A new sound installation was made for de presentation 100 Hollandse Meesters in de 21ste eeuw (100 portraits of popular art TV series Dutch Masters in the 21st century). Needles to say that one of the TV documentaries was made about us. For the installation we used Sale Away Lab†our own designed DMX controlling […]
Two years ago during my first visit to Il Porticello in Calabria, I was struck by the large amount of plastic waste which I found on the beaches, and by the great mountains of waste and garbage that appeared in many places and that constantly accumulated. The plastic waste floating on the surface of the […]
Commissioned by TodaysArt 2015, Staalplaat Soundsystem (for this occasion consisting of Geert-Jan Hobijn, Radboud Mens, Anthony Blokdijk and Bastiaan Maris) created ‘Zeero’, a very large organ of four steel tubes with a length of 24 meters and a diameter of 1 meter , sponsored by Van O0rd. Staalplaat used hot air balloon burners to create […]
At the Dutch GOGBOT festival we presened for the first time our new sequencer system. Now we can play our machines live. On the main square of Enschede a frame is set up round the local monument . In this set up we placed: 12 bog boxes 10 metal grinders 12 vacuum cleaners (that play […]
On the Beach in Den Haag we will do the opening show for the Todaysart 15. Our plan is called “Zeero” and it is a very large organ of four steel tubes with a length of 24 meters and diameter of 1.2 meters. We will use air balloon burners to create sound. The hot air […]
“Kraft durch Klang” is an exhibition / installation in a old WOII German bunker (old Atlantic-wall) in a park in Den Haag. It is in a old bunker where they organise exhibitions since 2002, guests can come through the park. In three small spaces we installed existing instruments, changed or even never used before. […]
Sorry the free books are soled out by now , or we should say given away. But there two addressed where you can order a copy here at staalplaat.com or at metamkine
Expositie ‘Om’ van Geert-Jan Hobijn from Witteveen+Bos on Vimeo. Staalplaat soundsystem created an indoor version of our work ‘Composed Nature’ inside the Bergkerk Church as part of the exhibition ‘Om’, which was organised to mark the Art+Technology Award 2014. Seventy trees placed in the centre of the church, and the rustling sounds emitted by this ‘forest’ […]
“Plan C” is a new sound & light installation. Set up inside the bridge over the Rein (Deutzer Brücke) in Cologne, in the framework of Brückenmusik. [AFG_gallery id=’1′] The Deutzer Brucke has the echoes of a cathedral but not its silence. Also, it has the fullness of sound of a public and therefore open place, but is […]
[AFG_gallery id=’2′] We presented a new version of the Sale Away soundinstallation at le lieu unique from 14 till 19 jan. Sale Away (2004) Nantes is a sound installation consisting of a series sound machines. For Sale Away Nantes we brought six instruments, first 10 wooden boxes, when the boxes are put in motion they kapble […]