The work 'Skybar' grew out of my love for the universe and vintage photography from the 1950s and 1960s. I would like to bring the stars and planets closer to us so that we can enjoy their beauty.
So as far as I am concerned, this sky bar is the perfect place to spend hours admiring the view. With the work, I want to give the "viewer" a brief escape from reality; to dream away for a while in a surreal world.
I am Irie Wata, a digital collage artist from Haarlem. I combine different layers of imagery with each other to create new surrealistic worlds. In doing so, I like to play with perspective, proportion and clashes in eras to create optical illusions... Read more…