light sculpture, 22 May-21 June, 2026 (photo: Ronald Smits) Sunset in Madurodam is an unusual edition of our work Sunset, that has been shown in Delft, The Hague, Paris and Amsterdam over the last five years. This time it became a miniature work, alongside Dutch landmarks at theme park Madurodam, in The Hague. Invited again…
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Site specific for Grote Kerk Veere, Zeeland From 4th September to 26th October, 2025 and from 28th March to 17th May 2026. Buoyants, a large scale project at the Grote Kerk Veere. This site specific work that I’ve developed alongside Ludmila Rodrigues combines a time travel vision for the monumental church in Zeeland. The work…
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Quantum Mirror allows the concept of quantum state to be experienced through the gaze of two observers. A double-sided mirror, from which an algorithmic pattern is cut out, is held simultaneously by two persons opposite to each other. While one sees 50% of their own reflection, the other 50% are the direct image of the…
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How an artwork becomes a continuous learning processor: the case of the technological cyclops One day around twilight at the Scheveningen beach, while the sun was setting in the horizon, we observed the number of people that reach out for their cameras to capture that precious moment. The colours, the warmth and the vanishing gleams…
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During Conflux Festival 2025, we played Piano / Forte as a performance, together with artists Jimi Hellinga, Myra Ida van der Veen, Wouter Mol and their vocal ensemble. We presented the commissioned performance re-imagining Piano / Forte as a powerful as a ritual. Accompanied by the sounds of the hurdy-gurdy and electronics, performed by multi-instrumentalist…
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Interference #001 is a light sculpture composed of a grid that interferes with its own reflection. The image that emerges is defined by the viewer’s position. Through the subtle interplay of material, shadow, reflection, and perspective, Interference #001 engages in a continuous dialogue with its audience. The work is not an image, but a system…
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photo: Gert Jan van Rooij Sunset subverts the iconic image of the sun sinking into the horizon by freezing its disappearance and rendering it visible at 360 degrees. It provokes new relations within the urban environment, while reflecting on the passage of time and our contemporary image production. Sunset in Amsterdam is presented by NDSM…
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Sino at St Hippolyt Chapel, May 24th till June 2nd 2024 in Lana, Italy, as part of the exhibition ‘Ritual Rhythms: Modern Practices, Ancient Echoes’ during LanaLive. Under the theme Rethinking Rituals, the event dedicates itself to exploring and reflecting on the evolution of traditional rituals. The festival invites participants to discover new perspectives on…
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Ostraka is a kinetic sound sculpture that explores the spatialisation of sound within the context where it is installed. For this work, Mike Rijnierse has repurposed an old parabolic dish as two reflecting moving heads, placed on either side of a hall. Once an antenna for satellite communication, today this instrument is vehicle for acoustic…
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Sunset in the Woods was the latest iteration of Sunset, a collaboration between Mike Rijnierse and Ludmila Rodrigues, presented by Hangar Y, Southwest of Paris. The work was shown in the context of Prendre le Solei (Seize the Sun) an exhibition that examines the ever familiar, yet taken for granted central body of our solar…
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How many times is the sunset registered every day around the world? Can one actually capture its splendor and magnitude? Sunset in Paris was presented on Saturday, 3 June 2023, during Nuit Blanche. Sunset is a light sculpture created in collaboration with Ludmila Rodrigues, previously seen in The Hague, and in Delft. Sunset subverts the…
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