Rob Sweere

Back to Nature – film

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BACK TO NATURE 2002 performance – video 2:30 minutes BACK TO NATURE 2002 performance – video  2:30 minutes

Inner Space Outer Space

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INNER SPACE OUTER SPACE Portable site for a conversation with a building Action in Rietveld Paviljon Kroller-Muller Museum  21 juni 2002

Can You See the Seer

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Town-hall Veghel ZIE JE DIE DIE ZIET ( CAN YOU SEE THE SEER ) computerprint 3,5 x 3,5 metres Veghel 2002

Innerview – Outerview

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UITZICHT – INZICHT Twelve hours live radio & lightwaves Left and right above: From the tower of the museum a flashlight has been sending lightwaves over the city. 3 times … Continue Reading →

Blowing Wind

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Left: video-image fullsize right: bodyshaker / shaking device BLOWING WIND The bodyshakers are put in motion by the (wind) sound from the breath on the videotape. In this situation the … Continue Reading →

In Between…

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IN BETWEEN… metall, wood, floating on the water 4,5 x 4,5 x 3,5 metres Schalkwijk 2002

The Eye of the Storm

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HET OOG VAN DE STORM Museum Het Valkhof  Nijmegen 2002 Video: slow motion underwatercapture 15 minutes / looped The big ventilator is blowing a strong wind downwards. Three low cards … Continue Reading →

Escape

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• 28 January, 2012
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  Title: ESCAPE Nighttown Roterdam 2003 Translation from:Article on the VPRO website (national tv broadcastcompany) WHERE IS THE EMERGENCIE EXIT? NCIE EXIT? An artproject by Rob Sweere reportage Sunday 30-3-2003 By: … Continue Reading →

Travelling Light – Belgrade

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TRAVELLING LIGHT in Belgrade,Yugoslavia. Museum for Contemporary Art. june 2003. View through Lightcatcher; the building is the former communistic government building. Day 1: Curators, Artists and Modern Art interested people were … Continue Reading →

Travelling Light – The Project

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  THE LIGTHCATCHER. The Ligthcatcher is a mobile piece. It is being towed by the bus on normal highways through Europe. The trailer is an integrated piece of the work. TRAVELLING … Continue Reading →

Blowing Wind

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BLOWING WIND The bodyshakers are put in motion by the (wind) sound from the continuous breathing on the videotape. In this situation the airco above the door makes a loud … Continue Reading →

Viewmaster One

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VIEWMASTER ONE  Project for an old railroadtrack. scalemodel 1:10.  Museum Katharinenhof – Kranenburg, Germany. 2004

Eye of the Storm

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HET OOG VAN DE STORM THE EYE OF THE STORM Second version. A very strong wind is blowing downwards. On the red low cards you can move yourself  into the … Continue Reading →

Travelling Light – Amsterdam

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TRAVELLING LIGHT In Amsterdam, The Netherlands  PA/////KT, Open Harbour Festival, 21-22 august 2004 Rob Sweere & Andree van de Kerckhove

Waiting for the Moon

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  WAITING FOR THE MOON The entire object can turn around the axle. Casted aluminium & coated steel. Commission: city of Boxmeer 2004    

In Between…

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IN BETWEEN… metall, wood, floating on the water 4,5 x 4,5 x 3,5 metres 2002 Exhibition; Nieuwe Domeinen, Kostverlorenvaart, Amsterdam 2004   IN BETWEEN… Photo’s: Thomas Lenden, Rob Sweere

Lightspace

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LIGHTSPACE  3000 watt, height 5,7 m. Amsterdam 2004

The Cabine

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The Cabine is hanging between two trees, in the center of the university campus. People were invited to be in the Cabine for 12 upto 24 hours. Alone or with … Continue Reading →

Lightspace

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LIGHTSPACE In front of sculpture by Picasso – Museum Boymans van Beuningen,  Rotterdam 2005

The Eye of the Storm

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THE EYE OF THE STORM A very strong wind is blowing downwards. National Institute for Architecture / Museum Boymans van Beuningen Rotterdam 2005

Ins Blaue Hinein

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The space inside is filled with smoke and blue lights. Former railwaystation: Velperpoort – Arnhem 2005 INS BLAUE HINEIN 2005

Drone

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DRONE The 12 metre long wooden horn slowly swings in the space. In the horn low frequenties of sound can be heard and felt, as a pressure on your ears … Continue Reading →

Split View

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SPLIT VIEW  Coronated steel / Wood / Concrete Museum for Modern Art – Het Valkhof Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Split View

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SPLIT VIEW  Coronated steel / Wood  Kamerik, CBK Utrecht. © Rob Sweere 2006

Blue Room

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BLUE ROOM Lying on the swinging bed you feel a slow heartbeat in your chest. A special device is build in the matras which shakes because of the heartbeat sound … Continue Reading →

Blue Waters

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BLUE WATERS 2004-2006 RIVM/NVI Bilthoven The Netherlands Commissionair: Rijksbouwmeester / Rijksgebouwendienst   The blue liquid is in constant motion through the three objects. Very slowly the liquid levels in the … Continue Reading →

Drone

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DRONE The 12 metre long wooden horn slowly swings. In the horn low frequenties of sound can be heard and felt, as a pressure on your ears and body and as … Continue Reading →

“Where is Home?”

