Amsterdam Light Festival 2019 featured “Atlantis”, a light artwork by Utskottet in Amsterdam.
You may identify the image of an international metropolis plagued by floods and other natural disasters from blockbuster films like Deep Impact (1998) and The Day After Tomorrow (2004). With the sinking city, Atlantis, Utskottet demonstrates how this menacing scene can become a frightening reality.
About Utskottet
Utskottet chose buildings from different cities to form a global cityscape – after all, the threat of total demise concerns us all. The title of the artwork, Atlantis, refers to the mythical narrative of an island empire that disappeared following a series of…
Programme information from Amsterdam Light Festival. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.