If you are an artist or somebody with artistic aspirations but lack the means to make your art a reality, a new initiative just north of Arnhem promises to make your ideas come true.
Proposal Base lets you pitch ideas for public artworks to be both built and exhibited at its location in the wooded hills near Arnhem. If a proposal generates enough funding and doesn’t break a small set of rules (it may not pollute, be racist and so on), it will get built.
There seems to be two catches. One is that the area will only be reserved for this purpose for a few more years and the other is that visitors aren’t allowed except during events.
Currently the site shows a list of sample proposals. A Street View-like Flickr page shows a map of locations where you can imagine your artwork. The folks behind the project describe themselves as a 3D printer for art projects.
(Illustration: screenshot of the Flickr page; link: Trendbeheer)
Rolf Hut from Delft University of Technology wants to turn umbrellas into devices that help scientists measure rain, 
Danish photographer Morten Koldby shot 
Dutch electronics giant Philips has taken the last step in shedding its home entertainment division. 
