No Horizon is an Augmented Reality Exhibition of 8 architectural objects above ‘t Spaarne” in Haarlem.

Only visible with a Smartphone.

During the exhibition a limited edition poster will be available for free.

17.03.2012 – 30.04.2012

Opening: Saturday March 17. 2012

Opening 17 h

Horizonverticaal

Houtmarkt 7, Haarlem

A Touch of Familiarity

Opening 26.11.2011 17.00 h.

26 nov 2011 – 15 feb 2012

Galerie G i s t

Bloemgracht 82, Amsterdam

Viktor Baltus – Andrew March – Joseph  P. Werner

Vlie | Oil on canvas
18 x 24 cm 2011

Gemaal | Oil on wood
30 x 30 cm 2011

Landscape Berlin

From February till the end of April of 2012, a new project by visual artists Viktor Baltus and Thijs Zweers will be presented in Berlin.

Baltus and Zweers both graduated from the Art Academy in Arnhem (NL) and have a fascination with perception. Reason enough to devote their latest project in 2012 to one of the newest forms of perception, the Augmented Reality. In plain words: an added layer on the live camera image of a Smartphone. With the help of a computer program, an image of for example 20 x 30 meters high is set on a GPS location which can only been seen through a Smartphone. It gives the illusion that the digital image hovers in real open space. Berlin, a city with opportunities for new developments and a fast growing high artistic level, empty walls and modern architecture is the perfect stage for added reality.

THIJS ZWEERS (NL) 1986

Thijs Zweers graduated from the ArtEZ art academy (Arnhem, The Netherlands) in 2010. Since then he has focused on a very peculiar translation of digital imagery to detailed graphite drawings. This almost anachronistic act brings about intriguing images of a reality that Zweers finds to be autonomous. While the digital world is a product of mankind, the individual now has little to no influence on its workings. He or she is subject to the laws and outward appearance of this alternate reality.

The graphite drawings themselves look like elaborate studies by an internet-biologist. Supposing that everything put online stays online – and that everything online is connected to everything – one can see the digital world as an autonomous biotope. A domain in which a continual dialectic process creates a whole the individual ‘user’ only catches glimpses of.

Zweers’ impressions of these weightless images historicize the digital world that is so difficult to catch in time.

VIKTOR BALTUS (NL) 1982

Viktor Baltus’ work is based on his fascination with perception. Captivated by the variability of perception, his work is an investigation of the relationship between perceiver and perceived phenomenon or object. “We have a relative conception of colour. Lighted in a certain way, a green dike can come across as almost blue. Moreover, it is often the case that there is a huge difference between what we think we see, and what is actually there to be seen.”

Even though Baltus is an experienced perceiver, he is conscious of the subjectivity of his perception. Still, he claims to be in search of a certain form of objectivity. Even if it is his perception that is portrayed in a painting, it is presented without passing judgment or giving an interpretation. This fascination with perception isn’t limited to the perception of colors. Baltus is continuously trying to discover remarkable shapes and forms. His paintings are rarely found on flat surfaces, but are hidden in the cavities of wooden bowls, on dishes, broken bench seats, small or large tondos, cigar-boxes, etc. These ‘found objects’ are what give his work its characteristic object-status. In it, form and depiction alternate at taking the lead.

The work of Viktor Baltus is highly visual. With a gaze, bordering at being analytical, he scrutinizes colour, surface, dimension, light, form and their interaction. Narrative content is avoided to the greatest extent possible. Despite his quest for objectivity his work is all but formal. The amazement granted by his act of perception can be felt in each separate piece.

Sara Lijftogt Zutphen February 2011

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Go to Berlin.

Download the free app at www.layar.com
or scan the QR code on the map.

Go to one of the points on the map.

(Maps of Landscape Berlin can be orderd by email and cost €1,-)

Open the Layar App and search in the section Art for Landscape Berlin.
Look around with a Smartphone  and the Augmented Reality will become visible.

Enjoy Berlin!

Thijs Zweers – Black orbs

Viktor Baltus – Found objects

(Only visible with a Smartphone)

Landscape Berlin map

2011 What’s Up magazine

2010 Catalogus Buning Brongers Award

Serie: The Quiet Days

Bridge, 2010
Oilpaint on photo

Serie: The Quiet Days

WFL II, 2010
Oilpaint on photo
Private Collection, Winkel NL

Serie: The Quiet Days

Waterstairs, 2010
Oilpaint on photo
Private Collection, Schagen NL

Serie: The Quiet Days

Between, 2010
Oilpaint on photo
10 x 15 cm

Serie: The Quiet Days

Stream, 2010
Oilpaint on photo

Serie: The Quiet Days

Banners, 2010
Oilpaint on photo

Serie: The Quiet Days

Window, 2009
Oilpaint on photo

Serie: The Quiet Days

Flat, 2009
Oilpaint on photo

Serie: The Quiet Days

Roof, 2009
Oilpaint on photo

Augmented Reality Exhibition.

The Hondsbossche Zeewering is a 5.5 km long dike near Petten in the Netherlands. This dike, where a flood in the Middle Ages broke thru the original dunes, is replaced with a tight asphalt shore along which are 39 dams. Throughout the month October 2011, at the end of 20 of these dams will be a augmented reality work of Viktor Baltus. Only viewable through the Smart Phone and the App of Layar.

Download the free app on www.layar.com

Opening: Saturday October 1st  |  2pm at the south dam of the Hondsbossche Zeewering

NL

Opening: Zaterdag 1 oktober  |  14:00 uur bij de Zuiderlijkste dam van de Hondsbossche Zeewering

Flyer Back

Preview Layar POI

The Artist in Residence (AiR) program of Maria Mink supports the research and development of new work in her Back to Basic project. Staying in a cabin in the woods, on the protected field of Dwingelderveld in Drenthe (the Netherlands) offers artists time and space for research into new work, which is produced from the silence and simplicity as a basis.

Maria Mink, Illustrator and artist has invited Viktor Baltus from July 25 to August 5, 2011 in this little cabin to come to work. Back to Basic in the literal sense, there is no electricity and running water, washing by the water pump and getting up to paint when the sun is rising. At the end of the work period there is the ability to view the work created on site. Follow Viktor Baltus on Twitter to keep updated about this project.

DWVG Oil on wood 15 x 15 cm

Stand No. 099 Galerie Gist Amsterdam The 27th edition of Art Amsterdam will be held from May 11 until 15 2011 in the Parkhal of Amsterdam RAI. Art Amsterdam is the largest fair for contemporary and modern art in the Netherlands. The fair is a launching pad for the latest talent and a platform for established names. On offer are photography, painting, sculpture, videoart, installations and drawings. The previous edition, featuring 129 galleries from the Netherlands, Europe and Asia, attracted 22.285 visitors.

Publication What’s Up magazine

ZOOM, Galerie Gist Amsterdam

Presentation of new artist in the ‘Zoom’, a small cabinet in the gallery in Amsterdam

Buning Brongers Award on Wikipedia

www.arti.nl

Cafe, 2010
Oilpaint on wood
30 x 30 cm

Private Collection (Amsterdam NL)