Inspiration | STEVEN LAURIE

Peter Bosch and Simone Simons

November 4, 2015 | Posted by stevenlauriecom in Inspiration, Research

From 1985, Peter Bosch and Simone Simons have been collaborating on large scale sound works, performances, concerts and theatre productions. Since 1990, their focus has been centered on the development of autonomous “music machines”. All their machines/works are best considered as constant and dynamic developments that generate experiences through sound and movement. The Krachtgever is their best-known piece (shown above) […]

Brandon Vickerd – sculpture / installation artist

December 6, 2011 | Posted by stevenlauriecom in Artist, contemporary art, Inspiration

My take: Brandon’s sculpture / installation work conveys a compelling and provocative examination of fabrication techniques and visual language. His works evoke a tension that is created by a transposition of materials and a play of dichotomies (life & death, machine & human, organic and inorganic…etc). Examples of this material and conceptual tension can be […]

Rubén Ortiz Torres

October 7, 2011 | Posted by stevenlauriecom in contemporary art, Inspiration, Research

Ruben Ortiz-Torres was born in Mexico City in 1964. Educated within the utopian models of republican Spanish anarchism soon confronted the tragedies and cultural clashes of post colonial third world. After giving up the dream of playing baseball in the major leagues he decided to study art. He went first to the oldest and one […]