Featured works I am a Sculptor and work primarily with architecture at the moment. Throughout our history, many have referred to life as a journey; architecture is a companion of mankind throughout this journey. Consequently it should not only refer to the space we live in, but also be regarded as a metaphor, as part of the social structure nurtured by generations. A long man-made path, built as part of the landscape, through which people experience different re- alities, spaces and instants while moving. Memories and meaningful places along the way make the users travel through time in their minds, remembering moments while at the same time experiencing the present. The experience of space and the reference to other events are achieved at the same time. Therefore I want to draw attention to time and how its moral implication is in fact turned back. Time cannot vanish without trace, for it is a subjective spiritual category. And the time we have lived still settles in our soul as an ex- perience placed within time. In a certain sense the past is far more real or in any way more stable, more resilient than the present. The present slips and vanishes like sand between the fingers, acquiring material weight only in its recollection. For me confined architecture is a metaphor for the cultural reality we live in. We explore within the structure our own path, we have the illusion of having been given a choice, but in fact are exploring within confined space. Often coming back to the same place, but with more experience. While building, the second I make a model for the next part of the structure, I will instantaneously create a rebellion against that model. And that rebellion is very important. I think the goal is not about ending up with a beautiful result, but about learning from the process and allowing that process to always welcome change. When I build I always see possible outcomes for the next shapes and have ideas of what they mean in connection to the whole. By building I am letting go; learning from the process and moving with the sculpture.
jacobvanloon
2087
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