Mike Rijnierse & Rob Bothof present Piano / Forte (2018)
he /him + he/him
May 22–June 20 | de Brakke Grond
Piano / Forte reimagines the piano as a responsive, resonant system. Two stripped piano harps swing like pendulums, their motion translated into frequencies that return to the instrument through electromagnets. No longer activated by keys, the piano becomes an architecture of vibration, set in motion by the slightest touch. As sound accumulates and disperses through the space, the work traces a tension between control and release, virtuosity and sensitivity, foregrounding how minimal actions can generate expansive sonic consequences, opening the instrument to collective, unstable, and continuously evolving forms of play.
About the artists
Mike Rijnierse is an artist, inventor, curator and educator sculpting light and sound into spatial experience. Intrigued by sensory structures, human and non-human, Rijnierse composes with and for the environment, creating spatial dialogues. His practice centres on composing with and for the environment, treating exhibition spaces as integral to the work itself. Drawing on historical and media-archaeological research, Rijnierse creates installations in which context, perception, and interaction shape the experience, revealing the entangled origins of art and technology.
Rob Bothof is a creative coder, artist, and engineer whose work emerges at the intersection of science and art. Working across instrument building, machine interaction, autonomous systems, and sound, he develops technical and artistic processes that foreground experimentation and play. His practice spans from procedural systems to audiovisual composition, exploring how technological structures can become expressive, adaptive, and open-ended.
Mike Rijnierse
Rob Bothof
