{"id":129399,"date":"2025-04-16T14:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T14:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nlisus.com\/?page_id=129399"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:55:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:55:25","slug":"derived-structures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nlisus.com\/?page_id=129399","title":{"rendered":"DERIVED STRUCTURES"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-video avia-video-16-9   '  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\" ><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Derived Structures - Willem Besselink at NL=US Art Rotterdam\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fj5DRwb24nc?start=2&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nlisus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1994-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Derived Structures<\/p>\n<p>The art of Willem Besselink appears very abstract. The starting point is the patterns that define and structure our environment. Such patterns are sometimes clearly recognizable, but often they are hidden from the naked eye, remaining concealed beneath the visible reality. In any case, both visible and hidden patterns are always and everywhere present \u2013 whatever you do, wherever you are. They form the basis of reality. With his work, Besselink draws attention to these structures and patterns so that the viewer can experience them more fully and gain insight into how they define and influence our reality.<\/p>\n<p>DNA: Essence and Uniqueness<br \/>\nAccording to Besselink, every situation, every location, every human action has its own combination of patterns that together form the \u2018DNA\u2019 of that place or activity. This \u2018DNA\u2019 forms its essence and makes it unique and distinct. Many of these structures remain hidden to the naked eye, but they continually influence us \u2013 from the rhythms of nature, to the patterns in the apparent chaos of urban spaces, to the structures behind our everyday actions. Besselink views his work as a search for essence, for the uniqueness of these patterns, their \u2018DNA.\u2019 Through intensive observation, he attempts to identify and capture that \u2018DNA,\u2019 and record its meaning and influence. What makes a specific space, location, or situation different? How can the patterns surrounding us daily be experienced in a new way?<\/p>\n<p>Systematic Registration and Notation<br \/>\nWillem Besselink employs various methods of observation, registration, and notation. This can range from intensive, systematic, and detailed looking and perceiving to more abstract forms of registration: imagining, moving, and comparing. The ways in which he visualizes the gathered data can vary greatly, spanning a broad spectrum: from sketches and drawings, to sculptural projects and installations, and other more abstract forms. Regardless of how different each work is, every piece is rooted in the context of observation and the space being explored.<\/p>\n<p>Derived Structures<br \/>\nIn the exhibition Derived Structures, several (new) works are presented that demonstrate this approach. The wall reliefs Landvermessung were created after a working period this past summer in the German town of Wartenburg. The terrain around an abandoned school building appears flat, but in reality, it is gently undulating. You can\u2019t see this because it\u2019s overgrown with tall grasses and shrubs. To reveal the height differences, Besselink planted small wooden beams in the ground across a 20 x 10 meter area, in a 1 x 1 meter grid, with each beam protruding half a meter above the ground. He then stretched red, blue, and yellow threads over the tops of the beams \u2013 lengthwise, widthwise, and along the diagonals. This created a three-dimensional, \u2018floating\u2019 drawing that made the undulations in the ground plane visible and tangible.<\/p>\n<p>Concrete Crosses: The crosses cast in concrete are modular elements with which Besselink builds an ever-expanding three-dimensional grid. With this, he visualizes an imaginary probe that can measure the space in which the installation is placed.<\/p>\n<p>Willem Besselink invites you to see, appreciate, and experience the beauty and complexity of the invisible structures that shape our lives.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlisus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlisus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlisus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlisus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlisus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nlisus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129400,"href":"https:\/\/nlisus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129399\/revisions\/129400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlisus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}