"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
Jacques Vermeulen (1967) grew up across multiple countries and continents, mainly in Western Europe, and is now based in Belgium. He studied Fine Art Photography, graduating in 2020, followed by a two year Masterclass, during which he also studied product design. He then went on to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, where his work evolved into organic kinetic installations, currently including body studies in translucent porcelain and choreography performed with the installations themselves. Drawing on his background in ICT, his practice questions the boundaries between organic and non-organic, human and technology, reason and emotion, identity in a world where those boundaries keep 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”.