My practice began with a realization of how architectural boundaries, like doorways, dictate social interaction. I explore the tension between man-made structures and the social constructs they define. By creating reconstructions in alienated contexts, I invite viewers to rediscover and question the recurring structures that shape how we "be" in our environment.
The door
Sculpture
2025 191x89x5 cm
Glass, casting
courtesy of: Make Eindhoven & Banas Glass
Art Rotterdam, Prospects '25
The Door (2025) is a 1:1 glass cast of my own front door. Created by melting 220kg of crystal glass into a mold of the original wooden structure, the sculpture preserves every detail—from the knocker and peephole to subtle paint streaks and signs of wear. While front doors traditionally symbolize social status and serve as controlled boundaries between private and public life, Koot’s glass reconstruction subverts these roles. The sculpture acts as a permanent blockade that is simultaneously transparent, offering a view through a threshold that can no longer be opened.Thanks to Make Eindhoven, Banass Glass & Mondrian Fund for the support
About Building
Installation
2022 85x100x85 cm
Glass
studio image
Inspired by the systematic Plattenbau method of post-war Germany, About Building explores the tension between efficient construction and social control. The modular glass installation consists of hundreds of elements that impose a rigid, cubicle-like structure. While the work appears highly organized, it is held together by its own weight in a state of extreme fragility; any external vibration threatens its total collapse.
Banister, Next level!
Sculpture
2022 180x30x360 cm
wood
Eighttrack Studios, Brussel (BE)
Within the current growth-oriented Western society, I like to keep myself busy with making stairs. In the series of ‘steps’, I try to give the right to exist to a non-functional and non-efficient approach to ‘growth’.
Trap, kast, kelder
Sculptuur
2022
17,x9x30 cm
wood
studio image
De Hoeken
Sculpture
2020
20x1,2x210 cm
Metal
St. Joost School of Art & Design, Breda This work stems from curiosity about the corners of a space. It is made in such a way that it is just stable enough to stand, when you put them down they dance for a while. The total of six frames presented in varying arrangements create the space of The Apartment. In 2021, this photograph became part of the publication of IS PAS D'ESPACE by Maud van der Beuken, Margot Zweers & Loek Grootjans in Park Tilburg.
De Deurpost
Sculpture
2020
85x7x231,5 cm
wood
Electron, Breda
De Muur Sculpture
2020
80x30x100
Basalt, stucco, wood
Electron, Breda
One push and you unbalance The Wall, the work represents a duality between grip and instability. Despite the heavy weight of the object, it is easy to move with a pump truck, however, this construction makes the wall unstable.
