The Thing Itself is a constantly evolving concept created by artist Joris Brouwers. It symbolizes the essence of the things we all search for but only seem to approach at best. Urban Matter served as a catalyst to help The Thing Itself shape shift into a new obscure embodiment of its own conceptual meaning. read more
Together with architect Rolf Reichardt, Urban Matter entered into a competition to design follies as part of an art route running through the landscape of the Lingewaard. The objective of the competition is to have people come and visit the area for its unique combination of art, industrial history, landscape and water.