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WHERE IS HOME? Six Radio interviews Cape Town, South Africa Radio Zibonele 98,2 fm During the Cascoland  festival in the township New Crossroads six interviews were being broadcasted.  The theme … Continue Reading →

Radiotower

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RADIOTOWER A tower made with the same secondhand materials as being used in shanti towns. The tower is used as an observatory and for interviewing people for the radioshow‘Where is … Continue Reading →

Autumn Piece

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AUTUMN PIECE Sitting in the piece you can only see the tree and the leaves. In the period of the exhibition the leaves turn red and fall. The windows are … Continue Reading →

Live Saver Air

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LIVESAVER AIR Inflatable reverse menhir, which you can enter. (2-3 meters diameter , 4 meters high) The only view out is a transparent circle in the top. Thanks to: Mothership … Continue Reading →

STYX

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STYX  Steel, oildrums, netting, a ferrymen and an engine, 15 minutes action. Commissioned by Hinterland Projects. Curator: Jennie Syson, Nottingham, England. People had to put a coin on their forehead; … Continue Reading →

Under Your Skin

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UNDER YOUR SKIN The two layers of rubber are stretched to a flat surface. The moment somebody enters the artwork space is created by the body. With the lid closed … Continue Reading →

Double View

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DOUBLE VIEW wood & steel  2,40 x 2,40 x 3,50 meters  ZILT, North Sea Beach, The Netherlands 2007    

Live Saver

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LIVESAVER Inflatable sphere (3 meters) and ring (3,6 meters) with a narrow view (0,2 meters) in the ceiling. Sound: Lying in the sphere you hear strong sounds that make feel … Continue Reading →

The Pit

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THE PIT You are invited to stay in The Pit for 24 hours. Alone, no telephone, no books, no music. With an empty book to write and a camera. Once … Continue Reading →

- Who do you think you are -

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  – WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE – Performance . . . November 20th, Essent Office Building, 4 – 4.45 pm. Sixteen people are standing in silence in the … Continue Reading →

Double View

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DOUBLE VIEW Corrugated aluminum, grass roof, steel base. Arnhem, The Netherlands.     Standing in Double View looking at one direction you have a horizontal view, the 4 lane highway … Continue Reading →

STYX

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 STYX Lent, The Netherlands 2008 © Rob Sweere 

Life Line

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LIFE LINE Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. 2008 Red liquid is pumped around 225 meters of transparant tube. In the system also air bubbles travel around in … Continue Reading →

Het Gemaal / The Pumpingstation

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  HET GEMAAL / THE PUMPINGSTATION You can go up to the roof of the building. Standing between the discs you can look to the four directions. Inside the artwork … Continue Reading →

As the World Turns -works of works-

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AS THE WORLD TURNS -works of works- Prints on canvas. sizes around 80 X 120 cm. Above: -The No-Concept Series-. Selection and positioning: Francet van Mackelenberg. Foundation for Art and Culture, … Continue Reading →

Sledge-Project

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SLEDGE-PROJECT Uummanatsiaq, Greenland. Two sledges that can be towed with dogs or a snowmobile over the sea-ice. The houses are insulated and can be used for sitting, cooking and sleeping. … Continue Reading →

De Bron

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DE BRON Temporary installation on new grounds where houses will be build. You can enter each construction, climb up the stairs and look into the sky through the curved tube. … Continue Reading →

Forest Light

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FOREST LIGHT The visitors have to walk through the dark forest to come to the installation. The ‘room of light’ in the forest has 33 lamps illuminating the trees. Walking … Continue Reading →

Candy Floss Forest

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CANDY FLOSS FOREST                                                                  SUIKERSPINBOS Performance. The artist makes the candy floss trees in the galerie . He hands them out to the audience , the public chooses where the trees should … Continue Reading →

Transit

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Car Country

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CAR COUNTRY video 8 minutes Palm Springs USA 2001

Very Portable Site for a Conversation with the Sky

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Very Portable Site for a Conversation with the Sky ‘Indoor – presentation ‘ ford falcon 1961+ roofrack video 17 minutes Travelogue Show OCCA, Los Angeles, USA 2001

