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From the heart to the world

Exposition @ Kunst in het dorp
13 & 14 en 20 & 21 September 2025
www.kunstinhetdorp.be

 

FROM THE HEART TO THE WORLD

 

This is an installation about listening, healing and connection.

 

I grew up with the changing of the seasons. Each one had its own scent and rhythm. But somewhere along the way, I lost that rhythm. Without any great drama, it simply evaporated as life went on. Until one day, I woke up with a strange feeling of displacement. It was as if the earth had lost something. Or had I?

 

Wondering if this was reversible, I came across the documentary Aluna. It tells the story of the Kogi community in Colombia. They honour Mother Earth, guided by water, and restore what modern people has damaged. With golden thread. The message is:

 

"The flow has been interrupted." We must reconnect, together and from within.”

 

The installation:

 

A spinning core and taut thread — chaotic yet purposeful.
There is no fixed pattern. No perfect shape.
Energy. Consciousness. An attempt at restoration.
A thread that connects us all.
Between humans and the Earth. Between inside and outside.
From the heart to the world.

 

The spinning wheel: a rotating core with a purpose.

The gold thread is a valuable connection.

The central axis is the line of force.

The human hand emphasises the 'handmade' character that awareness is an action.

Inspired by the Kogi, scan the barcode to watch the full documentary or copy this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftFbCwJfs1I&t=1686s

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Interested in one of my works? I’d be happy to hear from you at elke.gijsemans@gmail.com

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Chewing gum as a work of art in composition, rather than dirt and disruption on the street.

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