Recycled pallet wood, various metals, nitrous oxide cannisters, copper pipes, solar panels, wires and cable.
Made with support from Burning Man (Honorarium Award), Living Arts Lab and Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst and Trash Collectiv.
40°78'52.3"N 11°9'19.6"E
An interactive musical sculpture made from recycled materials
Made thanks to everyone in the TЯAsh Collective, many seen here, who helped build the work. More to come ;)
Aerial cinematography by Jamen Percy, Matt Emmi, and Rand Larson
Recycled car bonnets, various metals, hydraulic cylinder, propane, steel cable.
Photographed at HCC Hannover
Made with support from Maker Faire Hannover, AFK, Amsterdam Fonds Voor De Kunst, M Wessling (hydraulics), J Boeve (programming), and P Pollemans (NEN-Certification).
40°78'52.3"N 11°9'19.6"E
Drop (2025)
Sheet metal, water, recycled steel cable
Made with support from Trash Collectiv and Alsversjö Open Collective, Sweden, where it is a permanent installation.
Sheet metal, water, recycled steel cable
Made with support from Trash Collectiv and Alsversjö Open Collective, Sweden, where it is a permanent installation.
N 57° 37' 15.96 E 14° 55' 35.4252
An oversized, grotesque yet poetic water form—a wounded, hybrid work embodying for material vulnerability and ecological suffering.
To the side of the drop is a lever. As people turn the lever, this powers on a shepard’s tone - an audio illusion, continuous rising and falling frequencies that, however long you wait…never heighten or finally land.
Drop detail
Patination over time, the work seems to blend into the Swedish nature.
Patination over time, the work seems to blend into the Swedish nature.
Detail:
The inside, before hydroforming.
The inside, before hydroforming.
Sheet metal, brass, string, steel cable.
Pictured at Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, soon on show at Big Art Rotterdam, 11-13 September.
52°36'90.9"N 4°89'16.6"E
Car frame from recycled bike frames
Growing in Marineterrein, Amsterdam, with support from Beaureau Marineterrein, Living Arts Lab.
52°37'40.9"N 4°9'18.1"E
Car frame from recycled bike frames
Growing in Marineterrein, Amsterdam
52°37'40.9"N 4°9'18.1"E
A heart that dances, beats and plays with automation on water
52°37'40.9"N 4°9'18.1"E
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to music and choreographed patterns on the water, so the heart appears to dance
“Collaboration, participation and play are central — I’m serious about my work, but also silly in it.”
Bibi Jordan (previously Bliekendaal) grew up in a Dutch immigrant family on the West Coast of New Zealand before moving to Amsterdam in 2019. Growing up in West Auckland with its dense nature and expansive beaches has shaped Bibi and her work. Her sculptures, often made from recycled wood, metal, and textile — are singing, wounded, hybrid bodies. They often tremble, play, reference material vulnerability, living ecosystems, ecological suffering, the feminine grotesque and humanity’s connection to nature. Her works often come across as playful yet have deeper layers of meaning. They grow, decay, and are in flux.
Process
In the studio Bibi is led by conceptual visions but also works intuitively to let material speak, so there’s structure and chance. She often works collaboratively and has founded several collectives, yet craves solo studio time as well. Her practice has a feminist lens, through which she question systemic structures, explores interdependence, and connects with social and environmental concerns.
Upcoming
Sept 11-13 Big Art, Codrico Fabriek Rotterdam
Nov 2-12 MuseumNacht, Social Design Workshop, Amsterdam
Past
Aug 2026 Flower Power, Hannover Maker Faire, DE
Jul 2026 Art Carriage, Open Collective, Alsverjo SE
March 2026 The Wrong Biennale, Invisible Forces Pavilion
Jan 2026 Harmony, Kunsttraject Groupshow, Amsterdam West
Nov 2025 SiSiSpex, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
July 2025 Drop, Open Collective, Alsverjo SE
June 2025 Exploration of Senses Group Show, De Sering, Amsterdam, NL
March 2025 Update 1 Arti et Amicitiae, Group Show, Amsterdam, NL
Nov 2024 I Cry and Cry, One Off Moving Image Festival, Valencia, Spain
July 2024 ParkXPark, Marineterrein, Amsterdam, NL
Dec 2024 Gerrit Rietveld DGT 3 Bogota Broedplaats, Halfweg, NL
Aug 2024 Radical (dis)Connection, KlimaatMuseum / VOX-POP, Amsterdam, NL
Dec 2023 DGT 2, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
July 2023 Tinkle Drum, Lola Luid, Amsterdam NL
Sept 2022 Tinkle Drum, Reno Tahoe International Art Show, Reno NV, US
Aug 2022 Tinkle Drum, Burning Man Honorarium Sculpture, Black Rock City, NV, US
July 2022 Tinkle Drum Living Arts Lab Energy Junkies Prize & solo show, Amsterdam, NL
June 2022 Tinkle Drum Burning Man NL Art Jump Grant & show, Flevoland, NL
Collectives and Collaborations
TЯAsh Collective
Bibi founded TЯAsh Collective in 2022—a collective of artists, engineers, social workers, and researchers creating art from recycled materials.
(KYBL)
KIEM, Yufei Gao, Bibi Jordan and Lorena Rode first collaborated in May 2024 for the 'Radical Connection' exhibition in Amsterdam. When student protests against Dutch ties to Israeli institutions erupted, the artists transformed their individual works into a collaborative, site-specific piece of censorship, Radical Disconnection.
Snack’n Sketch
Bibi she hosts regular sketch sessions to observe and respond to our changing environment.
Education
Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Amsterdam)
BFA
2022 - Current
Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Amsterdam)
Orientation Year
2021
Auckland University of Technology
Bachelor of Communications
2006
Contact: Bibi.Bliekendaal@gmail.com
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