Berndnaut Smilde: Sun Following Prism
| 2018-09-28 14:21:28
Berndnaut Smilde (1978, NL)
www.berndnaut.nl
Sun Following Prism, 2017
Photo: Bewley Shaylor
Oct 18, 18:00: opening with Dutch premiere of Sun Following Prism.
NL
De werken van de Nederlandse kunstenaar Berndnaut Smilde komen voort uit een fascinatie voor tijdelijke en kortstondige natuurlijke fenomenen, die onze omgeving en positie als kijker bevragen. Met het project Nimbus (2012), waarbij Smilde een tijdelijke wolk binnenshuis creërt, verkreeg hij internationale bekendheid. Tijdens zijn artist-in-residentie bij Satellietgroep op de Zandmotor in 2015 experimenteerde Smilde met het creëren van regenbogen op dit kunstmatige kustlandschap.
Zijn meest recente werk, Sun Following Prism wordt gestuurd door zonlicht via een mechanisme dat de ideale hoek van de zon volgt. Als het weer het toelaat, verschijnt er een kleurenspectrum. Dit werk is niet voorspelbaar. Hoewel altijd gericht op de perfecte omstandigheden, kan er een verschijning optreden, afhankelijk van de juiste plaats en het juiste tijdstip.
Smilde's werk bestaat uit installaties, sculpturen en fotografie. Hij onderzoekt de fysieke de-constructie en re-constructie van materialen zoals licht, ruimte, sfeer en ervaring in relatie tot zijn architecturale omgeving, en creërt een nieuw moment tussen de realiteit en het tijdelijke.
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The works of the Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde derive from a fascination with temporary and ephemeral natural phenomena, that question our environment and position as viewers. Smilde became world famous with the creation of Nimbus (2012), so called 'indoor clouds'. During his artist-in-residency with Satellietgroep at the Zandmotor in 2015, Smilde experimented with imposing a rainbow on this artificial coastal landscape.
His most recent work, Sun Following Prism is controlled by sunlight through a mechanism that is following the ideal angle of the sun. When the weather allows, a color spectrum will appear. This work is non predictable. Even though always aiming for the perfect conditions, an appearance might be encountered, depending on being at the right place and time.
Smildes’ work consists of installations, sculptures and photography. He explores the physical de-construction and re-construction of materials; light, space, atmosphere and experience in relation to his architectural environment, creating a new moment between the realms of reality and the temporal.
Program during Climate as Artifact:
October 18 at 18:00
Berndnaut will perform the opening intervention with the Dutch premiere of Sun Following Prism.
November 18, 14:00 - 18:00
Workshop Landscape Observations during the finissage.
Other works on display during Climate as Artifact:
Foto: Breaking Light - Cape Leeuwin, 2017
c-type print on dibond, 125 x 187 cm
Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse, Western Australia.
Characteristic Fl W 7.5s.
Curated by Andrew Nicholls, FORM and with the kind permission of Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Video: Breaking Light – Scheveningen, 2015
Scheveningen Lighthouse.
Characteristic: Fl(2) W 10s
Curated by Satellietgroep, The Hague, with kind permission from Rijkswaterstaat during Todays Art.
Breaking Light Model, 2017
Lighthouse model on plinth
plastics, plinth, acrylic cover
20 cm x 5 cm x 5 cm
Berndnaut Smilde testing with portable prism, worksession at Kijkduin, spring 2018.
Are we in the position of observer or actor of liminal transitions?
Satellietgroep has invited Berndnaut Smilde to take part in a residency at the Zandmotor in 2015, during which he investigated how to impose a natural phenomenon onto these very special surroundings. The human/artificial involvement in the project and thus, weather phenomena and their images, are points he endeavoured to explore during this residency. These simulations are ephemeral, questioning our surroundings and position as a viewer.
He experimented with creating a rainbow. The double bind of creating Breaking Light, as an artificial natural phenomenon imposed on this man-made coastal landscape, was followed by an ephemeral intervention at the Lighthouse of Scheveningen, curated by Satellietgroep for TodaysArt.
Berndnaut Smilde, Breaking Light, 2015. Photo Annegret Kellner.
Public Expedition Zandmotor 'Liminal Transitions", 2015
Berndnaut Smilde, Breaking Light#2 at Light House Scheveningen.
Photos: Annegret Kellner. Curated by Satellietgroep for TodaysArt 2015.