Dutch artist to display music along with visual art

Amherst Daily News

By Chris Dowbiggin

SACKVILLE - Dutch visual artist William Engelen presents a gallery based on his sound and music works at the Struts Gallery and Faucet Media Arts Centre during the week of Jan. 17, culminating in a concert with Motion Ensemble on Sunday, Jan. 23, at the gallery’s Seven Lorne Street facilities.
Although considered a visual artist, Engelen works with sound and music on a regular basis, and focuses on the relationship he can develop between them in addition to how it influences his visual creations.
Engelen’s work uses its own interesting characteristics to connect with the visual, special and acoustic surroundings of where it is being recorded in.
Engelen’s previous material has been presented in town parks, city squares, and even silos, as well as in traditional museum space.
William Engelen has exhibited and performed his work throughout Europe and in North America including La Chambre Blanche in Québec City where the members of Motion Ensemble first encountered him in 2005. With the support of the Canada Council for the Arts the group has been able to bring the artist to New Brunswick.
The January 23 concert with William Engelen and Motion Ensemble is free and open to all interested members of the public. The gallery is open throughout the week and welcome visitors to see the mural William Engelen will be working on as well as other works which he will be installing.