Omen
A lightning bolt held in mid-strike, frozen inside a steel frame above the water. Omen captures a split-second of raw energy and suspends it as a permanent presence. Something unstoppable made still.
Created for the Amsterdam Light Festival's 13th Edition, themed "Rituals," the work draws on lightning's role across cultures as a sign of power, divinity, and sudden change. Ceremonies and belief systems worldwide treat it as a threshold moment: the instant before everything shifts.
By holding that instant in place, Omen turns a force of nature into something you can stand beneath and consider. The ritual here is the act of looking up.
Exhibition
Amsterdam Light Festival
Edition 13, "Rituals" — Wertheimpark, Amsterdam, 2024–2025
Process
