Evanescent

In a world in which technology is increasingly driven by invisible algorithms, and the devices that surround us increasingly have the same tablet shape, Verloop is looking for a counterpart. She wants to create machines that look radically different, showing a glimpse of what our environment could be when we embrace the idea that technology is more than something useful and efficient. Not only a tool but a goal on its own, constantly evolving and just as vulnerable as ourselves.

Vulnerability is inherent in Verloop’s work. If you turn it on, some elements or gears will jump, the machine cannot fix these vulnerabilities on its own. In itself it is helpless. In order to emphasize fragility and investigate the performative potential of maintenance and deconstruction, Verloop has been independently studying scientific glassblowing since 2020.

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