Peter van Loon

Peter van Loon “I build until it moves and resounds”. “Characteristically for my work is the need for the observer’s participation. Without an active act from the audience, there is no sound, no movement: time is standing still, the work is incomplete. My music machines are welded constructions and the main material is reinforcing steel. I have chosen this material because: it has a great graphic quality due to the shape and structure; it is easily processable; it offers major consequent application possibilities; it is available in many thicknesses; it has an extremely beautiful sound; and because it makes the employed technique visible, due to which the moving parts accentuate the dynamic of the movement. My creed is: I build until it moves and resounds. Steel / interaction / transparency / sound / movement.” www.muziekmachines.nl