1954 WE ARE ALMOST THERE
On behalf of Lân fan taal WERC projected visuals on the famous Oldehove tower in Leeuwarden during a period of three months. Lân fan taal was a collaboration between the many institutions in Friesland that deal with literature, minority languages and multilingualism. As part of Leeuwarden Cultural Capital, WERC was involved in a multilingual audiovisual production called “1954 - We are almost there”.
Central to this production were the many languages from the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch, Frisian, Sranang Tongo, English and Papiamentu). In ‘1954 - We are almost there,’ the old texts of these different languages were combined. Together with VANTA, a musical and spoken word collective, WERC designed a video projection that was approached from a historical context.
Based on the music and lyrics that VANTA provided, WERC produced the images for this project. The focus of the project was on the visual aspect of language, typography and text. A key feature in this projection were illustrative elements. For this project, WERC chose many hand-drawn and colorful frame-by-frame animations. Dutch rapper Fresku was also involved in this project, rapping in Papiamentu for the first time in his career.
With the project ‘1954 - We are almost there,’ VANTA, WERC and Fresku transformed the square at the Oldehove tower in Leeuwarden into an unforgettable, spatial experience that stimulated the auditory and visual senses of the visitors.
