It was at a birthday party where I met someone who asked me what I did. I told her I made furniture and was interested in architectural experiments. She suggested that I get in touch with the Rotterdam School of Dance.
So I did and I got invited to look in on a dance class. Later on I learned that the person I had spoken with was the director of the school. Soon I found out that the intention of the introduction was to start a project wherein the students of the school would perform outdoors with my installation as props.
This resulted in an idea to make an installation using 9×9 poles, 226 cm high (based on the sizes of le Corbusier’s Modulor) placed on the corners of each square of a chessboard. I also created musical instruments based on the same sized system.
The installation and performance premiered on the Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam in 1983, as well as in other places later on.
