A walk along the boundary

In 1990, Groningen celebrated its 950th anniversary as a city. As part of the celebrations, it was decided to erect a series of markers indicating the boundaries of the city and spelling its ancient name Cruoninga. The project called 'The books of Groningen' was designed by Daniel Libeskind. Todays blip is one of these markers. This marker, called 'A walk along the boundary' was created by Libeskind himself and is very close to the office building where I work. The other markers were done by others (click here for more information about all the markers; sorry about the background image on this site but it's the only one I found that describes the project in English).

The design by Daniel Libeskind reflects the complexity of the modern age. A forest of posts pointing uncertainly in all directions supports a wedge showing the world. The open end of the wedge points upwards, coming from the past and opening to the future. The point of the wedge splits open conventional certainties so they can be reassessed in contemporary terms.

I think this marker can be captured a lot better; I might return some other day to shoot it from a different angle. One more interesting thing to mention is that Libeskind has been selected to oversee the rebuilding of the World Trade Center in New York.