TESSA LANGEVELD

A Nightpiece [...] is a 3D animation installation exploring transitions between spaces and the emotions of loss and grief. It consists of three screens, adding a sculptural layer to the video projections and a materialization of the changing, digital spaces depicted. This movement is guided by a piece of paper falling poetically to a repeated piano sample. The work moves from a familiar domestic hallway into an abstract, liminal space, using montage and detailed sound design to connect passages. The screens provide a framework into a fleeting, immaterial world that captures a narrative in movement and sound, rather than words. You are lured into a world meant to be experienced, rather than understood.

About the artist

Tessa Langeveld is a visual artist working with video, installation, and sound. Using 3D animation (CGI) she explores the emotional experience of spaces. Her interest in off-screen narratives and immaterial spaces stems from an unsafe, uncertain childhood and her Dutch-Indonesian heritage, which exposed her to the lingering effects of colonialism and intergenerational trauma. In her work she investigates how collective trauma shapes personal environments and the body, using CGI’s intangible rooms to reflect her shifting sense of home. Through an embodied practice, she seeks to reclaim and redefine spaces that once felt unstable, creating poetic works in constant motion. Her installations invite viewers into a state where not-knowing becomes comforting.

Website: tessalangeveld.com
Instagram: @tessalangeveld