Nicky Assmann

Solace at Almost Cinema, Ghent

admin — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:07:57 +0000

I was very happy to present Solace at Almost Cinema 2012. It was presented under the best conditions, especially temperature wise. The soap films lasted very long and new patterns started to appear in the film. Thanks to HC Gilje for the image.

(click twice on image for larger photo)

Blogs about Solace in Huffington Post & The Creators Project

admin — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:50:38 +0000

Solace received a beautiful review from the Huffington Post and I also gave an interview to The Creators Project about my work.

See links here:

Huffington Post

& The Creators Project

& 2 reviews in the Triangulation Blog and FastCoDesign

Solace in Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, US

admin — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:27:24 +0000

I’m very proud to present Solace as part of the group show ”Light, Matter, Memory“, together with works from Yoko Seyama (JP), Macular (NL) and Diane Landry (CA).

The exhibition will open on July 14th at 17:30 at Wood Street Galleries and runs till the 9th of Sep 2012, daily, except for Monday & Tuesday

Location: Woodstreet Galleries, 601 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

More information about “Light, Matter, Memory” on the Wood Street Galleries website: see here.

Update: for some images of the opening: see here.

Circuit Dress at TechnoSensual

admin — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:11:42 +0000

Update: for a review about the exhibition in the Volkskrant: click here.

My work Circuit Dress will be exhibited as part of the exhibition ‘TechnoSensual: where fashion meets technology‛ on electronic textiles and wearable technology, together with works from Bart Hess (NL), Royal Philips Electronics (NL), Valerie Lamontagne (CA), Anouk Wipprecht (NL), Melissa Coleman (NL), Meg Grant (NL) and Graham Smith (CA/NL)

The exhibition will open on June 14 at 20:00 at Freiraum Quartier21 INTERNATIONAL and starts the ‘MQ Summer of Fashion’ and runs from Jun 15-Sep 2, daily.

Location: Freiraum Quartier21 INTERNATIONAL, Quartier21/MuseumsQuartier Wien.

For more information on the festival click here.

Recent exhibitions

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:30:23 +0000

I was very happy to have Solace exhibited at several exhibitions in the last couple of months.

* VIA Festival, Low Tech, Le Manege, Maubeuge France
* Exit Festival, LowTech, Maison des Arts, Creteil, France
See the video
* Solace, 5MinutesMuseum, part of STRP Festival 2011, Eindhoven, Netherlands
For more information on 5MM click here.
For more information on the STRP Festival click here.
* ISMAR, part of SHIFT Festival 2011, Basel, Swiss
website ISMAR

Solace received an Honorary Mention, StartPoint Prize

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:10:44 +0000

I’m very proud to announce that Solace has received an award of Honorary Mention from the StartPoint Prize with a beautiful review!

See review here: StartPoint Prize

Solace represented by the V2_Agency

admin — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:40:49 +0000

I’m very happy to announce that Solace is now represented and distributed by the V2_Agency
For more information on the V2_Agency click here.
For more information on V2_Institute for the Instable Media click here.

Solace @ V2_: Testlab # 11

admin — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:39:13 +0000

Solace will be presented at the V2_ Institute, during the Testlab evening on July 14th,
The opening is at 20:00 – 23:-00
Location: V2_Institute, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam
More information on this Testlab edition can be found here

Graduation Exhibition KABK

admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:12:00 +0000

I’ve graduated from the Master ArtScience with the installation Solace
The opening is on Saturday the 2nd of July from 15:00 till 20:00
Location: Royal Academy of Art (Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten), Prinsessegracht 4, Den Haag
More information on the KABK Graduation Exhibition can be found here & on the website of the KABK

“Between Shadow and Reflection” research in structure, foam, light, reflection

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:35:09 +0000

The last year I’ve been researching structures and especially those made by soap: foam. In this quite broad field I focussed on different themes, first on reflections with light on membranes of soap and later more deeper into the structure of which the foam consists of.

Here are some pictures and a video of the results of the different set-ups I made so far :

* Here is a video of the first set-up of the installation: video Between Shadow and Reflection

* Beamer projected on foam in aquarium

* Reflection of sunlight on the foam with a net on it that grows along with the foam while forming a landscape

* Structure of the foam, voronoi patterns

* When the foam grows different patterns emerges and when the foam collapses the traces stay behind

* Second set-up of the installation Between Shadow and Reflection

* Top view of the landscape