Czar Peter, dimensions 5 x 19 m, digital printed vinyl banner stretched on frame, location next to Czar Peter House, Krim 23, Zaandam. Commissioned by Municipality Zaandam
In the city center of Zaandam, lies the former working class district: the Russian Neighborhood. De Krimp is the approach route to the most important cultural-historical attraction in the neighborhood: the Czar Peter House, a historical building where Czar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 during his Grand Embassy. The building was constructed in 1632. Although he remained at the house only a short time, he would return a number of times, the last in 1717.
The design is inspired by decorations and images on old Dutch tiles around masonry fireplaces and stoves. This banner uses images of typical industrial landscapes, windmills, houses, statues, souvenirs and 'historical' products such as cocoa, wood and grain of the area in the 17th century. This design takes images from an earlier commission / sketch design in 2016 for Koog-Zaandijk train station proposal (images below).
