The same line of thought was repeated in ‘The chambers’ a year later in the staff department of hart surgery in the same hospital.
Originally being closed up hallways in the staff department of hart surgery, I chose to virtually brake down some walls and integrate extra rooms and the suggestion of a roof garden.
Always intrigued by the man standing in the doorway at the back in the famous painting Las Meninas by Velazquez, I wanted to include an open doorway revealing space behind. This can be seen in the smallest rectangular print which suggests the way to the stairs.
Again, essential elements of the interior design of the hallway were transposed to scale models. A combination of foamboard and colour prints which fitted exactly on my studio table. These new spaces were photographed in the studio by Jeroen Dietz using all kind of special lighting effects. The end result was enlarged to fit the walls in the hallway.
The intervention seems plausible at first glance, until one notices the details. The cutting marks on the wooden table and imperfections like excess glue and pencil marks have grown in size.
The chambers 2019 digital print on screen four different sized prints covering four walls in the staff department of hart surgery in the Leiden University Medical Center collection LUMC
Photography of The chambers by Jeroen Dietz