march 03, 2026
Land Art of the Future – Reviews, Symposia, Publications & Interview Ronald Rietveld
Land Art of The Future - lezing Ronald Rietveld, PAN Amsterdam
"Explores the future of Land Art amidst ecological, spatial, and political transformation."
De Standaard - Belgium
"Is art meant to last forever? The colossal Delta Works // in the Dutch Waterloopbos impressively demonstrate that this is not the case. And what about the eternal value of human beings?"
BK - 100 Keyworks - Visual Art in public space - The Netherlands since 1945
Deltawerk // listed as one of 100 key artworks
An experiential approach to Land art in Flevoland [pdf] (by Anja Novak, historian of modern and contemporary art)
"With Deltawerk // and the demolition of the Delta flume that it involved, they invite visitors to rethink their trust in existing technology, face its fallibility and open up to radically different possibilities for the future."
Review symposium "Claiming land for art, claiming land through art"
"Deltawerk // shows how land art can also question — or even dismantle — boundaries imposed by humans. Such art is gaining relevance today, as more and more people become aware of the enduring effects of colonial practices from the past and of the impact of human activity on the Earth, including sea-level rise on the one hand and extreme drought on the other."
Land Art Flevoland
Interview Ronald Rietveld, RAAAF
Destination Art - Amy Dempsey
A ‘new’ industrial ruin has been turned into a powerful artwork whichis thought-provoking, intense and beautiful. The water entwines and reflects the interactions of the viewer, the sculpture and the landscape.
Archined
"Eco-political trenches of Dutch land art
[...] Deltawerk // embodies an important shift: it acknowledges human impact while inviting nature to heal and take over, transforming what was once a symbol of control into one of symbiosis, as Stuit points out."
L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui
"RAAAF and Atelier de Lyon make the best of the Delta Works’ monumentality by indeed embracing their Star Wars aesthetics.... Deltawerk //, project underlining a vision on heritage far from any museification logic"