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.Ronald Nijhof
.Christian Toonk
Hogenoord 17
3513 GX Utrecht
The Netherlands
r.nijhof -at- gmail -dot- com
language in which basic, small things are most important. Next to isolated objects, series and sets of objects are being made,
together forming what can be a group of sculptures.
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AGENDA / events
For Petersburg Project Space's Peterkast, a model-lightspace. Three lightsources (RGB) illuminate an empty interior. This interior is in sharp contrast with the rough outside. The room changes colour all the time. Petersburg projectspace, Amsterdam / Peterkast
For the groupshow 'BLURRR' at Tent, Rotterdam, Volksrekorders is building a presentationspace. Inside the pavillion there are over 30 televisions that show all episodes that Volkrekorders have made, and a computer to take a look at the website. Volksrekorders.com
A chair made out of my old barn.
Das Zwischen consists out of a series of platforms that can be connected in various ways. The objects come in 5 differents heights and are finished with 5 different kinds of materials. The visitor can change and redefine the space in many kinds of ways It is easy to use as a lounge, but can act as a series of sculptures just as well. Various dimensions. Duo-show with Su Tomesen at Petersburg Project Space, Amsterdam. (photo right below: Katharina Pohlmann)
Audioreactive lightworks. The objects react to certain frequencies via an audioinput. Because the innerform is white when the light is out, and becomes darker as the light turns on, it seems as the innerform becomes larger and smaller. It is hard to focus on what you actually see.
Picture above shows last object, 120 cm x 120 cm, picture right below is the origin of the work:a partly blinded window on a sunny day. Still in progress.
A miniature monument for the Salon des Refusés in 1863. Without permission installed during the opening
of De nieuwe Salon Utrecht. The work is being mentioned in a newsletter emailed by 'de nieuwe salon'. It seems to be
incorporated in the exhibition. I was not invited for this groupshow.
A stagedesign for Adriano Banchieri's Barca (1605) by Vocal Ensemble Coqu. Pieterskerk, Utrecht.
Lighting Design: Jeroen de Boer, Director: Pepijn Cladder.
interiorPavilion is a spatial experiment that consists out of a slum-like outside and a modernist inside, a white cube. Using 3
lightbulbs (Red, Green and Blue, the basis of television), endless colour-variations can be made. The inside turns out to be
the ultimate puristic space: an illuminated, geometrical empty space without any requirements of users. The lighting is composed using synthesizers, there is no sound, just the fading and flickering of the lights.
Stills of 12 short films, made for the Volksrekorders project at Urban Festival, Zagreb. Click on image to go to
episode on the volksrekorderswebsite. Volksrekorders is: Marcel van den Berg, Malgosia Briefjes, Maurice Bogaert, Ties Ten Bosch, Regina Kelaita, Sanja Miletovic, Ronald Nijhof, Bram Nijssen, and Anne Schiffer.
Different approaches towards audiospeakers (left right, up down): vision on composition/lay-out of the front of a speaker, triangle-shaped growing form, resonating speaker, d.i.y. leslie speakers.
A sugarcube with sound and light. The object makes an irritating noise as the cube flickers. When one comes close, a soothing sound accompanies the cube's swelling of light. When being left alone, the irritating noise starts again. Every now and then the work asks for attention. Shown at B art, Den Bosch and SOCO, Amsterdam
oud
papier
> march
2006This is a presentation for 'oud papier', a graphic production of Tjeerd Maas. The furniture can contain about 500 books in a3-size, it can show 12 spreads of the book, has 4 seats and a desk. At the Cityhall of Utrecht (Stadhuis).
system (untitled) > january 2006
The installation consists out of an environment of objects in which cliches of public space and furniture mix up with the visual language of the constucting of objects. The use of chipboard places the installation in the context of prototypes, objects which can be tested to reality. At the same time the installation is a collection of loudspeakers: an audio environment lets the object literally fade into eachother. At the Vishal, Haarlem.
PORTAL
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tuning > march 2005This is in fact an oversized roomdivider: it seperates the exhibitionspace 'Gele Rijder' from the space of CBKGelderland, Arnhem. It offers a box-office and a waiting room, seperated by a short catwalk. Thereby, it gives possibilities for exhibiting. PORTAL is part of the cycle 'Finetuning' by Suze May Sho and Marten Hendriks. 'Tuning' was the first stage of the exhibition.
stage 1 /\
stage 3 \/
PORTAL / store / weten, doen, worden > november 2005
During 'store', a chimney was added, it turned the installation
into a smokingarea. The next stage ('weten, doen, worden)
was to put the 2 parts against eachother, forming one
enclosed innerspace.
ESL > june 2004
A double sculpture. Based on High-End audio 'electrostatic' speakers, these are imitations, made of wood. ESL is two identical objects and researches natural ways to show objects. At Academiegalerie, Utrecht. Painting by Lieven Hendriks
The
Low
Beginning of
Hifi > april 2004is an audio-citylandscape existing out of 6 protoypes of
audiospeakers, 6 audiotracks and orange light. The sounds are merely abstract tones, electronicly generated. Because of
variable tracklenghts, the soundscape is never the same. By
walking round the installation, different sounds appear to
change through acoustic behaviour within the space.
At the 5er, Rotterdam.
BRUG
(bridge) >
october 2001 For a temporary groupexhibition, this bridge furfilled its purpose as an alternative route to a sculpture garden. The entrance had been blocked by a sculpture by
Marten Hendriks. The work gave a wide view over the sculpture-garden. At Jansen & Kooy, Warnsveld.
