| Furniture maker and designer by trade.
Kiteflier/ Artist by necessity. Dutch by birth! I started building Kites in 1985 and Wind instruments in 1992. Since then, a lot has happened... | 
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| Furniture maker and designer by trade.
Kiteflier/ Artist by necessity. Dutch by birth! I started building Kites in 1985 and Wind instruments in 1992. Since then, a lot has happened... |
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| 1994: | Personal expo of some instruments at the festival of Dieppe (Fr)
Encounter with other Musicians of the Wind (Aeolists) |
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| 1996: | First Official Windgarden at Dieppe Int. Kite Festival.
Foundation of the ”International Association of Aeolists” Design competition Dieppe: 2nd. prize with kite Probe 7 “Luchtspiegels” (Mirrors of the Sky) art-kite exhibition and Windmusic performance “Kitewinds” in Den Bosch (NL). |
| 1997: | Windgarden exhibitions and open-air concerts in Holland and France. |
| 1998: | Foundation of “the Wind Gallery”, a travelling Windmusic and Kite show.
Exhibitions in Holland, France and Italy. |
| 1999: | Exhibitions in Belgium, France, Italy and the United Kingdom. |
| 2000: | Realisation of a 126-tone Bamboo Windorgan, permanently displayed in a private garden at Capelle a/d
IJssel (NL).
Awarded grants for kites "Probe 10" and Probe 11; in a design competition from the “Art Kite Museum“ in Detmold (WDR). Exhibitions in Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and the U.K. |
| 2001: | Program made and broadcast by a local TV-station about artists from Den Bosch. One of the topics was
“Kites and Windmusic by Robert”.
Bremerhaven (WDR): in cooperation with a group of musicians, specializing in experimental music, there is a three day performance, by day on the beach, at night in a concert hall, combining electronic and aeolian music. Exhibitions in Belgium, France, Italy, Germany and the U.K. |
| 2002: | Participation in a German TV program, broadcast nationwide, called “Elements of Life”, about the element Wind.
Participation in a concert by German and Chinese musicians, combining for the first time wind instruments (unari’s and ek’s) with violin, cello and guzheng (Chinese zither). Participation in a project named "Border Songs" from James Peel, English artist, for whom I built an Aeolian Harp and an Aeolian Box-kite. (see the Projects page) Exhibitions in Holland, Belgium, France, Italy, Germany and the U.K. |
| 2003: | First Windgarden ever erected on a frozen lake: Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Only subject in a BBC radio program “Playing the Wind” recorded on a German beach while collecting material for a CD about Aeolian and Longstringharp music. Exhibitions in the USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Holland. |
| 2004: | Exhibitions in Italy,France, Germany, Belgium, UK, and Taiwan. See projects page for pictures of Taiwan. |
| 2005: | Exhibitions in Italy,France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Germany and the UK.
Special expo's and projects at the Long Beach Festival in WA, USA Click here for more details Peace Festival 2005, Beyond the DMZ, in South Korea |
| 2006: | Exhibitions in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland , Italy and the USA
Special projects in 2006: Building a Bamboo Wind organ for the Niagara International Kite Festival, USA Aeolian exhibition and Kite flying during the Red Bull Air Race at Longleat Manor in the UK. |