Making Space Tangible
Strijbos & Van Rijswijk: “We believe in the value of art as an open space of individual and collective imagination. Part of our research is how to rearticulate the potential of art as an open space, and the potential of each of us in terms of imaginative space.”
In Albert van Abbehuis Strijbos & Van Rijswijk will present several soundworks, like newcomer Quiver, and Rocking Chairs and Dadoc, as part of an ongoing research on art related to architecture, public space and the public itself. Art, less about objects and more about experience. The transition of object nature to space nature – in which the viewers own experience and reflexivity becomes the subject of the art and that idea of where meaning arises, where value arises – has shifted from thing to event.
The Quiver works are a comment to the environment in which they’re situated. By using the architecture of Albert van Abbehuis as a foil or as a vehicle to compose works visually and acoustically, Strijbos & Van Rijswijk investigates the distinction between imagination and body and architecture. Human perception and human experience are embodied. People begin to experience Quiver, Rocking Chairs and Dadoc only as they interact with them. The significance of these works come from the active participation of a viewer.
Credits:
Quiver #4, #5 en #6
concept, design & composition: Strijbos & Van Rijswijk
musictechnology support: Hans Timmermans (BoZ)
Rocking Chairs
composition: Strijbos & Van Rijswijk
design: Christian Grässli (CH)
interactive patchwork: Hans Timmermans (aka Buddha Building)
Dadoc
composition: Strijbos & Van Rijswijk
design: Christian Grässli (CH)
www.strijbosvanrijswijk.com
Signal in Kaunas
Kaunas in Lithaunia is Cultural Capital in 2022. In August we perform our landscape opera Signal the last weekend of 3 weeks ConTempo festival in the city heart, inviting people to go out in the rural countryside and experience this work.
Rocking Chairs
The first weekend of July Neumünster Abbey houses the Rocking Chairs for a young audience at the Big Bang Festival, a festive ode to adventurous music and sound art.
Signal in Groede
At the core of this work is the connection between audience, sound and music, and the market square located in the old center of Groede, located in West Zeeland Flanders.
A Landscape That Is Us
We are very honored to be featured again at this wonderful festival with our new project 'A Landscape that is Us'. A new immersive experience in which we combine several techniques we developed for our deep practice in creative placemaking investigating and experimenting with sound, space and public engagement.
Signal at Dusk
For the Norfolk and Norwich Festival we have composed a new live performance version of our landscape opera Signal. Beginning at dusk our 4 sopranos lead the audience along the shoreline bidding farewell to the sun on the horizon and signalling the arrival of the night.
Signal-on-Sea
Great Yarmouth beach will be transformed with sound. S&VR’s bespoke digital technology and twenty long throw speakers create a unique audio experience enabling visitors to the installation to experience the vast seascape afresh and in their own way.