The entire collection currently consists of 40 objects. When placing a combination, Wies plays with the specific possibilities of sightlines and walking routes at the location: the appearance and disappearance of shapes; how the small becomes large; the distance draws nearer, surrounds you, and what was closed opens up. Outside, the wind plays with the objects, as does the light of the sun, the twilight, the darkness of the night, and when the lights turn on.

With BeingHere, Wies creates her own 'home', wherever that may be, while at the same time always being on the move, driven by an endless curiosity for surprising possibilities in playing with shape transformations. Time and again, she is somewhere, in the moment, briefly touching the timeless. But always in combination with the inevitable: leaving and moving on.

About Wies Noest
Wies Noest is a visual artist, although the term doesn't mean much to her personally. After she – in her own words – 'failed as a real crafts teacher', she began making art in the 1970s. To bring herself joy, to marvel, to be surprised by what she encounters along the way. She never works according to a plan; she starts with something and continues to play until she falls in love with the result; then it's finished. And if, in retrospect, she suddenly feels a creation isn't good enough yet, the scissors go in and everything is literally open once more for something new to emerge.

Wies Noest's work consists of long-term projects (she prefers to call them processes) in which she builds a collection with ever-new elements. These collections consist of textile creations placed in various installations in public spaces, or used in theatrical settings.

“The nice thing about being almost eighty is that I can look back on my work and discover patterns in it. The events of my life, they are all in there, even though I had no idea of that while making it. Only in hindsight do I see the connections and find extraordinary answers. It is my journey, my life.”

The art programme of Into The Great Wide Open is made possible with the support of the Creative Industries Fund NL, the Mondriaan Fund, and De Versterking.