SITE – SIDE – SIGHT WALKS
Walking to sites of Indigenous rock drawings,
translating their presence into glass.
Bernadette van der Klooster
Researcher & Glass Artist
Researcher and glass artist working between the Netherlands and Aruba.
Through walking, observation, and reflection, this work explores how traces from the past continue to resonate in the present.
Inspired by Indigenous rock drawings found across Aruba, the project translates experiences of landscape, silence, and time into glass.
By creating new encounters with these ancient drawings, the project seeks to strengthen awareness, appreciation, and care for Aruba's cultural heritage.
A process of walking, reflection, and perception
The project
SITE – SIDE – SIGHT WALKS was developed in collaboration with the National Archaeological Museum Aruba (MANA) and archaeologist Harold J. Kelly. Rooted in Kelly's long-term research into Aruba's Indigenous rock drawings, the project explores new ways of engaging with heritage through walking, dialogue, and glass art.
Lines in glass — energy and reflection.
Translations of Indigenous rock drawings.
This work exists within a dialogue with heritage, landscape, and time.
If you would like to learn more, collaborate,
or support the project,
you are welcome to get in touch.
Walking to the places
Exploring the landscapes where Indigenous rock drawings are found. Walking through heat, stone, silence, and time.
Walking alongside
Every journey becomes a shared experience. Through conversation, dialogue, and reflection, new perspectives emerge.
Seeing differently
The landscape becomes a mirror. Ancient traces invite reflection on the choices we make today.