Don’t Move

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DON’T MOVE Installation with red trapezium, 2 video monitors, 1 beamer, 1 camera and a movement detector. 2001  

Meeting Point

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stainless steel / lenses / blue bricks ‘village meetinghouse’ Looking through the lens from the inside of the building facing outwards. MEETING POINT commissionaire: City of Lingewaal. Spijk 2001  

Beam Me Up

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BEAM ME UP Very portable site for a conversation with the sky Driving at different locations in different cities. Tractor Eicher 1961 – height 3,25 metres. 2001

Waiting for the Moon

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WAITING FOR THE MOON Sitting on the chair you can turn yourself around. In the central circle the sky will turn with you. Rob Sweere The Netherlands 2001

INNER SPACE OUTER SPACE

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INNER SPACE OUTER SPACE Portable site for a conversation with a building. Stichting G.A.N.G. Arnhem 2001

DUET

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DUET Performance with videoprojection and a loud singing voice. 25 minutes 1996 – 2001 Cypresscolege Los Angeles USA Earlier presentations: 1996 Bourges France 1996 Arnhem Holland 1998 Den Haag Holland

In Orbit solo show

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Solo Exhibition -IN ORBIT- Kunstfort, Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands summer 2011 Drone Intens low sound vibrations, 12 x 4,5 metres. Honey Performance, photo 80 x 120 cm. Under Your Skin, Steel … Continue Reading →

Honey

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Honey Performance by Sam, Anandi & Rob Sweere. Photo: Ellen Boersma, 80 x 120 cm, 2011. photo: Thomas Lenden    

Soundsourcing

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  Soundsourcing Videowork, large projection, 17 minutes, Kunstfort 2011.      

ON THE ROAD

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                                        ON THE ROAD Two objects on both sides of the … Continue Reading →

Viewmaster One & Two

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VIEWMASTER ONE & TWO           Gemeente Geertruidenberg, The Netherlands. The Towers are floating in the water and are turning slowly. Material: Steel, aluminium, paint. Height: 8 … Continue Reading →

Contemplatorium – the model

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                    Contemplatorium – the model, scale 1:20, of a ritual area. Six pavilions connected by a footpath, on a field of … Continue Reading →

Contemplatorium – Out of Space

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    Contemplatorium – OUT OF SPACE Temporary dwelling (6 months) for one or two persons. During the summermonths the entire work is surrounded by high vegetation. Material: Wood. Exhibition: … Continue Reading →

Contemplatorium – Vortex (nighttime)

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  CONTEMPLATORIUM – VORTEX Inflatable, white fabric and green lights, 10x10x10 metres. You can enter the artwork to go into the sphere. Arnhem, The Netherlands 2011. Contemplatorium – Vortex is … Continue Reading →

Contemplatorium – Vortex

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    CONTEMPLATORIUM – VORTEX Inflatable, white fabric, 10x10x10 metres. You can enter the artwork to go into the sphere. Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, soloshow -In Orbit-. summer 2011 Curator: Holger Nickisch. Manufactured … Continue Reading →

Bigger than Buildings

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BIGGER THAN BUILDINGS April 25th 2008, 3.30 – 3.50 pm, 18 participants, Deventer, The Netherlands. At the beginning of the demolition of different high-rise buildings, 18 inhabitants living in this … Continue Reading →

UP

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    UP Being asked to give a lecture about how I work with public and art I invited everybody to get up from their chairs and to lie down … Continue Reading →

Moving

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    MOVING Performance with 688 participants who work for the governmental organization ‘Provincie Gelderland’. In silence, the people entered the disk and were standing still. When the disk was … Continue Reading →

Meeting You Meeting Me

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. . . . MEETING YOU MEETING ME Performance on a saturday afternoon 25 people living in the suburb Stevenshof, came together at the local mall to meet each other … Continue Reading →

Radiation 02

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  . . Radiation 02 May 19 2011, 14.51 – 15.01 pm, 160 participants, Arnhem, The Netherlands. The group consists of civil servants working in many different cities in Holland. … Continue Reading →

Radiation 01

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Radiation 01 Mai 2nd 2011, 12.14 – 12.24 pm, 11 participants, Arnhem, The Netherlands. A group of artists and organisers is looking in silence at the part of the city … Continue Reading →

HERE NOW

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HERE NOW Action at Showroom G.A.N.G., Arnhem, The Netherlands. march 22nd 2011, 235 participants. Instead of sitting on their chairs and listening to my lecture about art on location, I … Continue Reading →

Touching Art

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      TOUCHING ART Performance A large bronze sculpture piece is standing as if forgotten in the center of Haarlem. Hitting it with your hand creates a nice sound … Continue Reading →