Wunderkammer (the Pier) Sculpture, 2024. 118 × 44 × 218 cm. Wood, glass, polyamide, PU, coating, mixed media

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The display cabinet titled 'Wunderkammer' (the Pier) holds a meticulously detailed night landscape beneath a starry sky, scaled to perfection. It provides viewers with a glimpse of a miniature pier extending into the sea, topped with an amusement park. This motif draws inspiration from Op de Beeck's large nocturne watercolors, here reimagined as a kinetic sculpture. The Ferris wheel turns slowly, while everything else appears frozen in time. The atmosphere evokes an establishing shot of a film noir or the beginning of a dark tale.