Brouwerij Fortuna

Making the invisible visible

On Vlieland, where the dunes not only shape the landscape but also sustain life, drinking water is drawn from a hidden freshwater lens beneath the island. Rain slowly seeps through layers of sand, is filtered, collected, and pumped back up—a centuries-old rhythm of falling, sinking, preserving. It’s a system invisible to the human eye, yet vital for those who live here and those who come here.

In this context, artists present works that make the invisible visible. They focus on processes that usually unfold far beyond our perception: deep beneath volcanoes, in the veins of coal, or in underwater rifts where the Earth reshapes itself. Photography here is not used to document, but to reveal: as a kind of geological sensor, a medium for time, pressure, heat, and transformation.

The Earth becomes camera, brush, and technology—serving as a bridge between knowledge and imagination. Vlieland, in turn, becomes not just a site of observation, but of resonance—an island echoing with subterranean stories, brought to light by makers attuned to what unfolds at the edge of visibility and time.

This part of Machine Entanglements was made possible with the support of Arcadia and Into the Great Wide Open.

Featuring works by: Louis Braddock Clarke, Michael Najjar, Hedwich Rooks

Brouwerij Fortuna – Vlieland, Friesland
Fortweg 10, Oost-Vlieland

Open: 14:00–17:00 (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays)
Free entry 

Take the ferry from Harlingen to Vlieland. The location is a 15-minute walk from the arrival port. Walk towards the marina to Fortweg 10.