Beeldtaal

Transience

In the work “Nothing lasts forever”, change is the central theme. A knitted piece of fabric is changing constantly during its exhibition. Slowly the piece of fabric is unraveled, it will eventually vanish completely. The heap of unraveled thread keeps its knitted shape, as though the material remembers its past. This work shows a piece of fabric made out of tightly knitted thread, which then seems to return to an earlier, but also slightly different state. Do we also constantly change, without noticing?

Purposeless

If the hammer cannot hit the nail, what is then the point of the hammer? Can a functional object feel useless? The Dutch phrase “Dat slaat nergens op” means that something makes no sense. It looks like the hammer falls and swings back up again. You can feel the gravity in its movement, where the hammer falls very easily, but has difficulty with completing the last bit of the cycle. The title “The revenge of the nail” tells you about the relationship between the hammer and the nail. The destiny of a nail is getting hit by a hammer, but how would the nail get revenge, if it was able to?

Spiraling

Starting in the center of the circle, the spiral is constantly moving in never-ending circles. Circles constantly forming again and again catch your eye. Circles going in circles working together to form a spiral. There arises an infinity of a constant repetition of a movement, one where you maybe cannot get out. Spiraling is an emotional state of being where strong thoughts can lead to a vicious circle. Is it possible to see change, even when things feel unending?