Project 'My Last Penny', Jaarpenning 2010/ Art Medal 2010

2009-2010

'My Last Penny' by Martijn Sandberg is to be released in the autumn of 2010. It will be available in a multiple edition of 450 pieces, as Jaarpenning/ Art Medal 2010, issued by the Vereniging voor Penningkunst VPK/ Dutch Art Medal Society.





'My Last Penny', brass, multiple edition, 2010.
Project 'Jaarpenning/ Art Medal 2010', VPK.


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Concept 'Psst!', Gas Distribution Centres, Roombeek Enschede/ NL

2009

Martijn Sandberg has developed a plan for a new architectonic volume for two gas distribution centres in Enschede. Sandberg’s proposal is to design a typographic relief constructed of brick – the characteristic material of historic buildings of the textile industry in Twente. While passing the gas station, from a specific cone of vision a text reveals itself in the ‘woven’ brickwork: 'Psst!'
Recognisable as the sound of escaping gas and at the same time a secret call for attention, indicating the function and content of the building and the artwork itself.





'Psst!', model 1, spatial visualisation, 2009.
Gas Distribution Centres, Enschede/ NL.


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Concept 'The Big Appel', Dappermarkt, Amsterdam

2009

Martijn Sandberg has been commissioned by Woonstichting De Key to design a second artwork marking the location of the Karel Appel House at 7, Dapperstraat in Amsterdam. The first artwork - a sign on the façade in the form of a bronze half apple with the text ‘Karel Appel Was Hier’ - has already been made by Martijn Sandberg.
Sandberg’s proposal for the second artwork is to situate a large round bronze apple within the public area of the Dapper market.
The sculpture is an ode to Karel Appel, a great artist: 'The Big Appel'.





'The Big Appel', drawing, 2009.
Karel Appelhuis, Amsterdam.


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Project 'Glass Fragile Handle With Care', Stadshoven, Purmerend/ NL

2007-2009

Martijn Sandberg has designed a typographic pattern for the glass involved in the gallery and balconies for the Stadshoven Weidevenne Apartment Building, now under construction in Purmerend.
Based on the familiar packing material of protective plastic bubble foil, a sequence of letters in a point raster materializes on the transparent glass of the gallery and balconies: 'Glass Fragile Handle With Care'.





'Glass Fragile Handle With Care', 2008.
Project Stadshoven, Weidevenne, Purmerend/ NL.


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Project ‘2 Beer Or Not 2 Beer’, Hogerhuis & Lagerhuis, Enschede/ NL

2007-2010

Martijn Sandberg has developed a concept for a site specific artwork for the new building planned at the former site of the Grolsch brewery in the district of Roombeek, Enschede. Sandberg's plan '2 Beer Or Not 2 Beer' is based on his design of two relief bricks, to be specifically applied to the entire masonry of the new building's facade.





'2 Beer Or Not 2 Beer', samples relief brick, 2008.
Hogerhuis & Lagerhuis Building, Enschede/ NL.


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Project 'No Image Available', internet edits and aluminium works

2007-2009

Martijn Sandberg has made a start on a series of works 'No Image Available', which include several laser-cut and silkscreen aluminium works and editions made specifically for viewing via the internet. The first online work consists of an infinite series of ‘blank images’. Sandberg has taken these out of their original context, just as one would encounter them on the internet.





'Sorry No Image Yet', aluminium work, 2007.
Project series 'No Image Available'.


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Project 'Lang Leve Het Landhek', CBK and LBU Utrecht/ NL

2007-2008

Martijn Sandberg has been invited to design a country gate as contribution to the project ‘Lang Leve Het Landhek’/‘Long Live The Country Gate’, organised by the Centrum Beeldende Kunst CBK and Landschapsbeheer (Landscape Management) LBU Utrecht, The Netherlands. Sandberg's proposal for a country gate is to place a personal ad in the meadow: 'Koe Zoekt Stier'.





‘Koe Zoekt Stier’, country gate, collage, 2007.
Project 'Lang Leve Het Landhek', Utrecht/ NL.


