Tunnel Vision was created in response to the building of the Rotterdamsebaan, AKA the Victory Boogie Woogie Tunnel in the Hague.
Landscape has traditionally been thought of as the vista, but the way in which we have documented these landscapes has developed and changed since the middle ages. Hattie Wade and her collaborator Mauro Tosarelli connect their research to a Golden Rhine Guilder, found in a dig in the trekvliet zone, south of The Hague, owned not by nobility, but by a man who bought the land. This period in the Netherlands marked the turn from feudalism to capitalism, land markets took off, introducing land as a commodity. This past we can excavate, document, reconstruct and speculate upon. However, our present urban landscape is neither artefact nor heritage. The cultural landscape that we paint today takes on new forms of abstraction, analysis and value. The Rotterdamsebaan, AKA The Victory Boogie Boogie Tunnel inserts itself into this narrative using cultural notions of heritage to blend into the landscape.
During their research Wade and Tosarelli they found that the Rotterdamsebaan could be viewed as a drive for a widening gap in mobility in Laak, allowing the land in Binckhorst to be viewed as a commodity.
Tunnel Vision reflects on who has a say on what is kept/added to the city fabric, and how these different inscriptions on the landscape interconnect. The video plays out from birds eye view reflecting the gaze of those who plan the area, from archaeologists to Property Developers, using footage of areas affected in the Binckhorst that Wade and Tosarelli shot themselves, along with cartography and 3D renderings sourced from archaeologists and property developers alike.
Tunnel Vision won the Best Journalism Award and The Hague Film Festival, 2020.
Tunnel Vision was created in response to the building of the Rotterdamsebaan, AKA the Victory Boogie Woogie Tunnel in the Hague.
Landscape has traditionally been thought of as the vista, but the way in which we have documented these landscapes has developed and changed since the middle ages. Hattie Wade and her collaborator Mauro Tosarelli connect their research to a Golden Rhine Guilder, found in a dig in the trekvliet zone, south of The Hague, owned not by nobility, but by a man who bought the land. This period in the Netherlands marked the turn from feudalism to capitalism, land markets took off, introducing land as a commodity. This past we can excavate, document, reconstruct and speculate upon. However, our present urban landscape is neither artefact nor heritage. The cultural landscape that we paint today takes on new forms of abstraction, analysis and value. The Rotterdamsebaan, AKA The Victory Boogie Boogie Tunnel inserts itself into this narrative using cultural notions of heritage to blend into the landscape.
During their research Wade and Tosarelli they found that the Rotterdamsebaan could be viewed as a drive for a widening gap in mobility in Laak, allowing the land in Binckhorst to be viewed as a commodity.
Tunnel Vision reflects on who has a say on what is kept/added to the city fabric, and how these different inscriptions on the landscape interconnect. The video plays out from birds eye view reflecting the gaze of those who plan the area, from archaeologists to Property Developers, using footage of areas affected in the Binckhorst that Wade and Tosarelli shot themselves, along with cartography and 3D renderings sourced from archaeologists and property developers alike.
Tunnel Vision won the Best Journalism Award and The Hague Film Festival, 2020.