Maarten Vanden Eynde creates an installation in which the (past) presence of dark energy can be seen or felt. By entering and taking position inside the work, the spectator takes position at the center of the force, as if their sheer presence pushes the metal poles outwards until they bend under enormous physical force. By contrast, he presents a small wooden sculpture on a pedestal. One side of the timber is planed square, the other side is inflicted like a burned lump or black tumor, like a stick dipped in dark matter.
Maarten Vanden Eynde, 'Gravitational Bending', 2010
Maarten Vanden Eynde, 'Dip Stick', 2008
Photo's by Niels Vis.