The Silent Ornamental Revolution, 2008

sculpture / installations

(2008) Gentle Breeze
(2008) The Silent Ornamental Revolution
(2006) ornaments (Alexandria)
(2006) untitled work
(2006) selections
(2006+ cassette ceiling
(2006) selections
(2006) selection
(2006) untitled (ornaments)
(2006) Three Spaces
(2005) untitled work
(2005) wall panelling
(2005) xerox waves
(2005) scrollbar composition
(2004) untitled work
(2004) scrollbars
(2004) scrollbars
(2003) scrollbars
(2003) untitled work
(2002) scrollbar
(2002) untitled performance
(2002) untitled work
(1999) untitled work
(1999) floor piece
(1999) scotch tape
(1999) untitled work
(1998) seclusion
(1998) untitled work

online studies / software

(2005) air column
(2005) plaque
(2005) three buttons
(2004) relief study[2]
(2004) relief study[1]
(2004) w139
(2004) software study
(2004) mousecloud
(2003) mousepointer
(2003) untitled[wood and button]
(2003) untitled
(2003) untitled[software]
(2001) untitled[tryptich]
(2001) untitled[numbers]
(2001) untitled[rgb]
(2001) untitled[swing]
(2000) untitled[shower]>[pavu.com]
(2000) untitled[seagreen]
(2000) untitled[spheres]
(2000) untitled[etoys]
(2000) untitled[rhizome]
(2000) untitled[playboy]
(2000) untitled[altavista]
(2000) untitled[hotmail]
(2000) untitled[scrollbars]
(1999) untitled[tires]
(1999) dyptich (right panel)
(1999) untitled
(1999) untitled
(1998) untitled[trying]
(1998) untilted[scrollbars]
(1998) untitled[html]
(1998) untitled[email]
(1998) the anatomy of bliss
(1997) untitled[scan]
(1997) untitled[scrollbars]

other media

(2006) Selections
(2005) Cronica product no.5
(2002) MTV mobile Japan

slow blog

Inspiration, simular research, anything relevant...
latest: 17.04.2008

writings / reviews / interviews

Feature in Varoom Magazine by Silvia Baumgart
...Leegte's work appears deeply familiar - so familiar we hardly notice it. But it is also deeply skewed and off-kilter. He mixes the drab aestethics of on-screen interfaces with a warped functionality that makes him an image-maker for the 21st century. ... [more]

'The Silent Ornamental Revolution'
...And suddenly there is space for the ornament to redefine itself. So what if you could inject some of the old Romanticism into the ornament? Let us switch the roles round. Let the curly frame be the protagonist and the Romantic the backstage crew. Let the people look at the ornament and start wondering, grow silent and even feel fear. ... [more]

Interview J.R. Leegte by Peter Luining
...When typing a code and seeing its effects later you address an existing object and command it to act in a certain way, after which you yourself have to move to its space to see what has happened. By using code you give a validation of autonomy to the final work. And in my case I would say even a physical validation. Code introduced me to a new environment in which I could create sculptural installations as I had done previously. ... [more]

Three buttons reviewed at neural.it

Interview in the Metro UK

Review Medialounge show on log.organised.info.

Mousepointer reviewed at neural.it

cassette ceiling, 2006

curatorial

'The Anatomy of the Now'
...The now has been dissected by five artists who each in a separate space present an installation. The artists will be cutting into the fabric of the moment, each with their own specialisation. The spatial experience, the fleeting of time, and experience itself will be put in question. The Anatomy of the Now is a romantic exhibition stripped down to the core. ... [more]