"Being aware that my creations fill empty spaces, I join kinetic light, space, surfaces and sound, inspired by the rhythms and forms of nature. Using digital tools, I strive to stay as close as possible to the void, balancing between order and chaos."
Light, Space, Surface, sound and Time dialogues with voids
Started as a fine art photographer, he evolved to impermanent art inviting the experiencers to engage in multilayered conversations..
Jacques Vermeulen (1967) grew up across multiple countries and continents, primarily in Western Europe, and is currently based in Belgium. He studied Fine Art Photography at the Maak Academy of Fine Arts in Knokke (graduating in 2020), followed by a two-year Masterclass (2022). In parallel, he began studying product design at the same academy and is continuing this practice at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.
His work is evolving toward organic kinetic installations, with a focus on light, space, surface, sound, and time. Currently, he is exploring body studies in translucent porcelain. Drawing from his specialization in photography and his background in ICT, his artistic practice is expanding into multidisciplinary light installations that question the boundaries between organic and non-organic, human and technology, reason and emotion, identity in a world where boundaries are blurring.
My projects are like trees where the multiple layers in my head are growing into branches and leaves. I intend that my works become an aesthetic-conceptual interactive experience, instigating generative conversations with family, friends and persons one did not interact with before. Some will behold the silhouette or look at the individual branches, others will zoom in on the leaves or even gaze at the venation. A few might even dig to see and feel the roots of the tree.
Jacques's work often comes with a "mapzette", showing thoughts and revealing the process of “rooting the tree”.