Raamberg - Cirque Du Planetarium

That Raamberg would make ‘Cirque du Planetarium’ had already been written in the stars

The duo who produced the design for Rijsbergen in 2024, has once again returned to their old nest. Where Femke was born and brought up in hamlet Raamberg, this is for Pieter, after 2022 and 2023, only the third time that he has produced a design for this hamlet. Nonetheless, this does feel like his home from home.

That Raamberg would make ‘Cirque du Planetarium’ had already been written in the stars. “2025 is a special year in astronomy, with many special phenomena,” says Pieter. So, amongst others, on Corso Sunday a full-blown lunar eclipse can be observed. Because the idea of building a planetarium has been in the heads of the two designers for some time, this was a good reason for going about it this year.

The design, which in total requires 35 metres of presentation space, is spread over three undercarriages. It demonstrates a creative understanding of the spaciousness of the universe and an interpretation with performers which has common grounds with the shows by Cirque du Soleil. “In earlier times astronomical phenomena were often considered to be threatening. Planetariums were built to explain to people what the phenomena were about. That is why the combination is explored between a planetarium and a show: to lend an airy and not everyday twist to astronomical phenomena”, says Pieter.

Contrasting colours will be used on the float, to create a light-dark effect, just like the position a heavenly body has in relation to the sun. The ‘frame’ will be coloured with copperish tints. All in all, it promises to be a special experience that Raamberg will be bringing to the streets.

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Femke Sannen (28) works in the marketing department at Jola Mode; this is her second design. Pieter Meeuwissen (68) is a semi-retired biologist. This is his thirty-first design for Corso Zundert.

Original Dutch Text: Stijn van Helmondt
Translation: Mary Tyne
Photo: Jeanne van Oosterhout 

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