This Creaking Floor and All the Ceilings Below
2019-2020

Research project and solo-exhibition

‘’For almost a year, Utrecht-based artist Bart Lunenburg, assigned by FOTODOK, researched archival materials from The Archives of Utrecht to learn more about the multi-layered history of this particular site. The research led to the production of new work This Creaking Floor and All the Ceilings Below, where photography, installation and moving image intertwine into a carefully constructed dramaturgy of the space. Lunenburg’s work relates to material features of an habitable building–furniture, floors, doors, windows, and ceilings. A visitor is guided through a space from the remaining medieval foundations of the building to the top floor that was removed during the latest reconstruction in the seventies.’’

- FOTODOK

Bart Lunenburg, Room without ceilings, (1888-1975, 2020)
Framed photograph, 25,0 x 35,0 cm 

This Creaking Floor and All the Ceilings Below
FOTODOK & Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons
Lange Nieuwstraat 7, Utrecht (NL)
06.03.20 - 14.06.20

This Creaking Floor and All the Ceilings Below is part of the exhibition series
Common Grounds: Story / Heritage





This Creaking Floor and All the Ceilings Below contains the following installations: Room without residents (1888-2020), Room with floors (1412-2020), Room with doors (1888-2020), Room with windows (1888-2020), Room without ceiling (1888-1975, 2020)

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View of the facade of the (abandoned) R.K. L.O.M.-school (Lange Nieuwstraat 7) in Utrecht, 1971, Source: Het Utrecht Archief