05/22/2008
Dutch Dude Takes 'Nesting' To New Levels
Dutch artist Benjamin Verdonck has built a nest in the side of a skyscraper in Rotterdam. According to his website, he's staying there for seven days and built it out of "the crowns of twenty-three silver birches. one birch one willow two straw bales one bucket of spit three bags of sand twelve buckets of glue nineteen cans of polyurethane foam."
Occasionally he stands on top of the nest and throws feathers down. There's also a giant egg sitting on the street. So is he a loon or a cuckoo? I don't know, but if he flies to New York I'll definitely check it out.
Watch two clips of Verdonck, the egg, and some bewildered looking onlookers AFTER THE JUMP...
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Posted 8:34 AM EST by Andy in Art & Design, News, The Netherlands | Permalink
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Loonies are Canadian, wouldn't cookoo be German, or maybe you meant Dutch Cocoa. I like his grey suit, but the head dress is too Village People for me. I'd say Dutch Treat,
Posted by: Rikard | May 22, 2008 10:44:01 AM
OMG! Are the authorities okay with this? Isn't it risky?
Posted by: Shabaka | May 22, 2008 2:21:12 PM
Art? Maybe. Hilarious? Definitely.
Posted by: Paul R | May 22, 2008 5:11:50 PM
Gawd, the Dutch. Tall, often somewhat strange looking, hideous language, and unsurpassed zaniness. This makes me think of the Dutch architect who wanted to divert the course of the Charles River so that Harvard could have a bigger campus.
Posted by: zigzagbangboom | May 23, 2008 12:39:09 AM
Loved the blog layout -- as he leans out of the nest in a final picture, the blog says to read more after the jump! What a great place with words and image to break.
Posted by: gleeindc | May 25, 2008 6:08:05 AM