The Official website of the flying grass carpet.

Friday the 18th Of May

Sponsors/Comitee of recommendation

Sponsors

Comitee of recommendation

Annette Lagler
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst
Aachen, Germany

Pablo Berastegui
Coordinator Matadero, Contemporary art center
Madrid, Spain

Daniel Spaenger
Landscape architect
Berlin, Germany

Floris Alkemade
Ex Partner Ofﬁ ce for Metropolitan Architecture
Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Hugo Bongers
Secretary Rotterdam Board for Art and Culture
Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Gerben Hermanus
Organizer international artfair Art Pie Amsterdam
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Mark Dytham
Klein Dytham Architects
Tokyo, Japan

Astrid Klein
Klein Dytham Architects
Tokyo, Japan

Nelly Voogd
University board Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rotterdam, the Netherlands

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European Capital of Culture 2010, Istanbul, Turkey
European Capital of Culture 2010, Essen, Germany
European Capital of Culture 2010, Pecs, Hungary
Red Dot Design Museum, Essen, Germany
Tenerife Design Festival, Santa Cruz, Spain
Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Matadero Madrid, Spain
Wereld van Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
DMY Berlin, Germany
WAMP Budapest, Hungary
Iparmuv�szeti Museum Hungary
Galerie op de Rotte, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
City square,Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Temporare Garten, Aachen, Germany
Art Pie Int., Amsterdam, The Netherlands

> The Flying Grass Carpet consists of approximately 85.000.000 grass halms.

> The total Carpet weighs 6375 kilos (6,5 kilo/m2).

> There are about 100 different types of artificial grass.

> The first artificial grass dates back to the late fifties.

> In 2004 130.000km2 of land in America consisted of grass lawns and the Americans spend 30 billion dollars on the green halms.

> According to Wikipedia half of the surface of the Netherlands consists of grass.

> Indirectly we are for 95% depending on grass for our food.