AMSTERDAM.- STRAAT Museum presents Time Lines, a large-scale public artwork at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. During the renovation of the outdoor central transport hub (Multimodal Hub Schiphol, MKS), the museum is transforming a 690-metre stretch of construction hoardings into the longest continuous mural in the Netherlands. The result is a hybrid artwork in which digital visual language and live street art interventions converge. Time Lines will be on view throughout the renovation, until October 2027. The project was commissioned by Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and developed in collaboration with creative agency WINK.

“We are pleased to bring STRAAT Museum to Schiphol with Time Lines. We see the airport as a place where countless personal timelines converge,” says Marion Wolff, director of STRAAT. “By introducing street art into this context, we create space for reflection within an environment that is constantly in motion.”

“At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, we are constantly working to enrich the passenger journey in ways that are both functional and inspiring. ‘Time Lines’ transforms a necessary construction space into something meaningful. In collaboration with STRAAT Museum, experiential partner WINK and a group of internationally renowned street artists, we are bringing world-class urban art into the heart of the airport. Together, we aim to create a memorable experience for the millions of people who pass through Schiphol each year.” Arthur Reijnhart, Chief Commercial Officer

Reflection on movement, time and experience

STRAAT Museum transforms nearly 700 metres of construction hoardings into a living artwork about travel and time, inspired by a well-known quote by artist Paul Klee (1879–1940): “A line is a dot that went for a walk.” Within the artwork at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, each traveller becomes a point and every journey a line. The work continues to evolve through street art, digital works and live interventions by the five participating artists.

Five artists, five perspectives

Time Lines is a collaboration between five international artists:

• Jelmer Konjo (Netherlands)
• Kevin Ledo (Canada)
• Bianca Nemelc (USA)
• Eloise Gillow (UK)
• Pref (UK/Belgium)

The project brings together emerging talent and established artists.

Artist’s studio at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Like the journeys it depicts, Time Lines is conceived as a multi-year art project. Over the next two years, the participating artists will return to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to further develop the work through new interventions. This takes place at the outdoor Layover Point, where a studio is located that offers the public direct insight into the creative process and allows them to follow the evolution of the artworks live.

Design and production

STRAAT Museum developed the artistic vision in close collaboration with the Dutch agency WINK, which was responsible for the production. Together, they designed a visual framework in which artworks of varying scale are integrated into WINK’s modular wall system. The design incorporates zones for information, live interventions and visual rest, and aligns with the natural flow of passengers. This creates a rhythm alternating between moments of strong visual impact and points of calm.

“This project is so interesting and powerful because it transforms a purely functional, somewhat uninviting construction site into a living street art experience for a global audience.” says David de Bruijn, Chief Creative Officer, WINK. It’s not just a creative achievement, but a technical one too: delivering work of this scale within Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s highly regulated environment makes it far more challenging than most public spaces.”