Amber Meulenijzer presents Holding Shadows (Live)
she/her
Sun May 31 | de Brakke Grond
Holding Shadows is a performance using eight suspended street lights, forming a low-hanging constellation that draws the body into its orbit. Familiar yet estranged, the lamps emit a monochrome glow, creating a space that feels at once intimate and dislocated. A subtle sonic presence hums beneath the surface, as if the lights are communicating in their own electrical language. In this audiovisual performance, Amber Meulenijzer makes the inner workings of gas discharge lamps audible through electromagnetic microphones. Flickers of light translate directly into sound, while transformers and power flows generate deep, resonant tones. Feedback from metal structures is tuned to the space, allowing hidden frequencies to emerge and resonate with the architecture.
About the artist
Amber Meulenijzer is a sound artist from Belgium. Working across sound and visual art, Meulenijzer explores the expressive potential of materials and their thresholds. Her practice brings together intuition and technical inquiry, resulting in installations and performances that unfold with a cinematic and quietly theatrical sensibility.
