Lily Lanfermeijer

Artist Lily Lanfermeijer (NL) is at the EKWC to produce a series of works for Biotoop, a temporary outdoors exhibition in Amstelveen. She’s making five large spinning tops from various eras, decorated with different 20-century patterns and matching colours. Some pressed into Styrofoam moulds, others built by hand, the tops are about ten times larger than life. Designed to be shown  on the lawn opposite a retirement home, they are likely to evoke nostalgia in the elderly. But the spinning tops – a toy children would typically play with in the streets – also reflect on the way people view their surroundings.