CHIME by Jeanine Verloop
Glass that ticks, vibrates and almost shatters. From 1 December, Museum Speelklok will be presenting CHIME by Jeanine Verloop: a kinetic sculpture made of glass strings that together create subtle sounds. Come and have a listen!
CHIME
CHIME plays on the fragility and flexibility of glass. The glass strings vibrate and collide with one another, creating movement and sound. When they vibrate at their own frequencies, a harmony of soft tones is produced.
The work is also remarkable to look at: the glass strings and their surroundings seem to merge into one another, as if the object had no clear boundaries. That may sound strange, but imagine experiencing the world primarily through your ears. Then you no longer see separate objects, but sound waves moving through everything. Each wave has its own power, and together they form a symphony.
CHIME allows you to experience something you can barely see with your eyes. At the same time, it seems constantly on the verge of destroying itself. This allows you to step back from familiar reality for a moment and gives you the space to reflect on the world in which we now live.
About Jeanine Verloop
Jeanine Verloop (1994) creates artworks that bring together different media, technology and movement. Her work transports the audience to another world, in which technology does not evolve through control and perfection, but rather through vulnerability, error and destruction. Verloop is interested in how technology can influence our imagination. Technology can expand our imagination, but it can also limit it. Her practice includes kinetic sculptures, sound art, interactive installations and experimental films.
In 2020, Verloop received an Emerging Artist Grant from the Mondriaan Fund and a start-up grant from the Creative Industries Fund NL for research into scientific glassblowing. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at Ars Electronica (2022). She has also taken part in artist residencies in Barcelona, Cyprus and The Hague.