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Project 'I Will Survive', LOC Building, Mulopad, Hardenberg/ NL

2007-2008

Martijn Sandberg has designed a site-specific artwork for the LOC Building under construction in Hardenberg. Sandberg’s proposal involves the design of a freestanding, golden-coloured artwork to be placed at the Mulopad, between the building and the adjacent cemetery: 'I Will Survive'.





'I Will Survive', work in progress, 2008.
Project LOC Building, Hardenberg/ NL.


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Concept ‘Na Regen Komt Zonneschijn’, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Den Haag

2007

The Rijksgebouwendienst has commissioned Martijn Sandberg to design a plan for a site-specific artwork in connection with the renovation of the Ministry of Economic Affairs building on the Bezuidenhoutseweg in The Hague. Sandberg’s plan 'Na Regen Komt Zonneschijn' concentrates around the building’s two patios. Both patios mirror each other in the building, originally of such symmetry in its design.





‘Na Regen Komt Zonneschijn’, 3D-simulation.
Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Den Haag/ NL.


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Project 'If These Walls Could Speak', Centrale Bibliotheek Amsterdam

2007

View of the complete typographic design for Lift 1 and Lift 2 shaft walls, site-specific artwork 'If These Walls Could Speak', Centrale Bibliotheek Amsterdam.





Typographic design, Lift 1 and Lift 2.
'If These Walls Could Speak', OBA Amsterdam.


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Project 'If These Walls Could Speak', Centrale Bibliotheek Amsterdam

2007

List of titles, selected by Martijn Sandberg for the typographic design Lift 1 and Lift 2, site-specific artwork 'If These Walls Could Speak', Centrale Bibliotheek Amsterdam.





List of selected titles, Lift 1 and Lift 2.
'If These Walls Could Speak', OBA Amsterdam.


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Project 'Karel Appel Was Hier', Karel Appelhuis, Dapperstraat 7, Amsterdam

2006-2010

Martijn Sandberg has designed a bronze artwork in the form of a half eaten golden coloured apple as gable sign for the planned Karel Appel House, Dapperstraat 7, Amsterdam. The gable sign 'Karel Appel Was Hier' is to be mounted in 2010 after the planned renovation of the façade.





'Karel Appel Was Hier', gable sign.
Karel Appelhuis, Amsterdam.


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Project 'My Home Is My Cave', Poort de 54, Apeldoorn/ NL

2006-2007

Martijn Sandberg is currently preparing the phase of realisation of his art work for the new underpass ‘Poort 54’ housing, a social housing project in Apeldoorn by architect Rudy Uytenhaak.
Martijn Sandberg has chosen the floor as the artwork’s location, as the base for developing a typographic pattern extending throughout the underpass and flowing into the entrance hall under a glass wall: 'My Home Is My Cave'.





Floor piece, scale model 1;50.
Project 'Poort de 54', Apeldoorn/ NL.


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Project 'Two Screens', Floriande, IJwijk, Hoofddorp/ NL

2005-2007

Martijn Sandberg has designed a piece of artwork in the new district of IJwijk Floriande in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands, for public open space. The artwork 'Two Screens' will consist of two free standing walls 4.5 metres high and respectively 24.5 metres and 14.5 metres in length.





'Hallo, Is Daar Iemand?', 3D-simulation.
Project 'Two Screens', Floriande, Hoofddorp/ NL.


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Project 'Forever in Stone', Olympisch Kwartier, Amsterdam

2001-2008

The site-specific artwork 'Forever in Stone' by Martijn Sandberg, will be an integral part of the architecture of the district Olympisch Kwartier, Amsterdam.
Steel clinkers form the pixels of a typographic pattern in the brickwork of the planters, meandering along the plinths of the housing blocks throughout the district like a banderole.
By sampling the steel clinker in the brick grid of the banderol, a perpetual loop occurs: ‘Stoned Forever’, ‘Forever Stoned’, ‘Stoned Again’ and ‘Again’ written in stone.





Brick model letter 'S'. Size: 45cm x 74cm.
Project Olympisch Kwartier, Amsterdam.


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