Koenraad de Groot

The colour of Chameleons proposes a path of introspective listening, winding through large, human-sized ceramic vessels acting as resonators. Putting your ear against the listening hole of a vessel, an intimate sonic experience unfolds. The interaction between the incoming sound’s changes in air pressure, and the form of the internal cavity of each vessel, shapes how it filters and amplifies what it receives: a sibylline story made of resonant frequencies, poetry, and what comes after the end of a sentence. In this work, Koenraad de Groot entangles the scientific and the poetic. By experiencing how each vessel interprets the external world in its own way, we are invited to meditate on how every being experiences the world from a different perspective and how, through listening, we can experience different perspectives and open up to the world.

The colour of Chameleons proposes a path of introspective listening, winding through large, human-sized ceramic vessels acting as resonators. Putting your ear against the listening hole of a vessel, an intimate sonic experience unfolds. The interaction between the incoming sound’s changes in air pressure, and the form of the internal cavity of each vessel, shapes how it filters and amplifies what it receives: a sibylline story made of resonant frequencies, poetry, and what comes after the end of a sentence.

The colour of Chameleons proposes a path of introspective listening, winding through large, human-sized ceramic vessels acting as resonators. Putting your ear against the listening hole of a vessel, an intimate sonic experience unfolds. The interaction between the incoming sound’s changes in air pressure, and the form of the internal cavity of each vessel, shapes how it filters and amplifies what it receives: a sibylline story made of resonant frequencies, poetry, and what comes after the end of a sentence.

These porcelain pumpkin seeds can be used to listen to freshly baked pumpkin seeds. The seeds will start to tinkle because of change in temperature. The vessels are also becoming warm and you can eat the seeds afterwards.

These porcelain pumpkin seeds can be used to listen to freshly baked pumpkin seeds. The seeds will start to tinkle because of change in temperature. The vessels are also becoming warm and you can eat the seeds afterwards.

Research at the Sound Art Lab in Struer. Together with Maryia Komarova

Natuurlijk carillon waarbij de aanlegsteiger van het liniepontje wordt aangeslagen door stenen en drijfhout uit de omgeving

a ceramic spatial composition in five gestures

composition of water on paper with a converging movement

composition made of various paper utensils. A water dripping container 'plays' the composition by slowly moving over the paper stripe

two sheets of paper

Slowly moving soundobject