Singeorz-Bai Sculpture Symposium. Work by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 2002 Overview of works the Singeorz-Bai Sculpture Symposium, August 2002. Left to Right: Certain Measures (four engraved sticks on the table), Tulips from Istanbul (five resin tulip-forms hanging in the tree, With fire we test the gold and with gold we test our servants (obelisque-like wooden form) With fire we test the gold and with gold we test our servants by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 2002 A larger view (52 kb). Wood and acrylic paint and vanish painted on the inner surfaces. In the Singeorz-Bai Sculpture Symposium, August 2002. Right: detail showing the inner surfaces which were painted in a gradation from red to gold. Collection of the Museé d'art compare, Singeorz-Bai, Romania. 'With fire we test the gold and with gold we test Our servants' is an obelisque-like form whose outer planes have been sanded smooth, while the deep groves show cut marks. These grooves descend into the heart of the tree, gradually changing from red to gold. The gold haze is only just perceptable if you peer inside. The title comes from the "Hidden Words" a book of wisdom sayings by Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i Faith. Other works shown or made at the same location A Rite of Passage, performance, 2002. Certain Measures, engraved and painted wooden rods, 1993 - 2002. Tulips from Istanbul, ...to come..., 1997 - 2002. Wrapping for a Marginal Citizen, ...to come..., 1994 - 2002. Other "Land art related" works Inland Soul at Sea, also installed during the 9 Dragonheads festival. Fruits of the Earth, spiral cut out of a dried grass area inserted with plastic flowers, 2003. With fire we test the gold and with gold we test our servants, 2003, wooden sculpture made during a Sculpture Symposium in a park in a village in Northern Romania. Inspiration, 2001, paintings on shaped canvas laid over a floor. Just pour les oiseaux (Strictly for the birds), 2001, installations and performances during a walk through a forest setting led by a guide. Onder vier ogen (Between you and me) , 2001, mask-forms hung on trees, with texts and images in the orifices. The Living Creature, 1999, performances by seven artists and one child in a rose garden in a public park in London. Memorials, 1996-2001, ceramic tiles laid into the earth. Te Koru Iwa, 1996, fire drawing at the Oerol Arts Festival, The Netherlands. Letters van de Levende, 1996, 19 batikked flags along the ridge of sand dunes during the Oerol Arts Festival. the medium c.v. last things first