Category: Visual Art
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A New World is inside All of Us
As our physical world is struggling to sustain our current way of life, we must confront the void within ourselves and emerge transformed. A New Earth is inside all of us.
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Spiritual Ecology Trilogy
In the videoseries ‘Spiritual Ecology Trilogy,’ I explore how our inner spiritual struggles in the Anthropocene era are mirrored in our interactions with the environment.
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The Inner Climate Rijkswaterstaat
Giek, in collaboration with Chabela Maturana Parraguez and Enrique Arce Gutierrez, facilitated the LEF Global Lab conversations in 2020 for Rijkswaterstaat. The theme of the two-hour online conference was ‘Inner Climate’, where Giek_1 presented video work and two live performances.
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UNIFIED SELF
As the Earth crumbles under the weight of ancestral trauma; the old systems no longer provide a place for us.We must turn inward, confront the void and herein find transformation through ego-death. Take control of your mind, let the light transmute your fear into virtue,and let truth be revealed by your higher self.Find balance between…
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ESCAPE
“The EP, ‘ESCAPE’ (written in 2017-2018), tells the story of how my spiritual awakening lines up with the different stages in a romantic relationship. Both of these things can bring past trauma to the surface, and act as a mirror to the self. The only way to progress is to heal from these hurts and…
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TWISTED TRANSCENDENCE
INSERT premiered the track ‘Ascending’: “‘Ascending’ is the EP’s dramatic and glacial opener; which sees Giek_1 merge countless layers of choral vocals over a new-age Eski beat.” ‘TWISTED TRANSCENDENCE’ premiered at Threshold Magazine on the 13th of October and can be checked on all platforms. The video ‘Spiritual Ecology Trilogy part 1: Longing’ was part…
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CHOREOGRAPHIC CODING LAB
Together with Enrique Arce Gutuerrez (Sphynx) Giek got selected for Choreographic Coding Lab 2019. They have been working on a prototype for the ‘OWN REALITY’ live performance
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A/S/L
Giek_1 is the creation of an internet identity for the yung ones in this fast technological generation. The internet gives us another dimension where we can be who we want to be, let our emotions run wild like a wave in the ocean of time, and we ride it ourselves.
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Kots
During theater school, Giek teamed up with Marleen van Zon to form a daring comedy duo that challenged taboos. Their songs revolved around themes like “love, men and other disgusting things”. They reached the finals of Holland’s Got Talent 2014, but their performance videos were deemed too provocative for viewing in Germany.
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Lucifer’s Dream
After a long travel through the universe Zidonian X and Giek have found each other. Planet Earth is the place to be. They have taken a 3 dimensional form as human beings with the purpose to share their vision of distant places. They have found in music (universal language of frequencies) the way to make…