ARTIST STATEMENT
Light, space, and movement play an important role in my sculptures and installations. My works often have no fixed form; they can change, move, fold in and out, disappear, and reappear. I see this process as a metaphor for the temporary nature of everything around us.
A central starting point in my work is my personal archive, which contains family photographs, glass slides, and images of historical events. Buildings, aircraft, and historical narratives recur in various ways throughout my work. Each of these elements carries its own identity and meaning, demonstrating how different aspects of human life are interconnected.
This is expressed through a wide range of media, including sculptures, spatial installations, photographs, videos, and public-space projects.
The autonomous works that originate in my studio are inseparably connected to the projects that arise from public-space interventions. In both areas, I seek the same expressive power and sensory experience in relation to the space and the viewer.
Light, space, and movement play an important role in my sculptures and installations. My works often have no fixed form; they can change, move, fold in and out, disappear, and reappear. I see this process as a metaphor for the temporary nature of everything around us.
A central starting point in my work is my personal archive, which contains family photographs, glass slides, and images of historical events. Buildings, aircraft, and historical narratives recur in various ways throughout my work. Each of these elements carries its own identity and meaning, demonstrating how different aspects of human life are interconnected.
This is expressed through a wide range of media, including sculptures, spatial installations, photographs, videos, and public-space projects.
The autonomous works that originate in my studio are inseparably connected to the projects that arise from public-space interventions. In both areas, I seek the same expressive power and sensory experience in relation to the space and the viewer.
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AAN DE HAND
2022
Een kunstproject waarin handen het uitgangspunt vormen voor een portret van onze samenleving in deze tijd. Aan de hand is te zien én te lezen op diverse publieke locaties in de gemeente Venlo.
Handen zijn veelzeggende lichaamsdelen, ze werken en zorgen, strelen en duwen, groeten, bidden en gebaren. Het project kwam tot stand tijdens de coronapandemie. Alles werd anders, we moesten afstand houden, mochten elkaar niet aanraken, niet knuffelen en geen handen schudden. Vanuit de overheid kregen we het advies om onze handen stuk te wassen. Tijdens de persconferenties is er veelvuldig gesproken in statistieken en ‘aan de hand’ van de cijfers. Het project laat zien dat deze handen onmisbaar zijn, dat we allemaal met elkaar verbonden zijn en niet zonder elkaar kunnen.
An art project in which hands form
the starting point for a portrait of our society today.
Hands are significant body parts, they work and care, caress and push, greet, pray and gesture. The project came about during the corona pandemic. Everything changed, we had to keep our distance, were not allowed to touch each other, not to hug and not to shake hands. During press conferences there was a lot of talk in statistics and on the basis of the figures. The project shows that these hands are indispensable, that we are all connected and cannot live without each other.
Mede mogelijk gemaakt door / Made possible by Gemeente Venlo
Kunstencentrum Venlo
LICHTBAKEN VAN VENLO
2021
An interactive light project in collaboration with Yvonne Rooding
Lightplan Wiehager 2022
Photo Wim van Groenendaal
On Trappistenweg in Tegelen is an industrial chimney no less than 70 metres high. Due to its geographical location this is also the highest point of Venlo. This monumental chimney is a symbol of the manufacturing industry and its history, but has not had any function apart from that until now.
31 Lashing straps of the chimney have been provided with LED lights. Each light strap can be programmed separately. This way colour stories are created, communication at a ‘high’ level. The chimney has been given a new function as a communication tool.
This city icon functions as a barometer of the city. With it, the artists want to increase social involvement, awareness and recognisability of the city for young and old alike, giving off a positive signal.
Lichtbaken van Venlo was supported by Gemeente Venlo, BOEi, Ondernemend Venlo and several local culture-loving companies and donors.
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More information: www.lichtbakenvenlo.nl
November 16, 2021The unveiling of Lichtbaken van Venlo
Photo Wim van Groenendaal
