Jaap van den Elzen
Hyper_nature in Alluminous Light Festival
09 October 2025
Almere is a city of radical social engineering: built on the seabed, with carefully designed forests and parks. Here, the boundary between nature and construction blurs—the domain in which Hyper_nature unfolds.
During the Aluminous light festival, a dazzling cathedral of light and music emerges in the forest along the Weerwater. Jaap van Elzen places glowing arches between the trees, while the Black Pencil ensemble illuminates sounds that are as organic as they are artificial – a sacred, contemporary hymn to our hypernature.
It is wonderful to be able to develop this work of art on behalf of Black Pencil —Almere's city ensemble—in their own city. On October 20 the musicians will be playing live in the light installation.
More info on Alliuminous Light Festival.