TERRA FIELD

2026

Installation, Paltz Biennale, Soest

Dimensions: 600 × 150 cm

Materials: stainless steel, aluminium, sand and 3D-printed sculptures

This kinetic installation forms a colony of segmented sculptures that appear to grow out of the ground. The 3D-printed segments are finished with sand coatings in a range of earth tones, drawn from the soil of De Paltz.

Driven by motors, the elements rise with slow, barely perceptible movements, searching for a balance that is never definitively reached.

The work explores entrainment: the mutual attunement of rhythms. Its subtle movements invite a meditative attention, in which viewers can gradually tune in to the tempo of the installation. Technology approximates the behaviour of natural systems, evoking a seemingly living presence.

Because the sculptures partly disappear into the ground, the boundary between object and landscape blurs. In the human-shaped environment of De Paltz, the work appears as a further layer: a system between organism and construction that seems to be continuously growing and taking shape.

Production: Jessie van den Broek

Mechanics: Daniel de Bruin