Bas van Koolwijk – DIGITAL ART (1960-2000)

title

TST

artist

Bas van Koolwijk

intro

Bas van Koolwijk’s TST is a series of abstract video compositions, compiled of digitally re-modelled video disturbances. The soundtracks for the works are comprised of an audio translation of the video signal—allowing for the filtering and editing of the image material to have a similar impact on both the audible as well as the visual outcome. Interested in visual and acoustic sequences, van Koolwijk works with disturbances such as feedback, and signals produced by video that create both image and sound. Operating at the limits of the video form, he has stated that his work is a “search for the balance between order and chaos”.¹

biography artist

Bas van Koolwijk (Nijmegen, 1966) is a video and audio artist that lives and works in Utrecht. Although he began his career as a painter, he found the medium too limited for the expression of colour and motion he wanted to create. Interested in visual and acoustic sequences, van Koolwijk works with disturbances such as feedback and signals produced by video that create both image and sound. He often develops his own electronics and software to experiment with the medium-specific characteristics of digital and analogue video. His video work opens up and exposes the illusions of the machine and the televised image. Since 2000, his work has appeared at media festivals worldwide.

keywords

video, sound art, interactive, live cinema, generative, abstract, digital film, medium specific, performance

images

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year

2000

website

basvankoolwijk.com

premiere

VIPER festival for film, video, and new media. Basel, Switzerland

software

functionality

part of collection

LIMA Amsterdam (previously NIMk)

production

hardware

technical specs

intention artistquote by artist

related work of artist

quote

“Soon I became more interested in the characteristics of the images and sounds that were added. The disturbances, the noise, which seemed to have their own visual language. Here I found the link to painting that I had always made. With these meaningless elements I could compose freely, without being distracted by a story. A search for the balance between order and chaos especially inspired me….there is always a moment of joy when you have gotten rid of the monitor to show the image sequences. I wonder how that sequence sounds. The pulse of image and sound can then be the same, because the essence of my work does not take place in the computer, but rather in the triangle: computer, video, picture tube or beam / sound. I am especially interested in the pulse itself.”²

influence

context

LITERATURE

Rutten, Bart. “DIGITALE FILMS DIE NERGENS OVER GAAN.” NIMk, 1 Oct. 2001, nimk.nl.

part of active discussion

scene artists institutes

Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, NIMk/LIMA

footnote

¹Bart Rutten, “DIGITALE FILMS DIE NERGENS OVER GAAN.” NIMk, 1 Oct. 2001, nimk.nl. ²Bart Rutten, “DIGITALE FILMS DIE NERGENS OVER GAAN.” NIMk, 1 Oct. 2001, nimk.nl. (Quoted text translated from Dutch to English by Margarita Osipian)

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1 Bart Rutten, “DIGITALE FILMS DIE NERGENS OVER GAAN.” NIMk, 1 Oct. 2001, nimk.nl. 2 Bart Rutten, “DIGITALE FILMS DIE NERGENS OVER GAAN.” NIMk, 1 Oct. 2001, nimk.nl. (Quoted text translated from Dutch to English by Margarita Osipian)

¹Bart Rutten, “DIGITALE FILMS DIE NERGENS OVER GAAN.” NIMk, 1 Oct. 2001, nimk.nl. ²Bart Rutten, “DIGITALE FILMS DIE NERGENS OVER GAAN.” NIMk, 1 Oct. 2001, nimk.nl. (Quoted text translated from Dutch to English by Margarita Osipian)