Exhibition · Axel Vervoordt Gallery · Other
Axel Vervoordt Gallery is pleased to present Remanence, Germaine Kruip’s exhibition for the Escher Gallery. Bringing together light, sound and sculpture, the exhibition becomes a mutable perceptual field, extending sculpture beyond its formal and material confines into the realms of resonance, light, atmosphere and duration, where the material and immaterial are held in continuous exchange. Germaine Kruip’s practice is rooted in the distinct yet interconnected realms of stage (theatre, cinema, performance), architecture, and visual arts. Initially trained as a scenographer for the theatre, Kruip has fostered a dynamic exchange between the fields of visual arts and theatre throughout her career. Some of her light performances for the theatre have been reimagined in the context of galleries and museums, while elements from these environments have, in turn, influenced her theatrical works. Remanence features a constellation of sculpture and site-specific light pieces within a darkened transformation of the Escher Gallery. At its centre, is Pendula, a monumental five-metre-high brass sculpture, created with German master instrument makers Thein Brass, Kruip’s longstanding collaborators. Although suspended in space, the sculpture is fixed and immoveable. In quiet stillness it resists the familiar symbolism of the pendulum marking time through its movement. Instead, time is articulated through sound; through an emergence of resonance, gradual decay, and the eventual return of the ambient soundscape. When activated, the sculpture fills the space with sustained resonance. The introduction of sound is not a musical event but an invisible sculptural material that extends beyond the object itself. As the resonance builds and slowly disappears, the boundaries between sculpture, visitor and surrounding space begin to shift. What is heard is also felt; what has sounded continues to exist momentarily as a trace within the body and the architecture. Through the Untitled Circle…