OUGD502 BUNKER 599 (IGNANT)

This bunker in the Netherlands from World War 2 was turned into a sculptural attraction by it being sliced in half to reveal it's contents inside by the Dutch Studio RAAF and Atelier de Lyon. It took them 40 days to cut this bunker in half, which was one of 700 built along the New Dutch Waterline as part of a new line of defences used between 1815 and 1940. The purpose of this project was to "question the policies on monuments".

What I find fascinating about this project, is how something so associated with war can be turned into an attraction, something people want to look at and admire, when in reality it was built to stop people from being blown up. The clean cut down the middle of the bunker, and the pristine white path that leads up to it and extends right through it, also gives this a very peaceful, and calm appearance, which is ironic with it being a bunker, which anything other than peace and calmness should be associated with it. This all goes to show, that even the most desolate of places, or landmarks, or objects, can be given new life and a new sense of belonging.