📋 Tender Overview
In the coming six months NS ProRail and United Painting will transform the eastern passenger tunnel of Amsterdam Central into a colorful passage for travelers. The narrowest tunnel of the station will be equipped with a gigantic work of art for the coming years. United Painting will work from a pop-up studio in the Amstelpassage at Amsterdam Central until the end of this year. From here a design is developed in co-creation for a painting on the walls. The performance will mainly take place at night together with local communities of the station such as colleagues tenants travelers and residents of the city. A unique project. In the coming months calls for workshops and painting days for those who want to make a creative contribution will follow via the social media accounts of Amsterdam Centraal and United Painting.Rene Wubs station manager Amsterdam Central The eastern passenger tunnel is in dire need of a facelift. It is the only tunnel that has not been refurbished and equipped with shops making it less attractive for travelers. The tunnel will be completely overhauled in a few years time during the next renovation of the station. Then this tunnel will also be widened and provided with shops. Until then we want to make the tunnel with a contemporary artwork a more pleasant place for our travelers. The philosophy of United Painting really appeals to us. Developing a design together and also making the artwork together that fits perfectly with our Amsterdam Central Station.United PaintingUnited Painting has been working in diverse communities worldwide for over 15 years. What once started with the Favela Painting project in Rio de Janeiro has grown into a collective that realizes large art projects in unexpected places in public space in the form of mobile creative laboratories. The methodology is being further developed experience is tested and knowledge is shared. The organization is intrinsically community-based operates at the intersection of contemporary art design and society and aims - together with its partners - to create the most meaningful social impact possible.Dre Urhahn of United Painting The process is just as relevant as the result. With the chosen locations we each time facilitate a temporary decor where local residents and visitors meet to create together and to enter into conversation. During the process space is consciously made for the input of all parties involved which leads to mutual understanding and connection. It influences the perception of a place and how people interact with it.
