![]() ![]() ![]() This technological, futuristic looking machine harbours a dynamic, soft space that invites the viewer to submit to a very personal physical experience. In close collaboration with designers and programmers, the artist developed the prototype for this immersive installation. Vonk experimented with visual and bodily sensations, taking his own physical reactions as a starting point. This interferes with the logic of spatial perception, ‘waking up’ your body’s sensory system and influencing gravity perception. The artist set out to create a space that is not static, but that changes in size and shape. It seems self-evident, especially since we spend most of our everyday life in interior spaces, with levelled floors. He realized that our bodies anticipate and adjust to what you see around you and the surface you walk on. Lying on his back on an elevated, floating platform in his studio, Vonk reflected on gravity and weightlessness. Teun Vonk asked himself: How can I challenge the logic of gravity, of the bodily perception of gravity, with a machine or installation? Can I expand the boundaries of our everyday perception of gravity? This process seems effortless and self-evident. Without us being aware, the body continuously adjusts itself to the gravitational pull and keeps itself in balance. For two years, Vonk researched how our human bodies perceive and react to gravity. With A Sense of Gravity, artist Teun Vonk created an installation that lets you experience gravity anew. Teun Vonk asked himself: How can I challenge the perception of gravity? As you set foot on solid ground afterwards, your sense of gravity changes in a spectacular yet subtle way. Immerse yourself in the transforming space of A Sense of Gravity and explore how your body reacts to the visual, tactile and bodily sensations. ![]() Artist Teun Vonk created an installation that lets you experience gravity anew. Without us being aware, the body continuously adjusts itself to the gravitational pull. ![]()
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