roosegaarde’s latest work: GROW

Roosegaarde’s latest work: GROW

Daan Roosegaarde’s latest artwork GROW is a 20,000m2 homage to the beauty of agriculture. In the world film premiere GROW appears as a luminous dreamscape of red and blue waves of light over an enormous field. 

GROW is inspired by scientific light recipes which improve plants’ growth and resilience. But GROW is also about shining hopeful light to the people in these dark times. Daan Roosegaarde: “Most of the time we hardly notice the huge areas of the Earth which are literally feeding us. GROW highlights the importance of innovation in the agriculture system: How can cutting-edge light design help plants to grow more sustainably? How can we make the farmer the hero?” 

20,000m2 of farmland with leek (prei) 

GROW consists of a design-based light recipe which shines vertically across 20,000m2 of farmland with leek (Allium porrum). You experience the artwork as dancing lights across the huge agricultural field. The light is poetic, and inspired by light science technologies which have shown that certain recipes of blue, red, and ultraviolet light can enhance plant growth and reduce the use of pesticides by up to 50%.

How the beauty of light can help plants

The online world film premiere of GROW and photography series shows the development of this luminous dreamscape and how the beauty of light can help plants. It is also a call for enlightenment during these dark times. GROW can be good for nature but also sends hopeful light to people. It gives a new meaning to the word ‘agri-culture’ by reframing the landscape as a living cultural artwork.

Artist-in-residence program

GROW is part of the artist-in-residence program of Rabobank. Daan Roosegaarde and his team of designers and experts developed GROW over two years, informed by expert knowledge sessions at Studio Roosegaarde, Wageningen University & Research, Springtij Forum, and the World Economic Forum in Davos. It is the first in a series of dreamscapes by Studio Roosegaarde which show the beauty of combining art and science to create a better world.

Comments

Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Managing Board, Rabobank: “It is really inspiring to work with an artist like Daan Roosegaarde on how to grow a better world together.”

Artist Daan Roosegaarde: "GROW is the dreamscape which shows the beauty of light and sustainability. Not as a utopia but as a protopia, improving step by step.”

Prof. Dr. Wargent, PhD, Chief Science Officer at BioLumic, world leading expert in plant photobiology: “The project GROW is a fascinating project and supported by scientific research which shows specific light recipes can enhance growth and reduce pesticide use up to 50%.”

More information at the website of Studio Roosegaarde

Specifications: 20,000m2 agricultural field with LED light recipes projected on crops for exhibitions worldwide. With special thanks to MediaMonks and Wageningen University & Research.

https://www.studioroosegaarde.net/stories

Datum:
19 december 2020
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