A vast floor-spanning composition, a circuit board, a wasteland landscape made from more or less ephemeral, often discarded materials: used food packaging, egg cartons and shells, broken car mirrors, rusty nails, worn-out garden chair cushions, abandoned sleeping bags. These are blended with natural elements: herbs, seeds, branches, charcoal, rabbit droppings, hair, nails, and small animal bodies preserved in reused glass jars.
His working space, or what he likes to call “Rotterdamse ondergrondse” (Dutch for Rotterdam’s underground), is not far from what could be admired over four consecutive days during the festival. Once inside, it felt as though I was taking part in one of his performances. “My installation art reaches its highest level when it comes into contact with people,” he says. What, at first glance, might appear to be chaotically placed, yet upon closer look, hides a highly analytical approach of deconstructing and recontextualizing materials through use, reuse, exchange, and the transformation of their inherent purposes.
