Amsterdam Light Festival · 2013

Children of the War

by Max Zorn

Max Zorn created “Children of the War”, a light artwork shown at Amsterdam Light Festival 2013 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

This work 'Children of War' depicts four children that lived through World War II. Innocent and observant as in their portraits, the faces glow through layers of brown packaging tape on acrylic glass. In the Verzetsmuseum, these children tell their stories of the war.

— Amsterdam Light Festival

About Max Zorn

Max Zorn (NL) is a tape artist based in Amsterdam who primarily uses brown packing tape in his work. The vividness of his sepia-toned creations, straight lines, and sharp subjects give his creation...

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