GERDA KRUIMER ⎪ 3D SOFT GRIDS selection

During a summer holiday in Tuscany in Italy, I saw a lot of orange mesh used for protection during construction work. This product was not used in the Netherlands at the time. I was fascinated by it and often photographed it. At home, I didn’t know what to do with it, until a few years later everything fell into place. 
In summer 2019, in a duo-exhibition I showed an earlier large wall-hanging work: 3D Grid 2007 (5,7X1,2X0,8 metres). While installing it, I saw new possibilities in relation to the protective mesh. I explored and combined the different options, resulting in the series 3D Soft Grids.
These works are three-dimensional, hand-cut and printed with eco-inks on flexible recyclable foil.

grids and positioning
“The mathematical arrangement of our environment within a coordinate system gave man an instrument to conquer the world and expand our power. The greatest power was then in the center from which all lines were drawn and towards the borders she took away. This created a hierarchical space. It seems that dividing is at the basis of all reality itself, both that of man and of the outside world”.