3D-PEN SCULPTURES
3D-filament Sculpturen vervaardigd met de 3D-filamentpen die fungeert als extruder die de plastic draad verhit en door de matrijs duwt om zo een eindeloze vorm te produceren. Niet onmiddellijk het gemakkelijkste materiaal om dergelijke sculptuur te verwezenlijken. Er wordt gebruik gemaakt van 100% biologisch afbreekbaar 3D-printmateriaal, volledig geurloos, milieuvriendelijk en gemaakt van niet-giftige materialen. De tekeningen werden vervaardigd door gebruik van verschillende technieken, acrylverf en 3D-filamentpen.
Myth is all around us.
Not only the Ancient Greek myths survived in arts, literature etc. but actual myths, created in our own society and used like a message that conveyed when an object, image, or phrase becomes associated with a concept and thus take on a symbolic meaning. They have a function in society but they can pose certain dangers when society’s dominant institutions abuse these messages.
The Myth of plastic
One of those myths are the marvels of plastic, the magical substance that is transformed from nature and constantly in a state of metamorphosis. Plastic as a symbol for a new world. We exist in an incredibly replaceable culture. We switch our phones every year for new applications. Even our bodies are plastic, whether for cosmetic or medically plastic can exist as countless different things, in this way it is infinite and transcendessociated with a concept and gets conveying symbolic meaning."The whole world, even life itself, can be plasticized since plastic aortas, arms, legs etc. are manufactured", sayd philosopher Barthes.
Now this myth is overwelmed bij an other story; there is the myth of the growing plastic lake, now bigger than a twentyfold of Belgium that is floating in the big ocean and that becomes the dead of sealife and life on aerth. ©2024 Hilde NIJS
Artist' s statement
#Identity #Intimacy #Connectivity #Diversity
#ARTCOnnects(?) That is what my art is all about!
As an eleven year old painting artist I won a first prize in Ostend and was offered my initial oil painting set on the occasion. The smell of oil, the childish fascination for objects, my unrestrained imagination and drive for analysis have determined my further career as an artist. There was no way back. I stay focused on my passion. “Art is my child, and life a struggle for Art”.
My preference for multidisciplinarity has always been very strong and the result of years of experimenting. My sculptures, installations, paintings, drawings and monotypes are a mix of methods rooted in artistic painting, photography, graphic ans digital techniques, ceramic and stained glass. These combined disciplines form a basis for two- and three-dimensional artistic composition and assemblage. Objets trouvés, paraphernalia, photographs, textiles, glass, ceramic... become a visual completion in my drawings and paintings.
To me life is an “adventure into the unknown” and so is the world of Art. Our rapidly changing society and the continuous switch of events offer infinite opportunities to the artist. The interaction between individuals and between groups of people are my ultimate fascination. In these turbulent times I feel confronted with existential questions about “la condition humaine”.
Today’s world view is none too rosy, rather paranoid and bereft of free will. Violence lurks underneath the ratio of our society. Ours is an era of fear. The examination of ontological questions and the changing identity associated with it allow me to explore a new world. I cherish the thought that the ideas of the internal, external, infinity, spirit, BRAIN... all exist in our heads. That is where everything in the universe -the essence and appearance of things, the imagination, all that I read, see or hear- is being processed, moulded and shaped. During the release that follows, my hands become the instruments that give expression to my thoughts. I consider myself a researcher and a practical philosopher longing to apply her knowledge by means of visual expression. I try to rule chaos by clarifying the emotions that feed us and make us better internally. Utopian, I know ! We all remain time travelers, damaged by our own times and continuously in search of our ever changing identity. This quest ánd my personal story create new situations, new stories wherein all these artifacts meet in a neverending story of present, past and future. That is what my art is all about! - Hilde NIJS