‘The sound we hear on land’ by artist Ecaterina Grigorieva (@egrigorievaa ) explores how attention, play and shared ritual can become sources of energy.
The participatory work emerged from the artist’s daily swims in Scheveningen, where the moment of water leaving her ears became a small but powerful experience of calm and awareness. This intimate sensation is translated into a collective environment, where visitors join an inverted orchestra. Guided by whispered instructions, participants interact with glass sculptures filled with seawater. By moving the water and releasing air, each person contributes to an evolving soundscape created together.
During the live performance, Grigorieva responds to the audience’s sounds by blowing glass instruments on site. The shapes that emerge are influenced by this shared sonic environment, turning the glassblowing process into a collaborative act between artist and audience.
Winner of the STRP Young ACT Award. Mentorship by Zeno van den Broek (@zenovdb ).
‘The sound we hear on land’ is part of STRP’s ‘Soft, Slow and Powerful’, 26–28 March 2026. Programme and tickets are now available via our website.
найти центр и работать пока не найдешь ту середину, а потом можешь уже говорить, что ты артист стекла, а пока работать, хотя бы четыре года, сказал мне мастер
Graduate Ecaterina Grigorieva @egrigorievaa from ArtScience Interfaculty @artscience.interfaculty wins STRP Young ACT Award for her graduation work (2025): 'The Sounds We Hear On Land'. Congrats Ecaterina!
STRP Young ACT Award provides a platform for artists to expand, realise, and ultimately present their graduation project as part of STRP’s 2026 exhibition ‘Big Energy, Slow Futures’. This year, three winners were selected by the jury consisting of STRP’s Artistic Director and the STRP Young Advisory Board. They receive a project budget, artistic and production guidance, and the chance for the selected artists to become part of a growing network of creatives and collectives.
Read more about the project via link in bio!
These photos carry a very special story❤️
They came to play and were coming back again and again. While playing, the boy put his hand on mine, and I was gently touching his back while he was listening to different frequencies of water. He stood there for a long time. Later, his grandfather came to me, and said that this boy has difficult time concentrating in loud spaces and as a reaction to loud places, he also becomes very agitated, misbehaved, which distances other kids playing with him. Being in headphones and playing with the instrument was one of the first times he could stay for so long and be so peaceful even in a crowded space. It touched me so much. Later he brought his sister and then they were playing and exchanging instruments but playing for each other. then he hugged me when leaving home. I feel like this artwork became complete exactly at this moment
Photo:
@deschaapjesfabriek
What if you could taste a drink distilled with IKEA pine wood? And what does it sound like when cobalt remembers its excavation? All possible during Test_Lab this Thursday 🌱
At Test_Lab: Geophysical Exploration, artists Gökay Atabek, Ra Asensi, Louis Braddock Clarke and Ecaterina Grigoriev transform geophysics into an immersive experience.
Through sound, film, performance and taste, they investigate Earth’s interior, atmosphere, oceans and surrounding space, from AI-mediated geological cinema to the lingering memories of cobalt excavation.
Join us on Thursday at V2_ and experience what Earth sounds like when we listen beyond its surface. Tickets in bio
Last week, I brought glass instruments into the forest, where we merged their underwater sounds with the bark’s textures, leaves’ scents, butterflies, and dancing trees that the Scheveningse Bosje has to offer.
The idea behind the work was to amplify the sound we hear when our ears are submerged in water after a swim. Although coming from the sea, I’m curious to keep exploring new spaces and transformations where these instruments can continue, to carry the audience into serenity and absorption.
This work graduated two weeks ago from @royalacademyofart.thehague and @artscience.interfaculty .
Thank you for being there!!
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ecaterina grigoriev(a) is a Bachelors graduate. She shares how unplanned observations led her to create instruments that combine choreography and sound into a single piece. Interested in the concept of Relational Objects, she developed glass sculptures that not only have a tactile appeal but also contain hidden frequencies to explore
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