Commissions

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Tschumipav_MartijnVeldhoen

control

2012. 4 channel HD video, syncstarting, loop. Video installation in the glass pavilion by Bernard Tschumi. Groningen, Hereplein. Video In the glass pavilion, that has a distinct skew, a perfect horizontal line of reflecting water was made visual on the long side of the glass walls. The pendant of this installation, the video installation ‘Illusion […]

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Illusie van controle Damsterdiep 2 - MartijnVeldhoen

Illusion of control

2012 00:00 mintutes, loop, videoinstallation. video For the entrance/exit of a big parking, in a part of the former canal from Delfzijl to Groningen, a plan is realised that reenacts the water of the canal in an immaterial way. The parkings entrance/exit is situated near the old centre of the city of Groningen. The artwork […]

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The Dialectical Objective - kijker Martijn Velhoen

The Dialectical Objective

2001 – 2003. art project commisioned by the province of Groningen for the ‘Semslinie’ art-route.   In two lock keepers houses (that are eight kilometers apart) on a canal in Stadskanaal, an artwork had to be realized that the connects the two houses thematically with each other and at the same time makes a connection […]

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perpetuum mobile

2003. Monumental art commission from the Governmental Building Commission for the directorate of goods transport of the Ministry of Traffic and Water Affairs, The Hague. On a plasma screen in the reception room of the ministry, the waiting public can see a serene video that is filmed with a camera that is constantly going forward. […]

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Tschumipav_MartijnVeldhoen2002d

the nervous system

2002. Interactive video installation. On the sound of the traffic around the glass pavilion by archtitect Bernard Tschumi, hundreds of faces of citizens of Groningen rotate very slow as the traffic is slow, and rotate very fast when the traffic is hectic, and by doing so, become one face that has lost its individual characteristics.

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CITYSC_MartijnVeldhoen-1

cityscape

1999. interactive SD video. Location: stairway of the Jaarbeursplein, Utrecht.    A video installation where the visitor is given the opportunity of an intervention in the video. The innocent-looking panoramic images of public space around the staircase, can be intervened on when the visitor puts his hand on a light sensor. At that moment a […]

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