In close collaboration, Rozemarijn Westerink and Marisa Rappard developed the mural ‘Passage’ on both walls of a biking tunnel in 2020. This work was commissioned by the municipality of Amersfoort.

For the design they looked at the surrounding area. The tunnel is a most busy hub for bikers and scooters traveling from the North to the centre of Amersfoort and situated close to train station Schothorst. Surprisingly, directly next to it one finds a beautiful and quiet water-collection area.

Rappard and Westerink asked inhabitants what words emerge when thinking of the tunnel and it’s surroundings. For the design they translated the words - such as nature, light, wind, commuters - and their own observations into shapes and colors.

What resulted is a collage-like mural representing the sensation of moving through the tunnel – often at high speed – experiencing a stream of impressions flowing past you, while focussing on specific things that draw attention. Rappard applied a wall-filling, colourful structure which in it’s abstraction refers to architectonical elements, as well as hurrying travellers, and nature closeby. Westerink inserted figurative elements: birds, plants, houses and sceneries to be found in the surroundings. Photos by Rik Klein Gotink.