Panta Rhei stands for movement, “everything flows” (Heraclitus). Everything is constantly changing. Time, space, and matter are also subject to change, even when these changes are not immediately perceptible. In principle, it is impossible to do something in exactly the same way twice.
The diamond pattern symbolizes a defined space within which movement and change take place. The light of the cross laser delineates the space, yet space itself is not static. It explores the relationships between body, boundary, and space. The laser geometry becomes an immaterial space through which the viewer can move. It is a temporary architectural construction: its boundaries are visible, yet they have no physical existence. As a viewer, you become a perceptive and participating part of the work. The laser lines are not merely boundaries; they are also a metaphor for movement that is continuously present, even when it cannot be perceived. Within the defined spatial order—the laser-generated diamond—everything appears to stand still except time. Yet the laser lines themselves are electromagnetic waves propagating at the speed of light. What appears to be a static line is therefore, in reality, a dynamic process. A tension emerges between perception and actual movement. Moving through the geometric order continuously produces a different perception of the work. The position of the body changes in relation to the geometry, and with it, the experience of space.
Within this concept, time is the only movement that becomes visible through change. One moves through an architectural structure that appears to remain unchanged. Yet nothing is static. Matter transforms, energy flows, structures age, and systems gradually lose their coherence and cohesion.
Why does decay always return?
Why can no flourishing culture ever escape the passage of time?
Crowd-control barriers on swivel casters tell the story of an ever-shifting boundary. A boundary of what we accept as moral; a boundary of how compliant we are; a boundary of when we truly take action against injustice; a boundary of our humanity, of our empathy and understanding.
It also reflects the development of nations that perceive themselves as omnipotent and therefore literally move or stretch their borders, because they are in the position and possess the means to do so — at the expense of their own population or inhabitants. Supported by money that is not used to improve or solve societal issues, but for personal gain and power. That same money is also deployed to defend or justify the moral boundary through channels of communication.
But like all great powers that have ever risen, they too will eventually fall when the population acts collectively and no longer allows itself to be guided by imposed boundaries
Jaar: 2026 Techniek installation Materiaal: Wood, rubber, neckless, electric engine.
Camino, Way, path, or route.
A journey is not always a literal one; a journey can take place in the mind of a person, just as a writer travels through the world of their story. Encounters, stories, places, and vistas. Every step is a thought. It hardly matters whether it is spiritual or filled with everyday concerns and obstacles. We are the journey; we count the steps or the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years. Every step is new, every thought slightly different. Until we reach our goal — or is the journey itself more important, the process of moving from our being toward our striving?
How do you find peace in your being, in your inner self, in your core? That too can be a journey of small steps. A mantra repeated with each step, like counting or sliding beads through your fingers to begin again. As a day begins and ends, as a life begins and ends, we transform — spiritually or physically. We let the beads pass through our hands; we leave a trace of who we are and where we come from. That trace is connected to where we began and to those with whom we have spoken or exchanged thoughts, with or without words — because sometimes there are no words, only a feeling. Our lives are filled with matter and technology, yet in essence we search for our deepest longing — what holds value and what does not — and we leave traces along our path. The footprint of our existence
Jaar: 2024 Techniek installation Materiaal: copper, electric parts, wood, magnet.
PURE, de Kracht van Verbinding In deze installatie verken en onderzoek ik de fascinerende wereld van magnetisme, elektriciteit en het hart – drie elementen die ons dagelijks leven doordringen, vaak zonder dat we het beseffen. Magnetisme: Een onzichtbare kracht die onze wereld vormgeeft, van de kompasnaald die ons leidt tot de ongrijpbare aantrekkingskracht tussen mensen. Het staat symbool voor de verborgen krachten die ons verbinden, zelfs op afstand. Magnetisme is ook de basis waarmee we elektriciteit opwekken en is in wezen ook de basis van ons bestaan. Elektriciteit: De energie die onze moderne wereld aandrijft, die licht brengt in de duisternis en beweging creëert uit stilstand. Het staat voor de dynamische en vaak onzichtbare stromen die ons omringen en ons in staat stellen te communiceren en te creëren. De bron van de levensenergie, de verbinder of het signaal tussen het brein en het lichaam. Hart: Het kloppende centrum van ons bestaan, bron van leven en emotie. Het hart symboliseert zowel de biologische als de emotionele energie die ons menselijk maakt, de ritmische puls die ons verbindt met onszelf en anderen. Door deze drie krachten samen te brengen in één kunstwerk, nodigt de installatie de toeschouwer uit om na te denken over de onderliggende verbindingen in ons leven. Het is een uitnodiging om stil te staan bij de onzichtbare maar voelbare energieën die ons verbinden en in beweging houden. Krachten die onzichtbaar zijn, maar essentieel voor het bestaan. Interactie: De installatie reageert op de aanwezigheid van de toeschouwer, waarbij de elektromagnetische velden subtiel veranderen op basis van nabijheid en beweging. Dit creëert een unieke ervaring waarin de bezoeker een actieve deelnemer wordt, zich bewust van de eigen invloed op het kunstwerk en de omgeving.
