Anyone driving along the Houtribdijk between 1994 and 2000 could tune in to FM frequency 98.0 and hear angels singing. This so-called Angel Station was a work of art by Moniek Toebosch (1948-2012).
Toebosch wanted to offer a personal refuge with this audio artwork, transforming the car into a kind of contemporary roadside chapel. On the 26 km long Houtribdijk, in the middle of the IJsselmeer region between the Markermeer and the IJsselmeer, she found the ideal ‘empty’ landscape for the right experience of her angelic singing.
On 31 December 1999, the FM transmitter was taken off air. But by request of many, you can still listen to it again since January 2020, as Angels/Angels is now available as an app. The Angels/Angels app can be found on the Apple Store and Google Play Store. As with th…
Anyone driving along the Houtribdijk between 1994 and 2000 could tune in to FM frequency 98.0 and hear angels singing. This so-called Angel Station was a work of art by Moniek Toebosch (1948-2012).
Toebosch wanted to offer a personal refuge with this audio artwork, transforming the car into a kind of contemporary roadside chapel. On the 26 km long Houtribdijk, in the middle of the IJsselmeer region between the Markermeer and the IJsselmeer, she found the ideal ‘empty’ landscape for the right experience of her angelic singing.
On 31 December 1999, the FM transmitter was taken off air. But by request of many, you can still listen to it again since January 2020, as Angels/Angels is now available as an app. The Angels/Angels app can be found on the Apple Store and Google Play Store. As with the original FM frequency, the app's angels sing only in the immediate vicinity of the Houtribdijk.
The province of Flevoland acquired the sound artwork Angels/Angels FM 98.0 in 2022 and included it in the register ‘Collection of landscape art Flevoland’. This means that Land Art Flevoland will henceforth include this sound artwork in its Land Art Tours.
