The Singing Bells of Ronald van der Meijs

“It’s fascinating to see how we try to control our lives and even nature itself by using and relying completely on technology” 

Natural processes are part and subject of many of Ronald van der Meijs' works. He is interested in how nature and humans are organized: the consistency of growth and decay, the processes of evolutionary adaptation to a changing environment. He is particularly interested in how humans create technology as a response to nature's manifestations, which includes the making of art and culturing. 

Each work is a metaphorical and conceptual interplay of sound, space, and materials. It is intended to lend a narrative quality to the high-technological, architectural, 'machine-like' appearance of the work, causing them to transcend their merely technological nature and questioning the extent to which our actions have been conditioned.His work is a dialogue between nature and technology. In order to investigate and to show this issue, he combines technology with natural and rural elements. “Nature has it’s own order, time and rhythm”