A Green Oasis
A Green Oasis
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Westplein (soon to become Lombokplein) in Utrecht was imagined as a place where culture, myth, and nature can meet. In 2024, the “in-between” zone was transformed into a temporary installation with walking paths and narrative artworks that invited people to pause, reflect and connect.
Westplein (soon to become Lombokplein) in Utrecht was imagined as a place where culture, myth, and nature can meet. In 2024, the “in-between” zone was transformed into a temporary installation with walking paths and narrative artworks that invited people to pause, reflect and connect.
During the three-month-long research, I explored our individual and collective mythological past through workshops with local residents of the multicultural district Lombok in Utrecht, home to Dutch, Moroccan, and Syrian communities.
The artistic research imagined future green spaces shaped by the cultures of the area. Drawing on mythologies and beliefs of our ancestors—stories that interpreted plants, animals, and natural phenomena —I invited participants to reflect on their roots, identities, and visions for a shared “Green Oasis.” These workshops became a space to revisit old narratives, imagine new ones, and explore our relationship with the land.
The stories gathered were translated into a temporary public art installation at Westplein Utrecht, open to public from September 2024 until May 2025.
Photos by Kevin Kwee and Joyce Vlaming
Gemene Grond is a public art program that has been developing for ten years in the west of Utrecht, intitiated by Gemeente Utrecht.
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