PRACTICAL INFORMATION
About the exhibition
This exhibition is on view from June 28, 2024, to January 5, 2025.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Assistance dogs welcome
Admission Fees
- Adults: €16.50
- Youth up to 17 years: free
- Students: free
- CJP cardholders (upon presentation of card): €8.00
- Group rate: €14.00 (from 10 people)
Free entry for Museum Card holders, VriendenLoterij VIP cardholders, Friends of the Museum, Business Club members, Young RMT members, and the Vereniging Rembrandt.
From June 28, 2024, to January 5, 2025, Rijksmuseum Twenthe hosted the very first solo museum exhibition of the emerging artist Philip Vermeulen. Titled Philip Vermeulen. Chasing The Dot, the show featured no fewer than six of his intriguing works, each displayed in its own dedicated room. Additionally, two brand-new pieces were specially created for this exhibition.
Hypersculptures
In his works, Vermeulen explores the fundamentals of human perception through movement, light, vibrations, and sound. What does light do to our brains, how do we register movement, how does sound feel, and do we really see what we think we see? Vermeulen’s immersive installations, which he calls “hypersculptures,” seem to transform right before the viewer’s eyes, creating a unique and enchanting experience.
A Dreamlike Journey
A striking example is the immersive installation Chasing The Dot, where visitors are surrounded by shifting shades of light and suddenly perceive a large, dark dot in their field of vision—a dot that isn’t actually there but appears as an afterimage on the retina. Vermeulen’s work revolves around chasing these elusive phenomena and the questions they raise. Can we truly trust our senses? What is reality, and is it the same for everyone? The exhibition Philip Vermeulen. Chasing The Dot offers a dreamlike journey for visitors of all ages. Other works featured in the exhibition include Pulse, Ocular Drift, and Fanfanfan.
About Philip Vermeulen
Philip Vermeulen graduated summa cum laude in 2017 from the ArtScience Interfaculty at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague. His body of work is infused with a playful and investigative spirit, exploring physical phenomena such as light and sound. Since graduating, Vermeulen has achieved international success, with exhibitions and performances in prominent museums, festivals, and clubs—from Scheveningen to Rio de Janeiro. In 2020, he was nominated for the Volkskrant Visual Arts Prize, and his installation More Moiré2 was nominated for a Golden Calf in the Best Interactive category.
This exhibition was made possible with the support of:
