Gijs van Bon - STRINGED

The multidisciplinary objects and art installations of Gijs van Bon are always moving between theatrical and autonomous spheres. He combines these spheres and dissolves their boundaries in order to create vigorous objects that are full of life and simultaneously consist out of a poetic and
delicate content.

About The Work

At once sculptural and textual, this installation strings together words, which in turn form sentences, which in turn flow into text. Seemingly suspended and scattered in mid-air, waves of animated light dots converge at the last moment into a narrative that passes out of sight just as soon as it arrives.

STRINGED’s lightened words leave no physical imprint but take an illuminated hold in the mind’s eye of the viewer, reminding one of the fleeting nature of spoken language.

Light Night Wigan has worked with local poets Louise Fazackerly and Natasha Tingle, with Leigh Young Writers, Global Friends and young people from the Wigan Youth Zone to create poems inspired by the theme of Surface. Local artist Zhane Olurankinse has worked with Wigan and Leigh College to create new lyrics especially for and about Wigan. STRINGED will present their work in a unique way - visually expressing the temporality of the spoken word.