Ruud Matthes

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Guestbook House

Guestbook House is a structure made of bamboo, leaves, grass and string. Visitors can sit down in it, draw and/or scribble something on a piece of paper and attach it to a string.

It is meant to be a place where anyone present at ComPeung, visiting artists from a faraway country or a child living nearby, can leave his or her message and can have a look at what is already there.

It will give people coming to ComPeung an opportunity to express themselves, and by doing so to connect with each other symbolically.

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Nature for me has two aspects: chaos and order, depending on my mood I am attracted to the first or to the latter. This piece is about order. With it, I want to make visible the simple contrast between day and night, sunset and sunrise.

 

Walk On

Walk On is an installation made of pieces of bamboo representing walking legs. These legs cast a ‘shadow’ on the ground. Consisting of ice-blocks on which I have put flowerpots with seedlings. Once the ice has disappeared, the seedlings will be planted in the earth soaked by the water of the melted ice-blocks.

I use bamboo because it is a natural material plentiful available here. It is flexible, tough, and easy to work with.

I use bamboo because it is a natural material plentiful available here. It is flexible, tough, and easy to work with.

With Walk On, I want to encourage ComPeung to pursue its goals, to go on walking in the same direction, in harmony with its environment.

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