Physical fittings for a mental view

A nondescript game, consisting of 35 numbered, concrete cubes, spread out over the area of the ruins of an iron factory at Salangsverket Norway. During If Paradise Is Half As Nice #13, which took place at the Salangen Biennale II, this work was one of my contributions...

Measures for a long life

A sculptural work made during If Paradise Is Half As Nice #13, which took place at the Salangen Biennale II. The work was made after noticing the extreme measurements that were needed in order for us to work in the abandoned factory at Salangsverket. The work...

Reading a poem to a landscape

A video work in which I read a famous Dutch poem to a Norwegian landscape. During If Paradise Is Half As Nice #13, at the Salangen Biennale II in Norway, I made this video. The work displays me, reading a famous Dutch poem called ‘Herinnering aan Holland’ (Remembrance...

Means to play (In dust things meet)

From the website of Kiosk24: The installation Means To Play by artist Ties Ten Bosch is set up in the exhibition space and invites visitors to a poetic view of seemingly familiar things. “Means To Play” is thus the 5th work in the series “In Dust Things Meet” by Ties...

Could I join your party?

A sculptural still life, in which 6 dented spray cans appear to have been carelessly left on and around a pedestal. The whole thing is located in a dilapidated building, full of graffiti and hundreds of empty spray cans as silent witnesses to the years of action that...

Spades

Permanent work at the sculpture landscape of Lavangsnes Wunderkammer in Norway. During my stay at the Artist-in-residene program of Lavangsnes Wunderkammer I was able to work in the old boat house for 5 weeks. During these 5 weeks I got inspired by nature and the...

Straight from the tree

Straight from the tree is a series of works made of tree branches, spirit levels and stones. The first 5 works in this series have been created during my Artist-in-Residence time at Lavangsnes Wunderkammer in Norway. Isolated from the world in the middle of the...

In dust things meet (bottle with light bulb and cloth)

In dust things meet (bottle with light bulb and cloth) is part of a bigger series of works (In dust things meet) in which two or three objects that have no connection at all, are forced together in sculpture. The works provoke new stories; a different story for every...