{"id":129077,"date":"2025-09-11T03:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T03:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/129077\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T03:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T03:37:12","slug":"art-installations-evoke-underwater-landscape-within-dutch-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/129077\/","title":{"rendered":"art installations evoke underwater landscape within dutch church"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buoyants by Ludmila Rodrigues and Mike Rijnierse<\/p>\n

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Inside the 600-year-old Grote Kerk Veere\u00a0in Zeeland, Netherlands<\/a>, artists Ludmila Rodrigues and Mike Rijnierse present Buoyants, a site-specific installation<\/a> that transforms the church<\/a> nave into a fluid, underwater-like environment. The work combines a kinetic<\/a> sculpture<\/a> in lightweight fabric<\/a> with a multichannel soundscape<\/a>, reinterpreting the lost Gothic ceiling while emphasizing the region\u2019s deep connection with water.<\/p>\n

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Buoyants by Ludmila Rodrigues<\/a> and Mike Rijnierse<\/a> for the Grote Kerk Veere, in Zeeland, Netherlands, 2025 | all images by Benjamin van der Spek<\/a><\/p>\n

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a spatial choreography of fabric, sound, and light<\/p>\n

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The installation by creative<\/a> Ludmila Rodrigues and artist<\/a> Mike Rijnierse integrates three key elements: a suspended sculpture made of green voile, a spatial sound environment, and landing platforms where visitors can recline to experience both sound and vibration. The sculpture, positioned seven meters above ground, is animated by a custom mechanical system developed by Rob Bothof. Its slow movements resemble wave patterns and sea life while echoing the verticality and geometry of Gothic vaults.<\/p>\n

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Sound plays a central role in the project. Composed by Ji-Youn Kang, the two-hour soundscape is designed as a vertical layering of tones, guiding attention upward and into the space. Low frequencies are transmitted into the landing platforms, allowing visitors to feel the vibrations physically.<\/p>\n

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Buoyants transforms the nave of Grote Kerk Veere into a fluid, underwater-like landscape<\/p>\n

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Gothic Dutch Church turns into Underwater-Like Space<\/p>\n

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Buoyants reflects on the cultural and environmental history of Zeeland, a region long shaped by tides, floods, and rising sea levels. The artists approached water as both a material and temporal continuum, connecting the distant past of oceanic origins with the uncertain future shaped by climate change. At the same time, the work re-imagines the architectural grandeur of the church\u2019s medieval ceiling, lost centuries ago, by creating a contemporary spatial choreography of fabric, sound, and light.<\/p>\n

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