Royal Blue (1991)

Royal Blue

Royal Blue

Royal Blue

300 x 600 cm

Installation at the Beurs Theatre, Brussels

Object: One prefabricated awning with folding arms.
Colour of fabric: blue.
Location: Foyer, on the wall, above the stair leading to the auditorium. Decor is also brought on and off via this stair, in which case the awning is folded up.
Remarks: The stairwell is a space in which the height seems to change with the position of the spectator (a 'diagonal' space). The awning will accentuate this space.

a) a plane in a space
b) a ceiling for the space
c) a monochrome blue amidst red plush
d) a bolt from the blue.

Related publications

• Egied Simons
  Bernard van Eeghem (1991)
  'Deze Week in Brussel', 24 April
• Egied Simons
  Q.S. Serafijn (1991)
  Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, No. 41, pp. 24. Edition: 750. ISBN: 90-5196-044-1
• Egied Simons
  Egied Simons (1997)
  Commissioned by Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, pp. 71. With special thanks to: Adriaan Nette, Q.S. Serafijn, and Guus Vreeburg. Edition: 12