As a sound and installation artist my work embodies predominantly site-specific compositions and kinetic sculptures which are mostly composed by self-made electromechanical systems. Within my artistic practice I aim to explore the physical world through the fundamentals of energy, material, and time; reflecting on the interrelation and affects that each of these elements provoke in processes of repetition (rhythm), deterioration and transformation.
The installations and animate systems that I build, simulate dynamics of cyclical phenomena by presenting them through straightforward mechanical performances. Usually, this takes shape through a single self-reliant system which carries out a repetitive mechanical process that, over time, either changes or destroys its own composition. As a method to merge a poetic idea with a systematic approach, I use dramaturgical strategies combined with mechanics to create multi-sensory spatial interventions; simple but powerful gestures that play with the observer’s expectations and perception of the physical space.
moth
Installed at CeCiL's box, the electromechanical system ‘moth’ holds the end of an endoscope camera with which it repeatedly scans the inside of the confined space. In circles, across the window, the system reflects in real time the inner corners of the window, the texture of the dust and occasionally details of the street outside. “Like a moth flying into a flame”, the system is interrupted by the brightness, changing its movement pattern and lingering in bright areas.